Dartmouth College is offering free online course on Retail Fundamentals. The course will take a hands-on, problem driven approach that will help you understand and put into practice the concepts you learn.
In this four week course, applicants will learn key components of the retail business, including forecasting, inventory management, product assortment planning and pricing. The course will start on May 10, 2017.
User Review
( votes)Course At A Glance
Length: 4 weeks
Effort: 3-4 hours pw
Subject: Business & Management
Institution: Dartmouth College and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $99
Session: Course Starts on May 10, 2017
Providers’ Details
Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is a member of the Ivy League and consistently ranks among the world’s greatest academic institutions. Dartmouth has forged a singular identity for combining its deep commitment to outstanding undergraduate liberal arts and graduate education with distinguished research and scholarship in the Arts & Sciences and its three leading professional schools—the Geisel School of Medicine, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business.
About This Course
In this course, part of the Retail Management Professional Certificate program, you will learn the four key components of the retail business:
- Demand forecasting,
- Inventory management
- Assortment planning
- Pricing decisions
Why Take This Course?
You will learn about the different challenges that retailers face and have the opportunity to explore methods and techniques available to address these challenges. You will also have access to simulation tools to better internalize the concepts.
Learning Outcomes
- How to generate and evaluate Sales Forecasts
- How to plan and optimize your Inventory Management
- How to think and decide on Product Assortment
- How to find the best prices for your products
Instructors
Santiago Gallino
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Antonio Moreno-Garcia
Associate Professor of Operations, Kellogg School of Management, Dartmouth College
Requirements
Basic undergraduate mathematics
How To Join This Course
- Go to the course website link
- Create an edX account to SignUp
- Choose “Register Now” to get started.
- EdX offers honor code certificates of achievement, verified certificates of achievement, and XSeries certificates of achievement. Currently, verified certificates are only available in some courses.
- Once applicant sign up for a course and activate their account, click on the Log In button on the edx.org homepage and type in their email address and edX password. This will take them to the dashboard, with access to each of their active courses. (Before a course begins, it will be listed on their dashboard but will not yet have a “view course” option.)