University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Value Chain Management Specialization
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Value Chain Management Specialization

Master Value Chain Analysis. Acquire critical business management competencies to create, measure, and maximize value.

Gary Hecht, Ph.D.
Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee
Hayden Noel

Instructors: Gary Hecht, Ph.D.

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4.7

(2,753 reviews)

Intermediate level
Some related experience required
3 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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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: Accounting Systems
Category: Decision Making
Category: Management Accounting
Category: Operating Cost
Category: Cost Management
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Accounting
Category: Analysis

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: Decision Making
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Management Accounting
Category: Accounting
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Performance Management
Category: Operating Budget
Category: Cash Flows

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: Organizational Strategy
Category: Process Analysis
Category: Operational Analysis
Category: Process Management
Category: Supply Chain
Category: Supply Chain Management
Category: Decision Making
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Production Management
Category: Business Operations
Category: Manufacturing Operations

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: Process Improvement
Category: Quality Management
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Statistical Process Controls
Category: Supplier Relationship Management
Category: Lean Manufacturing
Category: Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Supply Chain Planning
Category: Vendor Contracts
Category: Program Management
Category: Process Control
Category: Operations Management
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Inventory Management System
Category: Business Technologies
Category: Materials Management
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Reverse Logistics

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: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Market Research
Category: Brand Management
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Marketing
Category: Branding
Category: Go To Market Strategy
Category: Customer Insights
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Competitive Analysis
Category: Market Opportunities
Category: Marketing Planning
Category: Target Market
Category: Product Marketing
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques

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: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Product Lifecycle Management
Category: Integrated Marketing Communications
Category: Marketing Channel
Category: Product Strategy
Category: Promotional Strategies
Category: Brand Management
Category: Marketing Management
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Writing
Category: Product Lining
Category: Marketing Planning
Category: Brand Strategy

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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

 

Instructors

Gary Hecht, Ph.D.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
9 Courses120,577 learners
Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 Courses89,909 learners
Hayden Noel
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses63,929 learners

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