Online Value Chain eLearning Training

Windmaster Case Study 3: Company Analysis Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course introduces you to company analysis and explains its  more...

Windmaster Case Study 7: Strategy Implementation Competing in the business world isn't a peaceful game. Companies are fighting to win; to build new levels of competitive advantage; to secure customers, market share and profits. The winners rarely succeed by accident. They develop strategies and strategic plans and hire people who can face strategic dilemmas and make tough decisions. This course examines the issues involved in implementing a  more...

The Health Care Industry Overview Version 2 ...information technology to eliminate inefficiencies in the value chain, to address issues of access, to improve quality, and to reduce cost.This course provides a high-level view of the health care industry environment, including its key players, trends, structure, and relevant business and regulatory issues. It also provides an overview of the state of affairs and insights into the health care  more...

The Banking Industry Overview Version 2 ...course provides an introduction to the banking industry's value chain, business model, and trends. Second, this course examines the business and regulatory issues and challenges facing the banking industry. Finally, this course looks at some of the successful strategies that leading banking companies are applying. Consulting houses, corporations, and small-to-medium-sized enterprises that sell  more...

The Retail Industry Overview Version 2 ... overview of the expanding retail industry, including its value chain, business models, and trends. The course also examines the business and regulatory issues and challenges facing the industry, and some of the successful solutions that leading retail companies are applying. Consulting houses, corporations, and small-to-medium-sized enterprises that sell products or services to other sectors  more...

Diagnosing and Planning Your success as a consultant depends on your ability to diagnose each situation correctly. You need to use your previous experience, and bring fresh ideas to every new contract. Frameworks and models help you to make an effective diagnosis. They help you to evaluate the strategic position of the client organization, which is vital. To deliver solutions that are relevant and appropriate to the  more...

Managing Cross-Functions ...here managers operate in a large interconnected system of value chains. These developments place a premium on managers implementing new strategies to develop organizational learning and knowledge management which are key drivers in delivering success. The target for this path is senior level directors, senior managers of strategic business units and advanced level managers. It would also be of  more...

Sustaining Competitive Advantage In today's competitive business environment, being as good as the competition is not enough. An organization must devise strategies and develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies to set it apart from the competition. In this course business strategies are examined that can help a company gain and sustain competitive advantage. Companies build their strength around three key strategic areas:  more...

Customer Focused Management Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, is reputed to have said, "There is only one boss the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down simply by spending his money somewhere else." Effective quality management processes focus on the customer. In today's global marketplace, customers have more choices than ever before. To achieve success, it is vital for enterprises to  more...

Building an e-Commerce Business Case This course provides the learner with information which addresses the relationship between costs and benefits. This course is intended for Managers and technical staff who are in a position to provide e-commerce recommendations to executives.  more...

Building a Data Warehouse The Building a Data Warehousing WBT is the second course in the Data Warehousing curriculum. It provides students with an overview of the core technologies, concepts, architecture, and various features of data warehouses, models, and data extraction tools. People who have a fairly good knowledge of the concepts of database systems, relational database management systems, and their architecture.  more...

Value Chain Management: Managing the Transition to a Value Chain ...Value Chain focuses on the challenges involved in value chain management. Moving from and old supply chain model to a new value chain model involves greater collaboration between business units and partners. The course also focuses on some challenges in the execution of your business design and strategy. The course also covers managing the transition to the optimal value chain. It looks at  more...

Customer Care: Who is the Customer? Customer Care: Who is the Customer? is the third of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the four steps in the customer relationship management process identify internal customers and identify the benefits of value chain management. The PrimeCustomer Care curriculum offers a useful toolkit of practical customer care techniques and job  more...

Value Chain Management: Elements of the Value Chain ...Value Chain you will learn the key features of value chain management and the various organizational activities that add value to a companya s product or service. This course details the key components of successful products or services the importance and benefits of customer loyalty and customization. This course teaches how collaboration delivery production and outsourcing change the scope  more...

Value Chain Management: Managing a Value Chain ...Value Chain focuses on strategic response to the requirements of your value-creating business design and the management of elements of the value chain in order to win competitive advantage. It provides the learner with specific strategies to maximize the flow of products services and information and raw materials to the final point of consumption. It covers methods of winning cost advantage and  more...