Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management

The Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management programme seeks to develop skills for professionals and equip them to optimize organization profitability through effective management of supply chain. Ever-increasing customer demands on product price, quality, variety, lead-time, and the need to pursue mass customization have forced companies to focus attention not only on internal operations, but also on ensuring coordinated response on the part of the entire supply chain, including suppliers and distributors. The programme will help participants to sharpen their skills to leverage advantages of a well-managed supply chain. Furthermore, the purpose of such a qualification is to enhance the South African supply chain professional industry and upscale knowledge and skills of students who are aspiring to work in the supply chain ambit. Students also will have obtained critical analytical thinking and insight into developing and overseeing supply chain projects from being exposed to current and futuristic trends that is on a global and national level for best practise. This will also challenge higher-ordered thinking to challenge new ideas for better practise.