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Supply Chain & Inventory Optimization Models with MS Excel (Udemy.com)

Supply Chain and Inventory Optimization with Excel Tools| EOQ • Safety Stock • ABC/XYZ • VMI • MPS/MRP • KPI Dashboards

Created by: Sitmi Academy

Last updated August 2026

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What you will learn

  • Deep understanding of the Inventory management function..
  • Activities involved in Inventory Management function
  • Understanding Inventory Costs: A Comprehensive Overview
  • Need of best inventory management today - From Burden to Opportunity : Unleashing the Hidden Value of Inventory Management
  • Benefits of well managed inventory - From Chaos to Control Unleashing the Potential of well managed inventory
  • What is meaning of Selective Inventory Control Methods
  • 9 Selective Inventory Control Methods - Categorization logic & uses (ABC, XYZ, FSN, HML, SDE, VED, S-OS, GOLF, PQR)
  • Overview & Excel Calculation for ABC, XYZ, HML, FSN, S-OS, VED, SDE, PQR, GOLF Analysis.
  • Categorizing Selective Inventory Control Methods in Microsoft Excel - Ready sheets for analysis in minutes.
  • Inventory Replenishment planning methods
  • Four Inventory replenishment Methods
  • What is Safety Stock, Why it is needed?

How it compares

Against the other 1,210 rated Udemy courses in Business on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 46% of them
  • Reviews611#597 of 1,211 by number of reviews
  • Length4.7 hourslonger than 68% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2026more recently than 84% of them

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Course Description

Unlock Your Supply Chain Potential with this Course focused on Supply chain planning with Excel based practice models and ready to use templates.


Inefficient inventory management can lead to a domino effect, negatively impacting people, processes, and systems within the organization. Any mismanaged inventory disrupts the entire business ecosystem... Are your supply chain professional keeping you up at night? 

Unleash the power of strategic inventory management and revolutionize your business operations today!

| Master the Art of Inventory Optimization | Boost Efficiency & Reduce Costs | Seamlessly Integrate Supply Chain Tactics |  Elevate Your Career with In-Demand Skills


We realized that Efficient inventory optimization, demand planning, and stock replenishment are crucial for supply chain success, All this is well covered in this course with practical Excel templates, automations, and interactive KPI dashboards.


  • Join our exclusive Udemy course and gain the expertise to streamline your inventory processes, enhance customer satisfaction, and supercharge your business growth.



  • What You'll Learn:

- Inventory Planning

- Inventory Costs and Impact

- Selective Inventory control Techniques

- Inventory Replenishment methods

- Inventory KPI’s

- Entire Inventory analysis in Excel with readymade templates


  • Enroll Now and Enjoy:

- On-Demand Video Lessons - Learn at Your Pace

- Interactive Quizzes - Reinforce Your Knowledge

- Lifetime Access - Stay Updated Always

- Expert Q&A - Get Your Questions Answered

- Certificate of Completion - Showcase Your Skills


  • Whom this course is designed for?

Inventory Managers

  • Supply Chain Managers

  • Operations Managers

  • Warehouse Managers

  • Procurement Specialists

  • Business Analysts / Supply Chain Analysts

  • MBA Students

  • Executives in manufacturing, retail, or distribution industries


Invest in your future. Transform your supply chain. Enroll in "Strategic Inventory Management" now!


Background of the course

This course will help you drastically improve your knowledge and skills in Inventory Management practices through a series of must know concepts, practical cases, case studies, calculations, examples and Ready Excel Templates for numerous inventory analysis in few minutes. This course is designed by Academic & Industry experts in the field for everyone who is in Supply Chain / Inventory / Demand planning role or wanted to make their career in the field. This course is designed for Supply Chain Managers, Inventory Managers, Supply Chain Analysts, Buyers, Demand Planners, Inventory planners, Transportation, warehousing & Logistics planners & even supply chain leaders.

What this course covers?

This course covers extensive content in a simple explanations and covers all must know topics within inventory management practices in five key modules as below.


Module 1 - Introduction to Inventory Management

· Introduction

o What is inventory

o Types and of inventory

· Activities involved in Inventory Management function

· Understanding Inventory Costs: A Comprehensive Overview

o Ordering Cost

o Carrying or holding cost

o Shortage or stock out cost

o Spoilage cost

o Other costs

o Tabular examples of the costs

· Need for effective inventory management today - From Burden to Opportunity

o Contribution of Inventory in working capital

o Research studies about inventory contribution in company’s working capital.

o Inventory contribution in retail, manufacturing and service companies.

o Role of inventory holding cost

o Research studies on contribution of holding cost in inventory costs.

