Module 8.1: Building an Analytics Roadmap

  • Assessing current analytics capabilities
  • Prioritizing analytics initiatives
  • Building business cases for analytics projects
  • ROI calculation for analytics investments
  • Change management for analytics adoption

Module 8.2: Data Strategy and Governance

  • Developing a data strategy
  • Data quality management
  • Data security and privacy (GDPR compliance)
  • Creating data standards
  • Building analytics teams

Module 8.3: Communicating Insights

  • Presenting to different audiences (executives, operations, technical)
  • Creating actionable recommendations
  • Influencing decision-makers with data
  • Building trust in analytics
  • Documenting analysis methodology

Module 8.4: Emerging Trends

  • Artificial intelligence in supply chain analytics
  • Digital twins and simulation
  • Blockchain for supply chain transparency
  • Sustainability analytics
  • Control tower analytics platforms

Capstone Project: Design and present a comprehensive analytics solution for a supply chain challenge:

  • Define the business problem
  • Identify data sources and KPIs
  • Perform analysis using multiple techniques
  • Create visualizations and dashboards
  • Develop actionable recommendations
  • Present findings to stakeholders