This document describes a Supply Chain Finance course designed by Windesheim University of Applied Sciences and Inchainge B.V. The course uses blended learning and consists of 4 main components: 1) lectures on supply chain and finance topics, 2) online e-learning modules supporting the lectures, 3) a business simulation game called The Cool Connection that applies the concepts from lectures and allows students to make decisions to manage a company, and 4) an online forum to connect students with supply chain professionals for coaching.

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Supply Chain Finance –
The Course

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Introduction SCF Course
• Designed in a joint effort between Windesheim University of
Applied Sciences and Inchainge B.V.
• Based on the principles of blended learning including
- Online vs. classroom learning
- Individual vs. group learning
- Theory vs. experience
- Hard vs soft skills

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The 4 Components in the course
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1. Lectures (structure)
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1. Lectures - Week 1 – Supply chain structure
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1. Lectures - Week 1 – Financial processes
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1. Lectures - Week 2 and 3 –
Working Capital (Management)
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Week 2:
Introduction working capital components (accounts receivable, accounts payable,
inventories, current assets, current liabilities etc.)
Week 3:
Management of accounts payable
Management of accounts receivable
Inventory Management
Cash Management

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1. Lectures - Week 4 - Costs in the supply chain
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Main themes:
- Cost management beyond the boundaries of the company
- Relevance of transparency in the supply chain
- Methods to bring costs down for the supply chain as a whole

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1. Lectures - Week 5 - Risk management
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Focus on supply chain (finance) risks
Identifying risk Analyzing risk Quantifying risk Mitigating risk
Monitoring risk
Main goal:
Showing that Supply Chain Finance is a way to mitigate risk in the supply chain

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1. Lectures - Week 6 - SCF Instruments
Reasons to use SCF instruments
- to improve financial performance in the supply chain (link to week 4)
- As a way to mitigate supply chain risks (link to week 5)

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2. E-learning
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• Each lecture is supported by a series of e-learning modules
- 18 modules with a total combined length of 9 hours
- designed in online portal based on technique of CrossKnowledge

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2. E-learning – content
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• Combination of videos and questions
- Max. duration of videos is 4 minutes
- Many different types of questions, not only MPC
• Via e-learning students can test their understanding of the theory
that is explained in lectures
• Monitoring:
- Teacher can monitor student progress in e-learning

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2. E-learning – example of account

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3. The Cool Connection (TCC)
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3. TCC - Link simulation with course
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Business simulation game with 4 functions:
- Purchasing, Sales, Finance and Supply Chain.
- Every week students take decisions in their role as management team of a
manufacturing company
- Type of decisions are aligned with theme of that particular week
- Complexity increases as the weeks progress
- Teachers will be trained for the delivery of TCC to effectively reflect upon
decisions take by the students in relation to theory, conceptual models and
practice
- Once a year student teams are invited to participate in the world wide
Global Student Challenge with prize money

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3. TCC – Multidimensional uncertainty
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The players have to take decisions to deal with
the challenge of multidimensional uncertainty
After each round the decisions are the input
for the simulation. The effect on the company is
calculated for a 6 month period
Events:
i.e. client banktruptcy

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3. TCC – Finance meets Supply Chain
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3. TCC - Experiential Learning
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3. TCC – Illustration of themes
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3. TCC and The Talent Connection
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• The Talent Connection is a recruitment tool for companies, and a monitoring
and evaluation tool for teachers:
- Students who play The Cool Connection create a profile in The Talent
Connection
- The participants’ personal skills such as leadership, communication and team
play are immediately exposed.
- Also teachers can see how their students score on assessments in the TCC
www.thetalentconnection.careers

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4. SCF Forum
• Growing number of experienced professionals in the banking and supply
chain industry worldwide have been trained using The Cool Connection
• These professionals will be recruited to form a coaching community for
the student teams entering the global student competition
• The forum will be supported by an online community platform

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■ At the end of the training professionals from banks and corporates will be requested to list their
profile in the online coaching forum
■ The list of coaches and their profiles will be visible to the students that are required to use TCC
in their course
■ At the start of the course a student team can select/invite a professional to coach
■ The coach is a fifth role in the simulation with only viewing rights
■ At the end of the course the student team gives marks for the coaching quality
■ These marks plus the student ranking in the course will become part of the profile of the
professional and is visible to the next student team who need to select a coach
4. SCF Forum - Coaching Facility

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5.Extra - Articles
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• Access to selection of articles
- Articles which relate to what is
discussed in lectures, e-learning
and TCC

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5. Extra – excercises
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• Access to excercises
- Excercises related to gameplay (after playing a round in the game).
• Access to a selection of explanatory videos
- Extra videos next to the videos that are available in the e-learning

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5. Extra – Instruction Guides
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• Access to instruction guides explaining how to use different components
of the course (in relation to each other)