· Benefits of well managed inventory - From Chaos to Control

o Cost optimization & Cash flow management

o Customer Satisfaction

o Improved supply chain efficiency.

o Profit maximization


Module 2 - Selective Inventory control methods & Analysis in Excel

· Overview of Selective inventory control

· Why Selective inventory control?

· What are benefits of selective inventory control?

· Overview of ABC Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of XYZ Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of HML Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of FSN Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of VED Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of SDE Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of S-OS Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of GOLF Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Overview of PQR Analysis - Meaning, Logics & Uses.

· Excel Calculation & Automated calculation sheet for ABC, XYZ, HML, FSN, PQR, ABC-XYZ analysis.


Module 3- Inventory Replenishment planning methods

· Four Inventory replenishment Methods

· What is Safety Stock, Why it is needed?

· Calculation of Safety Stock in Excel & Ready excel sheet for quick calculation

· Calculation of Reorder Point (ROP) in Excel & Ready excel sheet for quick calculation

· Calculation of Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) in Excel & Ready excel sheet for quick calculation

· Calculation of Min Max levels in Excel & Ready excel sheet for quick calculation

· Planning strategies in Business environments – All about MTO, MTS ATO & ETO.

· Vendor Managed Inventory

o What is VMI

o How it is different from traditional inventory replenishment

o Process flow in VMI & traditional inventory replenishment

o Benefits of VMI

o Top Companies who uses VMI in their businesses

· VMI Case study of big retail giant Wal-Mart (Unlocking Efficiency & Profits)


Module 4 - Inventory Performance Management through Metrics

· Overview of Average inventory – Meaning, Calculation & Example

· Overview of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) – Meaning, Calculation & Example

o Exclusion & Inclusions in COGS costs.

· Overview of Inventory turnover ratio (ITR)– Meaning, Calculation & Example

· Overview of Days on Hand (DOH)– Meaning, Calculation & Example

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Instructor Details

Sitmi Academy

SITMI is offering multiple courses in the Management areas, SITMI has been successful in its expansion in 8 countries and making further expansions. SITMI has been expert in launching courses in Supply Chain, Human Resource, Lean Management, Operations Management, International Business and other areas.

SITMI works collaboratively with multiple experts in Academics and Industrial sector to make quality contents and making them available for the audience.

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Reviews

4.5

611 ratings on Udemy

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By Rajesh Prasad on 11/24/2025

EOQ can not be less than Reorder Point. Also not Cleared the Concept of how to find the Safety stock. You have used Lead time constant formula here.

By Leonardo on 11/11/2025

training goes straight to the point and the examples within the exccel spreadsheets help to undertand the concepts very well. one thing is missing, is how you track/monitor the inventory cycle over cycle and all actions points it should trigger whenever an exception event occurs

By Mahmoud Ghonem on 1/14/2025

Throughout the course, I gained valuable skills in inventory strategies, stock control, Inventory management KPl’s and the latest tools and techniques to optimize inventory systems. I’m excited to apply this knowledge to drive more efficiency and help streamline operations in the future.

By Anil Gite on 12/30/2024

This course covering key concept on inventory management like various inventory techniques to analyse organisation data for better utilisation of resources and cost optimization with detail explanation of overall concepts. Thank you so much for SITMI for incredible insights on inventory management.

By Rahul Singh on 5/17/2024

This is nice course for everyone who want to learn inventory management from basics to advanced. I have seen this course is practical and explains many examples to understand all concepts easily.

By Marco Kamphuis on 3/24/2024

In a world where inventory management is the heartbeat of business operations, there was an ambitious professional striving for mastery. Amidst the organized chaos of boxes and digital dashboards, this professional found a path to excellence: the Executive Program in Inventory Management. With determination, they navigated through the modules, soaking up every lesson like a sponge. Obstacles became opportunities, and challenges transformed into learning experiences. When the final test was completed, relief felt sweeter than anticipated. The certificate was more than a proof of completion; it was a ticket to a world of optimized inventory management, efficiency, and success.

By NILESH BALPANDE on 2/19/2024

It is very nice, concepts with examples give us more understanding of actual scenario. Examples in excel sheet it helps a lot. Thanks for such a nice program.

By Jaafar Said on 1/27/2024

I watched another course about safety stocks and I thought it was good. But after watching this, now I think the first course I watched is a waste. I have almost everything I need for our pharmacy.

By Amanda Fox (Laubscher-Holtzhausen) on 8/7/2023

Another well presented course by SITMI Academy and I particularly found Section 4 on the 9 KPIs very informative and vital for effective inventory and Supply Chain Management. The downloadable Excel formula templates are very useful too. Great course guys!

By Prajakta Bhasin on 8/2/2023

I'm impressed. The content is comprehensive and presented in a way that's easy to digest. Kudos to the instructor for breaking down complex concepts into smaller steps.

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