Food Supply Chain Management

Traceability, cold chain and loss across the whole chain.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 How food chains are structured
2. 1.2 Actors, margins and power
3. 1.3 Short chains and long chains
4. 1.4 What makes food different from other supply chains
1. 2.1 Managing food safety across organisations
2. 2.2 Standards, audits and certification
3. 2.3 Recalls and incident management
4. 2.4 Responsibility shared between actors
1. 3.1 What traceability actually requires
2. 3.2 Identification, lots and records
3. 3.3 Digital traceability, and the claims made for it
4. 3.4 Traceability under the pressure of a recall
1. 4.1 Temperature-controlled logistics
2. 4.2 Monitoring, and what a breach means
3. 4.3 Infrastructure gaps in developing markets
4. 4.4 Energy and emissions of cooling
1. 5.1 Demand planning for perishable goods
2. 5.2 Seasonality and supply volatility
3. 5.3 Holding inventory that is decaying
4. 5.4 Waste across the chain
1. 6.1 Supplier selection and development
2. 6.2 Contracts, prices and fairness
3. 6.3 Including smallholders in formal chains
4. 6.4 Collaboration against pure transaction
1. 7.1 The carbon footprint of a food chain
2. 7.2 Packaging and plastics
3. 7.3 Labour conditions and social audit
4. 7.4 Claims, labels and greenwashing
1. 8.1 Shocks: weather, disease, conflict, policy
2. 8.2 Mapping vulnerability in a chain
3. 8.3 Diversification and buffers
4. 8.4 Rebuilding after disruption

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

Master's Degree students in India
Studying: M.Sc. Agriculture, M.Tech Food Technology, M.Sc. Environmental Science
Recent graduates strengthening a CV
Anyone working in this field without a formal qualification

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.