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.

Sponsored by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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Intermediate level
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3 months
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Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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Specialization - 6 course series

Managerial Accounting: Cost Behaviors, Systems, and Analysis

Course 120 hours4.7 (1,330 ratings)

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: Financial Management
Category: General Accounting
Category: Management Accounting
Category: Accounting
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Corporate Accounting
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Accounting Systems
Category: General Finance
Category: Accounting and Finance Software
Category: Financial Reporting
Category: Financial Statement Analysis
Category: Finance
Category: Profit and Loss (P&L) Management

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: Management Accounting
Category: Financial Management
Category: General Accounting
Category: Cost Accounting
Category: Budgeting
Category: Variance Analysis
Category: Corporate Accounting
Category: Budget Management
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Financial Planning
Category: Corporate Finance
Category: Business Management
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Financial Controls
Category: Finance
Category: Operating Budget
Category: Capital Budgeting
Category: Financial Accounting
Category: Cost Control

Operations Management: Organization and Analysis

Course 313 hours4.7 (1,220 ratings)

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: Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics
Category: Business Process Management
Category: Logistics
Category: Supply Chain Management
Category: Materials Management
Category: Inventory and Warehousing
Category: Inventory Management System
Category: Logistics Management
Category: Inventory Management
Category: Business Management
Category: Operational Performance Management
Category: Inventory Control Systems
Category: Operations Management
Category: Business Process Improvement
Category: Process Improvement and Optimization
Category: Process Analysis
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Process Management
Category: Business Operations
Category: Business Strategy

Operations Management: Quality and Supply Chain

Course 416 hours4.6 (1,170 ratings)

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: Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Process Capability
Category: Quality Management
Category: Process Control
Category: Statistical Process Controls
Category: Process Engineering
Category: Operational Excellence
Category: Operations Management
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Business Management
Category: Process Improvement and Optimization
Category: Business Process Management
Category: Supply Management
Category: Business Process Improvement

Developing a Winning Marketing Strategy

Course 516 hours4.8 (1,708 ratings)

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: Marketing Management
Category: Marketing
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Marketing Planning
Category: Target Market
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Brand Marketing
Category: Marketing and Public Relations
Category: Marketing Psychology
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Branding
Category: Brand Management
Category: Brand Strategy
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Product Strategy
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Market Intelligence
Category: Market Research

Developing a Marketing Mix for Growth

Course 612 hours4.8 (722 ratings)

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: Marketing Management
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Marketing
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques
Category: Product Strategy
Category: Marketing Planning
Category: Marketing Psychology
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Go To Market Strategy
Category: Marketing Channel
Category: Product Marketing
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Integrated Marketing Communications
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Promotional Strategies
Category: Promotions and Campaigns
Category: Marketing and Public Relations
Category: Brand Management
Category: Advertising

Instructors

Gary Hecht, Ph.D.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
9 Courses116,426 learners
Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses85,245 learners
Hayden Noel
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses61,097 learners

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