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Scenario-Based Decision Making

A practical, scenario-based workbook that guides learners through real supply chain decisions.
  • Level: Core Applied - Capability Learning
  • Category: Decision & Analytics 
  • Duration:  2 - 4 hours 
  • Video Time:  
  • Author: JB McDaniels
  • Learners: 10+

Course Overview 

What’s Included

  • 7 structured decision-focused modules
  • Scenario-based decision simulations
  • Fillable Learner’s Workbook (decision toolkit)
  • Trade-off and uncertainty testing frameworks
  • Capstone executive decision simulation

Course Highlights

  • Build defensible decisions under uncertainty
  • Replace single-point forecasting with scenario logic
  • Make trade-offs explicit before execution
  • Minimize regret instead of chasing perfection
  • Lead executive conversations with clarity and ownership

Scenario-Based Decision Making for Supply Chain Professionals

Build real decision-making capability under uncertainty through scenario thinking, trade-off visibility, stress testing, and executive-ready communication.
  • Module 1 — Decision Mindset Reset
    Shift from analysis-heavy thinking to decision accountability and identify where decisions fail in real organizations.
  • Module 2 — Anatomy of a Supply Chain Decision
    Learn to frame decisions clearly using objectives, constraints, realistic options, and consequences.
  • Module 3 — Scenario Thinking vs Forecast Thinking
    Evaluate decisions across multiple plausible futures instead of relying on single-point forecasts.
  • Module 4 — Making Trade-Offs Visible
    Surface cost, service, cash, and risk trade-offs are explicitly considered and downsides are chosen deliberately.
  • Module 5 — Evaluating Decisions Under Uncertainty
    Stress-test decisions, distinguish reversible from irreversible choices, and apply regret-based judgment.
  • Module 6 — Executive Decision Communication
    Structure and communicate decisions clearly, lead with recommendations, and defend them under executive challenge.
  • Module 7 — Capstone Decision Simulation & Course Close
    Integrate all frameworks into a defensible, executive-ready decision in a realistic supply chain scenario.

About the Instructional Designer & Instructor

JB McDaniels, Founder & Chief Capability Officer, SCM Learning Center

JB’s perspective on capability learning is simple: knowledge is necessary, but decision ownership defines real capability. Supply chain professionals must manage trade-offs and perform under operational pressure. His approach emphasizes structured decision practice—application and reflection—to strengthen judgment, not just recall.

SCM Learning Center reflects that philosophy. Built for mid-level professionals accountable for results, courses use realistic scenarios and applied exercises to build measurable capability that shows up in daily execution.

Holding advanced instructional design credentials, including the ATD Master Instructional Designer designation and the University of Maryland Instructional Design & Technology MicroMasters, JB designs learning that holds up in practice. As an APICS Fellow and Master Instructor, he has taught certification courses worldwide—both in-person and virtually—to thousands of professionals, bringing decades of experience across planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and distribution.

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