The Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management (PGD SCM) offered by the SBL is presented as a structured One Year Programme. Applications are opened. Registrations are administered once year, there is no second semester intake. Students MUST REGISTER all FIVE modules at the beginning of the year when registration opens
Programme Module
Each Module has a credit bearing of 24 credits
The Programme is an NQF Level 8 Qualification
The Total Number of credits is 120
Year Modules
Ethics, Governance and Sustainability (PSM4821)
This is a multi-disciplinary module that provides students with knowledge and competencies on ethics, governance and sustainable supply chain theoretical knowledge base, frameworks and management tools. These tools prepare graduates in utilising the supply chain to facilitate achievement of sustainable development goals. These, often create inherent complexity in managing relationships across the value chain (production-distribution-consumption). The module aims to enable students to reflect on sustainable supply chain issues in Africa, by making them aware of the pertinent issues, opportunities, and importance of investing in building sustainable supply chains in order to assist solution finding to mitigate sustainability challenges in the given context. This is facilitated by recognising applicable legal and regulatory frameworks and influenced by the adoption of professional supply chain ethical standards and professional practice. This is seen through a comprehensive coverage of supply chain governance models, complemented by identifying and analysing suitable supply chain ethics that enhance supply chain performance and meet stakeholder expectations.
Advanced Strategic Procurement and Contract Management (PMS4822)
This module empowers students with the acquisition of knowledge, values, attitudes, skills, and competencies in advanced procurement and contract management that are required to effectively make and implement procurement and contract management decisions in support of delivering value in complex, uncertain and volatile business environments. The module with further expose students to fundamentals of procurement planning; the rudiments of preparing for procurement; various steps that need to be taken to effect project procurement in the manner acceptable as project procurement best practices; deal with the dynamics of public/or private procurement of consulting services; rudiments of preparing for procurement basically involving: preparation of the bidding documents, and the conduct of the pre-procurement conference; and post-award contract management (monitoring and tracking compliance with contractual requirements)and embracing agile methods where suitable. On completion of the module, qualifying students will be able to lead and manage procurement individuals and teams in enabling the design and execution of procurement and contract management strategies. The modules equip students with appropriate supplier management strategies, enhances the capability to plan and execute enterprise and supplier development strategies by utilizing their analytical and decision-making skills. Content includes planning and execution of public-private partnerships (PPPs), sound awareness of different forms of contract and how there are utilised.
Advanced Supply Chain Operations (PSM4823)
Modern supply chains are characterised by complexity, dynamism and uncertainty of demand and supply. It is desirable therefore to streamline and optimise the performance of the supply chains. In this regard productivity, customer service and the desire for continuous improvement are key. This module positions the management of supply chain operations as a key enabler in gaining strategic advantage by ensuring that the supply chain processes, management systems and tools embedded within the value chains are efficient and effective in planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling all resources needed to meet stakeholder needs. In particular, the purpose of the module is to provide graduating candidates with capabilities, skills, competences, and knowledge to be able to measure the reliability, performance, responsiveness, flexibility and costs of supply chains as they meet supply chain and organisational goals.
Supply Chain Technology Performance and Risk Management (PSM4824)
This is a multidisciplinary module. It harnesses knowledge and competencies from finance and accounting, information technology, analytics and risk to enable to track and monitor supply chain performance by utilising information and information systems to the advantage of the organization. The module further equips students with understanding of the value and use of management information systems to manage information, performance and various risks associated with supply chain. Students will recognise that globalisation and digital transformation transform the basic needs of any organisation to manage and control its supply chain The students are equipped with capabilities that enable the use of various financial and non-financial tools to plan, measure and evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of the supply chain environment within an organisation. It also seeks to familiarize students with appropriate technology and digitalisation strategies for supply chain transformation. Finally, the module presents supply chain analytics that are critical in evaluating risk and monitoring performance to ensure business continuity. Supply chain performance measurement approaches are presented that leverage relevant supply chain analytics. Special emphasis is placed on monitoring and tracking delivery by the contractor to ensure that deliverables meet the required specifications as per contract agreement as presented in Module PSM4822.
Strategic Project Management (PSM4825)
The purpose of this module is to equip qualifying students with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that will enable them to integrate principles of project management within the supply chain space. Furthermore, this module is intended to enable students to apply good practice project management methodology for the delivery of supply chain management strategies. It is intended to equip students with competencies that will enable them to reflect on and meet the challenges and needs of the continental and global supply chain management through effective strategic decision making. It is also intended to provide students with an appreciation of supply chain entities, departments, or units (public or private) as project-based organisations (PBOs); and contemporary and comprehensive knowledge base on how to develop project management as an organisational practice for successful delivery of supply chain projects. In addition, the module provides students an appreciation of the role of supply chain departments in enabling (or disabling) the successful delivery of organisational projects.