Experiential learning

Course 1

Course Number: MT434

Course Name: Logistics and Distribution Management

Course Outcomes

Learning Statements

Sources of Learning

Examine how to align logistics with business strategy.

Assessed how logistics relate and influence the business strategy

On-the-job training

Recommend how logistics can be coordinated to ensure customer value.

Formulated how the logistics can be aligned and coordinated to enhance the customer value and satisfaction

Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) Supply course

Evaluate methods to measure and manage logistics performance.

Designed ways and strategies that will increase the performance of logistics in distribution management

Military missions (equipment distribution)

Recognize the role of distribution within the global pipeline.

Examine the layouts of risk management and how it can help in preventing problems related with logistics and supply chain management

Military school

Examine how risk management helps mitigate distribution and supply chain problems.

Recognized the global importance of logistics, and supply chain

Recognize information flow and decision making in the distribution network.

Note: *107 hours of measured practical experience with the most current corporate version of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software is required.

Defined the communication flow chart entailed in decision making in the distribution

Utilized a SAP ERP software for supply transactions

Course 2

Course Number: MT436

Course Name: Purchasing and Vendor Management

Course Outcomes

Learning Statements

Sources of Learning

Discuss the role and mechanisms of the purchasing function in an organization

Defined described and analyzed the importance and mechanisms entailed in purchasing to businesses

On-the-job training

Evaluate the strategic impact and significance of the purchasing function

Analyzed the significance and effect of the purchasing function to an organization’s vending and purchase department

Military school

Analyze methods for developing a global network

Defined and developed the methods used in formulating a global customer and distribution network

Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) Supply course

Apply analytical methods to increase purchasing effectiveness

Designed, developed and applied the methods entailed in enhancing a global customer network, and purchase effectiveness

Discuss the mechanisms of creating and establishing formal relationships with vendors

Examined the mechanism entailed in establishing communication channel, and relationships between the business and customers

Evaluate supply chain connectivity and effectiveness

Note: *107 hours of measured practical experience with the most current corporate version of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software is required.

Evaluated the relationship of supply chain and its effectiveness in vendor management

Utilized a SAP ERP software for supply transactions