This course must be taken from a PC. There are no specific computer requirements other than an Internet connection (Broadband Internet connection is highly recommended). In addition you will need to have Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, Flash Plug-in and a QuickTime plug-in on your computer (all available through free downloads).

GES will provide the following required textbooks for this course:
• Budgeting for Managers
• Harvard Business Essentials: Power, Influence, and Persuasion
• Essentials of Supply Chain Management

The following textbooks are NOT required for this program, but are recommended by the instructor. GES does NOT provide these books:
• The Purchasing Handbook: A Guide for the Purchasing and Supply Professional, by Joseph L. Cavinato.
Managers and the Legal Environment, by Bagley and Savage, 5th Edition.
The Successful Manager’s Handbook, by Susan H. Gebelein, et al.
The Essentials of Negotiation, by Harvard Business School Press.



    • Course Overview/Description Course Objectives Course Outline Prerequisites/Audience PC Requirements/Materials Included Instructor Bio FAQs See a Demo
  •  
  • Certified National Pharmaceutical Representative
  • Corporate Governance and Ethics
  • English as a Second Language - Global English
  • Entrepreneurship: Start-Up and Business Owner Management
  • Event Management and Design
  • Fitness Business Management
  • Grant Writing
  • Human Resources for Healthcare Professionals
  • Lean Mastery
  • Management for IT Professionals
  • Management Training
  • Mediation and Dispute Resolution
  • Microsoft Access 2007
  • Microsoft Excel 2007
  • Microsoft Outlook 2007
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
  • Microsoft Vista Business
  • Microsoft Word 2007
  • Non-Profit Management
  • Payroll Practice and Management
  • Personal Training and Group Exercise Training for Older Adults
  • Project Management
  • Records Management Certificate
  • Revenue Cycle Management for Health Care Providers
  • Seven Steps to Leading High Achieving Teams
  • Six Sigma Black Belt
  • Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Technical Writing
  • Understanding Earned Value Management
  • Women's Exercise Training and Wellness

Purchasing & Supply Chain Management

GES 411 -- 300 hours

PC Requirements/Materials Included

    This course must be taken from a PC. There are no specific computer requirements other than an Internet connection (Broadband Internet connection is highly recommended). In addition you will need to have Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, Flash Plug-in and a QuickTime plug-in on your computer (all available through free downloads).

    GES will provide the following required textbooks for this course:
    • Budgeting for Managers
    • Harvard Business Essentials: Power, Influence, and Persuasion
    • Essentials of Supply Chain Management

    The following textbooks are NOT required for this program, but are recommended by the instructor. GES does NOT provide these books:
    • The Purchasing Handbook: A Guide for the Purchasing and Supply Professional, by Joseph L. Cavinato.
    Managers and the Legal Environment, by Bagley and Savage, 5th Edition.
    The Successful Manager’s Handbook, by Susan H. Gebelein, et al.
    The Essentials of Negotiation, by Harvard Business School Press.



Find a School