CIPSTamkeenStarts Dec 9, 2026

Supply Network Design

Module

Duration: 25hrs
Level: 06
Language: english
Reference: L6M9

Course Overview

Designing the wider supply network — the interconnected web of organisations that a single supply chain sits inside. Covers the strategic nature of network design, the operations strategy that connects design to business success, and the resource planning and control techniques (push/pull, theory of constraints, MRP, ERP) that keep the network running.

What you'll learn

Design a supply network using value net analysis (suppliers, customers, competitors, complementors)
Make strategic make-or-buy and outsourcing decisions based on capacity and competence
Align operations strategy to overall business strategy and market requirements
Choose between push, pull, theory-of-constraints, MRP, and ERP control approaches

Syllabus & course details

Elective module · 6 credits · Objective Response (OR) exam · 1.5-hour duration. For procurement leaders designing supply networks at the strategic level. You'll cover the meaning and influence of supply network design (vs. linear supply chain), make-or-buy and outsourcing decisions, capacity planning at the strategic level (optimum capacity, leading/lagging strategies, inventory smoothing), operations strategy and its alignment with business strategy, and the resource planning and control approaches (push/pull, theory of constraints, MRP, ERP) that keep networks running.

Upcoming batches1

This module is delivered as part of the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply program — the dates below are the program's cohorts.

CIPS-L6-G2-2026

Upcoming

December 9, 2026 – February 24, 2027

Classroom 1

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Starts in 57 days· December 9

Part of the CIPS Level 6 Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply program

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A senior advisor will WhatsApp you within 30 minutes to confirm your place in the December 9 batch.