FREE LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT COURSE
Professor Richard Wilding OBE – widely recognised as The Supply Chain & Logistics Professor – invites you to join his free* online supply-chain and logistics course, accessible from anywhere. Designed for professionals, students and academics alike, this course delivers practical training in modern supply-chain strategy, logistics innovation and resilience-building. Whether you’re building foundational knowledge or refreshing your skills, you’ll learn how global supply chains work, how to optimise logistics operations and how to lead change in the digital era. Enrol today and benefit from expert-led training at no cost.
Linkedin Learning - Supply Chain Foundations: Risk and Resilience.
Learn why supply chain resilience and risk management is critically important for every company, how to build resilience, and how to manage risk to protect and sustain competitive advantage.
Available Free to Linkedin Premium Members but also generally available free of charge to academic institutions and businesses through the Microsoft Licencing Agreements - so do check your status.
Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
To subscribe to this Linkedin Learning course, click "Supply Chain Foundations: Risk and Resilience" for further information see information page on this site.
* Many professionals and students can access LinkedIn Learning through their organisation or university as part of enterprise or Microsoft-affiliated learning licences, meaning you may already have free or sponsored access to this course. Check with your employer or academic institution to see if you can enrol at no additional cost.
In this course, Professor Wilding shares strategies based on his extensive experience in supply chain strategy, digital transformation, and risk management, helping businesses strengthen performance in an increasingly complex global environment.
Linkedin Learning - Supply Chain Foundations: Risk and Resilience.
Learn why supply chain resilience and risk management is critically important for every company, how to build resilience, and how to manage risk to protect and sustain competitive advantage.
Available Free to Linkedin Premium Members but also generally available free of charge to academic institutions and businesses through the Microsoft Licencing Agreements - so do check your status.
Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
To subscribe to this Linkedin Learning course, click "Supply Chain Foundations: Risk and Resilience" for further information see information page on this site.
* Many professionals and students can access LinkedIn Learning through their organisation or university as part of enterprise or Microsoft-affiliated learning licences, meaning you may already have free or sponsored access to this course. Check with your employer or academic institution to see if you can enrol at no additional cost.
In this course, Professor Wilding shares strategies based on his extensive experience in supply chain strategy, digital transformation, and risk management, helping businesses strengthen performance in an increasingly complex global environment.
iTunesU - Supply Chain Management & Logistics: An introduction to principles and concepts.
Now in Retirement - Content may be available on iTunes Podcast Stream.
To subscribe to this free iTunes U course, click "Supply Chain Management & Logistics: An introduction to principles and concepts" The course is only available on the iTunesU app Apple iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch utilising iOS. Due to legacy issues individual podcast may now only be available.
Now in Retirement - Content may be available on iTunes Podcast Stream.
To subscribe to this free iTunes U course, click "Supply Chain Management & Logistics: An introduction to principles and concepts" The course is only available on the iTunesU app Apple iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch utilising iOS. Due to legacy issues individual podcast may now only be available.
Using the Online Course Materials to Enhance Learning.
In simple terms a supply chain is a network of organisations that collectively create and deliver a product or service that is valued by an end consumer. It is now recognised that competition is no longer between individual organisations but the supply chains they are part of. Therefore organisations need to work together to ensure competitiveness for all within the supply chain. Supply chain management can be defined as the management of relationships with all stakeholders, to deliver superior customer value at less cost to the supply chain as a whole. In order to do this Effective logistics is required i.e. the detailed coordination of complex operations involving people, facilities and supplies.
This iTunesU course is a collection of enhanced podcasts and videos which provide an introduction to the principles and concepts of logistics and supply chain management. The Linkedin Learning Course consists of 23 short videos. By utilising the material all users will be provided with a foundation of terminology and concepts enabling them to move forward and investigate the topics in more depth.
It can be utilised in a number of ways by business professionals, educators and students.
This iTunesU course is a collection of enhanced podcasts and videos which provide an introduction to the principles and concepts of logistics and supply chain management. The Linkedin Learning Course consists of 23 short videos. By utilising the material all users will be provided with a foundation of terminology and concepts enabling them to move forward and investigate the topics in more depth.
It can be utilised in a number of ways by business professionals, educators and students.
- A business professional, from any function, can use the course as a means for reflection, identifying how the collaborative principles required within the supply chain can gain competitive advantage by increasing value and reducing costs and risks.
- Educators can use the course in a number of ways: a) as an introduction to more advance programmes b) Utilised within a course to provoke discussion. For example, a podcast or video can be viewed and group discussion or syndicate work questions set. E.g. Video XYZ discusses ABC, what are the strengths and weakness of this argument? The Linkedin Learning Course can be placed on Learning platforms for pre-learning and/or post-learning for taught courses.
- Students of any discipline can use the course as an introduction to the topic providing them additional views, ideas and concepts that can be utilised and explored in more depth for assignments. Those considering specialising in the subject area of Logistics and Supply Chain management may also wish to take the course as a short pilot and introduction to see whether they really want to pursue the topic in depth.
