Foundations
What a supply chain is, how it competes, and how it is measured.
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Stop 1
What a supply chain is
The stages, the three flows that connect them, and the push–pull boundary that splits planning from reacting.
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Stop 2
Strategy & strategic fit
Matching the supply chain to what customers value, efficient for predictable products and responsive for uncertain ones.
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Stop 3
The bullwhip effect
Why small wobbles in consumer demand become big swings in orders upstream, its four causes, and the fixes.
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Stop 4
Supply chain KPIs
The measures interviewers expect you to know, what each one really tells you, and how they pull against each other.
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Stop 5
Cash conversion cycle
How long cash stays tied up in operations: DIO + DSO − DPO, and the supply chain levers behind each part.
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Stop 6
Lean, Six Sigma & TOC
Three improvement approaches, removing waste, variation and constraints, and when each one fits.
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Stop 7
Incoterms
Who pays for what, and where the risk passes from seller to buyer, at each leg of an international shipment.