Demand forecasting
Translate market signals into inventory and capacity decisions.
Sourcing, inventory, demand planning, sustainability — make a global supply chain resilient.
What you'll decide
KPIs you'll manage
Skills you'll build
Every Boardroom builds Supply Chain Management judgment AND the universal decision-making skills below.
Supply Chain Management skills
Translate market signals into inventory and capacity decisions.
Diversify, dual-source, and stress-test the supplier base.
Apply Scope 3 emissions, modern slavery, and ethical compliance standards.
Design supply chains that absorb shocks rather than amplify them.
Spot demand distortion before it cascades through the network.
Balance landed-cost optimisation with carbon-footprint discipline.
Plus universal Boardroom skills
Spot flawed reasoning even when it comes from a confident expert.
Verify AI output rather than trust it by default — the wrong advisor mechanic IS AI-verification training.
Articulate why you made the call under time pressure, not just what you decided.
Judge decisions across cost, quality, schedule, safety, brand — not just one KPI.
Tell hard news to clients, regulators, and teams without losing credibility.
Hold duties to the public, the firm, and the profession when they pull in different directions.
Frameworks & terminology referenced
Scenarios
Hand-picked anchor dilemmas. Click to preview or request the full build.
Your largest plastic-moulding supplier can't meet next month's order. Fill from a smaller backup (4-week lead, 12% premium), reduce promised quantities, or accept partial delivery and apologise?
An external audit flags labour-rights concerns at your cheapest supplier (40% of category spend). Switch suppliers immediately (3-month cost spike), give 6 months to remediate, or commission a deeper investigation first?
A geopolitical event closes one of your major shipping routes for ≥3 months. Air-freight high-value items (5x cost), reroute via longer sea route (15-day delay), or accept stock-outs for affected SKUs?
A tier-3 supplier you didn't know existed was the source of recent quality defects — now affecting end customers. Demand full multi-tier visibility (slow + costly), self-audit top 10 categories, or wait for next event?
Also available as a Standard Sim
Multi-team supply chain simulation with live ripple events. 53 industry tracks, tutor controls, assessment evidence.
Industry settings
Industry context
The decision categories and vocabulary used in our Supply Chain Management dilemmas are informed by the kinds of topics widely covered in these frameworks. Students preparing for chartership or apprenticeship pathways often find the format useful as independent practice material.
Note: MyEdMentor is independent simulation content. We are not endorsed by, accredited by, or affiliated with any of the named bodies. Their names are referenced here to describe content overlap only.
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Earn
Each Boardroom ends with a credibility score and badges that share to LinkedIn.
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Detective
Caught every wrong advisor.
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Sage
Strong rationales for every decision.
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Strategist
All decisions correct.
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Hit credibility 70+. Level up.
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