Situated in maritime Southeast Asia, Singapore is an island city-state comprising of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. Of its total population of 5.7 million, 3.4 million are permanent citizens. Because of its ethnic population, this nation has four official languages – English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil, with English being the common/trade language. Based on its location in the Indian Ocean, Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with no distinctive seasons, uniform temperature and abundant rainfall. The months between November and February is the monsoon season here and see more than the normal amount of rainfall. Some of the attractions here include Fort Canning Park, Marina Bay Sands, Sentosa Island, The Maritime Experiential Museum, and Singapore Flyer.
Kaplan Higher Education Academy is a for-profit private education institution headquartered in Singapore with other campuses in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China. It was known as the Asia Pacific Management Institute (APMI) before it was acquired by Kaplan Inc., a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company, in May 2005. The institute has students from around 35 countries worldwide and has assisted approximately 65000 graduates. They offer over 500 academic programmes for higher learning and professional certification courses for skills development. It has established partnerships with reputed institutions across the globe like Murdoch University, RMIT University, Royal Holloway University, Birmingham City University and University College Dublin. Kaplan is Singapore’s most awarded private education provider, making it the “Best Private Education Institution” by JobsCentral Learning Training and Education Development (T.E.D.) Awards 2018 amongst receiving other accolades.
The Diploma in Commerce (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) offered by this institution is of 8 months duration. The short duration of this course is an advantage to the students who want to take the basic steps in this field. It consists of eight subjects, each of which are taught by experience professionals. The course is delivered in a technology integrated environment and is evaluated by means of classroom participation, written assessments, projects and/or examinations. This course is structured in such a way that the candidates are given the basic knowledge in the fields of commerce and supply chain. The subjects taught in this course are
Introduction to Management, Accounting for Managers, Quantitative Analysis, Economics, Principles of Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Purchasing Management and Transportation & Distribution Management.
Classes for this course are conducted at either of the two campuses of the institute located at the below venues.
Kaplan Campus @ Wilkie Edge
8 Wilkie Road, Level 2, Wilkie Edge,
Singapore 228095
And
Kaplan Campus @ PoMo
1 Selegie Road, Level 6, PoMo
Singapore 188306
Students interested in pursuing this course can look up the link https://www.kaplan.com.sg/course/diploma/business-and-management/diploma-in-commerce-logistics-supply-chain-management/?versionb=1#full-time for details like admission procedures, course fees, accommodation etc.
This course is a good choice for students who are interested to take initial steps in this field and want to make a career in Supply Chain Management, which is one of the important areas in today’s economy.