A sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia, Singapore is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. Its population is 5.7 million of which 3.4 million are Singaporean citizens. English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil are this island nation’s official languages of which English is the common/trade language. The climate here is of a tropical type with uniform temperature and pressure, high humidity and abundant rainfall. The months of December and January, due to the Northeast Monsoon season see an increased amount of rainfall. Sentosa Island, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Zoo, Universal Studios Singapore and Asian Civilisations Museum are a few attractions here.

Founded in 1956, the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) is Singapore’s oldest not-for-profit professional institute for lifelong learning. MDIS offers internationally-accredited courses in branches like Business and Management, Engineering, Fashion and Design, Health and Nursing, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Languages and Education. Its campus has well-equipped classrooms, five computer laboratories, four life sciences laboratories, four engineering laboratories and workshops. Vested with a technologically-competent and future-ready ethos, MDIS’ campus is Wi-Fi enabled, powering campus-wide online access. MDIS has affiliations with reputed institutes in various counties across the globe like the USA, The UK, Australia, France and Switzerland.

The Advanced Diploma in Supply Chain Management offered by this institution is designed with an aim among others to

(a) develop in the students an appreciation of the roles and responsibilities undertaken by Logistics and Supply Chain professionals in the present global business world
(b)  develop in the students essential life-long skills such as creative and logical thinking, problem-solving and analytical abilities, communication, and interpersonal skills.

This program is offered as a full-time one of 6 months duration and as a part-time one of 8 months duration. All the instructors for this course are experienced professionals with good experience in teaching field. The subjects taught in this program are

Global Value Chain, E-Commerce and Customer Relationship Management, Purchasing and Supplier Development, Inventory Management and Control, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Technologies, Business Logistics and Warehousing & Distribution Management.

• the necessary Logistics and Supply Chain skills and knowledge so that they can contribute effectively in a business environment
• a good understanding of the workings of the Logistics and Supply Chain sector as an individual and as part of the larger logistics/Supply Chain industry
• the ability to apply supply chain principles to various business issues within the sector and to the global market
• the pre-requisites skills and knowledge to pursue further studies in Operations and Logistics and Supply Chain
• confidence in the application of a range of analytical and logistics/supply chain tools.

They have an opportunity to begin their careers in the Logistics and Supply Chain sector at the management entry level in the major companies operating in this field.