Leveraging Technology to Achieve Results (Coursera)

Offered by Rutgers University,
Leveraging Technology to Achieve Results (Coursera)

After a brief introduction, this course will cover procurement technology solutions that will help achieve your goals. First, the course will cover Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a large software program that is used across the entire organization. The ERP segment will focus on just the procurement segments and how one can use this information to achieve your goals.

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Then the course will cover Procurement-to-Pay solutions that can either be integrated into ERP or as a stand alone solution. Lastly, the course will cover some of the "new" digital and other enabling technologies (e.g. AI, ML & RPA). All of these technologies and processes will make your procurement department more efficient and effective such that you can work on more value add activities.
This course is part of the Advanced Global Procurement and Sourcing Specialization.

Syllabus

Introduction to Course 6 Leveraging Technology To Achieve Results
Enterprise Resource Planning
Procurement-to-Pay
Digitalization & Other Enabling Technology
.pdf file for the Student of the Course 6 Lectures
Quiz for Course 6 Leveraging Technology True/False

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