Operations & Supply Chain Fundamentals is a structured track of 12 lessons that build a complete, interview-ready understanding of the topic. Work through them in order, then use the quiz and flashcards in each lesson to revise.
What this course covers
- What Operations Management Actually Does - The work operations owns, stated as outcomes rather than as departments.
- What Supply Chain Management Covers End to End - From raw material to consumer, and every handoff in between.
- How Operations and Supply Chain Differ and Overlap - Two terms used interchangeably in job posts, separated by what each decides.
- The Supply Chain as a Flow of Goods, Money & Information - Why the information flow usually breaks first, and what that costs.
- The Standard Reference Model for Supply Chain Processes - Plan, source, make, deliver and return as a common process language.
- Push, Pull & Hybrid Supply Chain Strategies - Which strategy suits which demand pattern, with the postponement point explained.
- Cost, Service & the Core Operations Trade-off - Why you cannot optimise cost and service simultaneously, and how to choose.
- Where Operations Sits Alongside Sales, Finance & Product - How operations decisions land on other functions, and who must be convinced.
- The Evolution of Supply Chains in India - How Indian supply chains changed with tax reform, commerce and infrastructure.
- What Has Changed in Supply Chains Recently - The disruptions, policy shifts and demand changes reshaping the field now.
- How AI Is Reshaping Operations Work and Roles - Which parts of the job AI already absorbs, and what the role becomes.
- 100 Must-Know Operations Terms - The Complete Glossary - One hundred operations and supply chain terms defined in a line each.