SQA Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management is the management and control of all materials and information in the logistics process — starting with the raw materials and finishing with the delivery of the final product to the end-user.
The SQA Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management can be studied in the context of either manufacturing industry or non-manufacturing industry.
The globalisation of trade and business means that the study of an SQA Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management can lead to a fulfilling career. It will give learners a working knowledge of the supply chain and the operational side of business, vital to someone working in a fast-moving industry. Learners will also develop the good interpersonal skills needed to work with people at all levels in a company.
The SQA Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management consists of 30 unit credits. Each unit credit has approximately 40 hours of timetabled learning and 40 hours of self-guided learning and study. The SQA Advanced Diploma usually takes two academic years to complete, but this timeframe is flexible.
An SQA Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management can allow advanced entry to an English-speaking university. SQA’s qualifications are recognised worldwide.
Course Tutor Guide (including Course Framework)
Title: SQA Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management
Code: GM5G 48
SQA Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management Course Tutor Guide
A Guide for Tutors
Communication Units
This document is aimed at tutors who are teaching learners whose first language is not English.
The purpose of this document is to provide a selection of formative exercises that will:
- motivate learners
- increase confidence in communicating effectively in English
- prepare learners to successfully pass the summative assessments
Communication Units for SQA Advanced Qualifications
Research Skills
The guide provides support for developing good practice in how the Research Skills unit might be delivered, scheduled and assessed. It contains guidance on delivering the Research Skills Unit both on a stand-alone basis or integrating with other Units, and provides customised checklists for integration with various Graded Units.
Unit Specifications
- Cost Accounting (HP5H 47)
- International Physical Distribution (HP0W 48)
- International Trade and Payments (HP5F 48)
- Legal Aspects of Commercial Transactions (HP5G 47)
- Logistics Planning (HP5Y 48)
- Managing People and Organisations (J4DK 47)
- Purchasing Strategy (HP62 48)
- Supply Chain: An Introduction to Enterprise Planning (HP5W 49)
- Supply Chain: Associated Law (HP60 48)
- Supply Chain Business Analysis: An Introduction to Techniques (HP5P 47)
- Supply Chain: Business Excellence (HP5K 47)
- Supply Chain: Business Strategy (HP5X 48)
- Supply Chain: Capacity Planning and Production Operations (HP5M 47)
- Supply Chain Fundamentals (HP5R 47)
- Supply Chain: Lean and Agile Approaches (HP61 48)
- Supply Chain Logistics: An Introduction (HP5T 47)
- Supply Chain Management: Graded Unit 1 (HP63 47)
- Supply Chain Management: Graded Unit 2 (HP64 48)
- Supply Chain Organisations: Structures and Function (HP5J 47)
- Supply Chain Service Levels: Setting the Standards (HP5V 47)
- Supply Chain: Storage and Distribution (HP5N 48)
- Supply Chain: Tactics and Techniques (HP5L 49)
- Supply Chain: Total Quality Management (HP65 48)
Two additional mandatory units
