Instructor | Aristo

There is a significant amount of planning that goes into ensuring goods are readily available for consumers. How does the store know to have a certain item, in a certain place, at a certain time…

In this lesson, we will study the first two steps of Goleman’s four components of emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and self-management. As per Goleman, self-awareness is the building block of all other competencies. Without recognizing what…

In this lesson, we will study social awareness and relationship management that fall under the heading of “Social Competence” in Bradberry and Greaves’ model of emotional intelligence. Social awareness is the ability to use empathy…

You want to develop a team that feels comfortable approaching you with new ideas, suggestions for improvements, and even their own personal challenges. You want your clients to know that you are genuinely interested in…

Your success as a businessperson will be greatly affected by the professional relationships you cultivate. Interpersonal skills are the cornerstone of developing these associations, so it is important to assess your abilities to communicate clearly…

Leadership education is an ongoing process. Your success will increase when you invest time in studying leadership models and characteristics, reading about great leaders, putting your knowledge into practice, and then evaluating the results. It…

Successful order management allows organizations to work within capacity, deliver to meet customer needs, maintain accurate records, and meet financial objectives. Order management isn’t having someone standing over all the material handlers making sure they…

The function of procurement is to manage the whole process of purchasing products. A procurement department is responsible for activities such as receiving bids, evaluating prices and terms, negotiating deals, placing orders with suppliers, receiving…

Legal contracting in supply chain is used when an organization’s needs exceed their capacity and they need to outsource a certain task. For example, a company may have a complex demand forecast system that has…

The goal of a supply plan is to match the demand plan. When done effectively, supply and demand planning can greatly reduce costs for organizations. When supply and demand do not match, organizational costs rise.…

The primary needs of a warehouse are; means of storage (building, space), material handling equipment (pallet racking, forklifts, loading docks), and people (material handlers, leadership, administrative). These are just the basic needs. There are thousands…

To understand how downstream and upstream procurement works in the supply chain, it is important to understand the makeup of a typical procurement organization. Procurement organizations are made up of sourcing and purchasing departments. A…