Systems Operations in Health & Humanitarian Response
Overview
| Course name | Systems Operations in Health & Humanitarian Response |
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| Institution | Georgia Tech, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute |
| Location | Online and USA, Georgia |
| Website | www.scl.gatech.edu/professional-education/on-campus-courses/course.php?id=humso |
| Language | English |
| Contact information | Dr. Swann, Dr. Özlem Ergun, Pinar Keskinocak Meghan Smithgall info@scl.gatech.edu (404) 385-1432 |
Details
| Course objective | -Describe and model the impact of demand dependencies among the many partners within a health or humanitarian response. -Identify methods for mitigating or reducing inventory variability and costs through information sharing among supply chain partners. -Identify opportunities for coordination within organizations and collaboration across organizations for increased efficiency and improved outcomes. -Describe the strategic behavior of decision makers and the impact of the market (or contract) structure on the participant\'s actions and the overall system dynamics. -Define evaluation metrics in alignment with the system goals and structure system operations and incentives that address and evaluate these metrics. -Provide immediate impact to their organization through learnings gained from applied and real-world case studies -Learn to bring NGOs, businesses, and/or government entities together to enhance collaboration, cooperation, and communication -Discover current trends and procedures to help their organizations and team members get ahead and stay ahead of the curve -Build a critical knowledge base to make tactical decisions around inventory, routing, and distribution -Deliver best-practices to measure and evaluate outcomes of humanitarian relief efforts -Ultimately transform the humanitarian sector with increased capacity to participate in planning and strategic decision-making for effective supply chain management |
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| Sector | Private |
| General course topics | Course topics include methods for improving coordination and collaboration, addressing demand dependencies, and reliably measuring and evaluating system performance. |
| Total time commitment | 27 |
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| Focus commodity | Any or other commodity |
| Commodities covered | none listed |
| Accredited | No |
| Accredited by | N/A |
| Certificate name | Certificate |
| Degree name | This course counts as two points towards the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Certificate. |
| Attendance mode | In-person |
| Attendance description | in-class/on-line |
| Incentives | No |
| Incentives description | N/A |
| Audience | Other |
| Pre-requisites | No |
| Pre-requisites description | N/A |
| Course fee | $2,400 |
| Course fee description | The program fee includes continental breakfasts, lunches, breaks, and all classroom materials |
| Discount available | Yes |
| Discount description | A discount is applicable to: -SCL Alumni (anyone who has attended a SCL course): $2200 -CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals), AST&L, INFORMS, NASSTRAC, WERC and the Atlanta Supply Chain Leadership Council. : $2200 -Certificate Price: $2000 |
| Course included in analysis | No |
| Additional comments | Scholarships are available at: hhls.scl.gatech.edu/ To Register: www.pe.gatech.edu/courses/systems-operations-health-and-humanitarian-response Target audience: -Tactical & strategic members of Non-governmental organizations -Private corporations involved in the humanitarian relief efforts -US Federal government employees -US State or local government employees -Humanitarian Foundation members -TITLES: Program Managers, Director of Field Operations, Disaster Relief Manager, Director of Logistics & Inventory, Logistics Officers |