The purpose of organizations is to produce and deliver goods and services of value to customers while generating a surplus for owners. Value chain management focuses on understanding what different customers value, measuring inputs and outputs to assess value, and generating higher value for customers and surpluses for organizations.
Value Chain Management Specialization
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Value Chain Management Specialization
Master Value Chain Analysis. Acquire critical business management competencies to create, measure, and maximize value.
Instructors: Gary Hecht, Ph.D.
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(2,756 reviews)
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
3 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
- Supply Chain Management
- Business Operations
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Cost Accounting
- Operational Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Manufacturing Operations
- Quality Control
- Supply Chain
- Marketing Planning
- Product Strategy
- Strategic Marketing
- Performance Measurement
- Marketing
- Branding
- Management Accounting
- Operations Management
- Marketing Strategy and Techniques
- Supply Chain Planning
- Organizational Strategy
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143 practice exercises
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Specialization - 6 course series
What you'll learn
Describe fundamental concepts of managerial accounting.
Apply the financial perspective of accounting for costs.
Address common "what-if" questions using cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis and apply CVP analysis in a variety of scenarios.
Apply activity-based costing (ABC) and recognize the influence of setting and decision characteristics on the relevance of ABC systems.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Management Accounting
Category: Cost Management
Category: Supply Chain
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Analysis
Category: Cost Estimation
Category: Accounting Systems
Category: Decision Making
Category: Accounting
Category: Operating Cost
What you'll learn
Prepare a master budget and its key components.
Evaluate capital investments via a variety of measures.
Calculate, interpret, and investigate variances.
Compute and interpret financial performance measures.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Variance Analysis
Category: Budgeting
Category: Capital Budgeting
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Management Accounting
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Decision Making
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Accounting
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Financial Analysis
What you'll learn
Understand the role of operations management.
Relate underlying principles to operations management frameworks and techniques.
Synthesize information to make operations decisions in important areas.
Evaluate processes on different dimensions.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Operations Management
Category: Inventory Management System
Category: Operational Analysis
Category: Process Analysis
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Decision Making
Category: Business Operations
Category: Supply Chain
Category: Process Design
Category: Demand Planning
Category: Capacity Management
Category: Service Level
Category: Manufacturing Operations
Category: Cost Benefit Analysis
What you'll learn
Discover, implement, and sustain process improvements in organizations.
Practice the use of statistics for analyzing variation in processes.
Understand frameworks and techniques for supply chain management.
Value the relationship of operations and supply chains with environmental sustainability.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Supply Chain Management
Category: Quality Management
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Process Capability
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Statistical Process Controls
Category: Inventory Management System
Category: Supply Chain Planning
Category: Materials Management
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Program Management
Category: Business Operations
Category: Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics
Category: Contract Accounting
Category: Process Analysis
Category: Supply Chain
Category: Lean Manufacturing
Category: Business Technologies
Category: Process Control
Category: Operations Management
What you'll learn
Define marketing and understand its underlying rationale.
Describe how marketing creates value.
Describe product strategy.
Describe the nature of branding and evaluate brand extensions.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Marketing
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Branding
Category: Target Market
Category: Product Planning
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques
Category: Customer Insights
Category: Marketing Planning
Category: Brand Management
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Promotional Strategies
What you'll learn
List all elements of the Marketing Mix and explain the role each element plays in creating value.
Evaluate the use of different Channels of Distribution by existing businesses.
Critique Advertising execution and create a persuasive Advertising piece.
Develop a Marketing Plan proposal.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Product Lifecycle Management
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Promotional Strategies
Category: Product Strategy
Category: Integrated Marketing Communications
Category: Marketing Channel
Category: Writing
Category: Brand Management
Category: Marketing Management
Category: Advertising
Category: Marketing
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Product Management
Category: Price Negotiation
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This Specialization is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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Frequently asked questions
Each course in the Specialization offers regular and open enrollment. You can begin and complete the course on your own schedule.
It is recommended that the courses in the Specialization be taken in the order outlined.In the Capstone Project, you will have the opportunity to synthesize your learning in all courses and apply your combined skills in a final project
Time to completion can vary widely based on your schedule, most learners are able to complete the Specialization in 3-6 months.
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