Overview
This course covers the latest essential practices in forecasting, planning, procurement, transportation, warehousing, and logistics.
It covers the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) framework for continuous performance improvement across the supply chain. Suppliers are key stakeholders to determine quality and outcome. Proper Management of the supply chain can ensure you work with supportive suppliers. Implementing supply chain management produces the right output, requiring a major commitment of your management team.
Objectives
1- Recognize trends and modern practices in supply chain and logistics management
2- Practice forecasting and inventory optimization techniques
3- Appraise item categories and formulate appropriate sourcing strategies
4- Describe the role and objectives of transportation management in logistics
5- Use value-adding warehousing techniques
6- Apply the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) framework for the management of supply chain performance
Who Should Attend
Supply chain and logistics professionals, in particular those at the operational, supervisory, and management levels. In addition, this course is ideal for those seeking to complement their supply chain and logistics experience with the latest theoretical knowledge in preparation for assuming a higher position
Daily Course Timings:
08:00 – 08:20 Morning Coffee / Tea
08:20 – 10:00 First Session
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee / Tea / Snacks
10:20 – 12:20 Second Session
12:20 – 13:30 Lunch Break & Prayer Break
13:30 – 15:00 Last Session
Certification:
From Global Institute for Projects Management & Development (GIPMD)
Curriculum
- 7 Sections
- 56 Lessons
- 5 Days
- The Supply Chain Management Concept2
- Logistics and Information Technology4
- 3.1The importance of effective and efficient utilization of information for logistics
- 3.2General types of information systems and their logistical applications
- 3.3The impact of electronic commerce on channel design
- 3.4Key differences between the logistics of e-fulfillment and the logistics of traditional fulfillment
- Demand Management, Order Management and Customer Service11
- 4.1Firm processes incoming orders
- 4.2The importance of customer service to a firm’s marketing activities
- 4.3The role of logistics in the customer service area
- 4.4Customer service standards (specific and measurable)
- 4.5Customer service program establishment
- 4.6Protective Packaging and Materials Handling
- 4.7Product features affect packaging and materials handling
- 4.8The functions performed by protective packaging
- 4.9The utilization of unit loads in materials handling
- 4.10The environmental protection movement and its impact on packaging and package choice
- 4.11Materials handling principles
- Transportation13
- 5.1Modes and Means of transport
- 5.2Definition of fleet management
- 5.3Objectives and costs of fleet management
- 5.4Transportation modes
- 5.5Optimized routing and cubing
- 5.6The use of routing guides
- 5.7The role of freight forwarders and other intermediaries
- 5.8The use of terminals as transfer points for bulk materials
- 5.9The background of the transportation management function
- 5.10The functions of transportation management
- 5.11The role negotiations play in the transportation management function
- 5.12The new options available for private carriage
- 5.13The purpose of freight consolidation
- Distribution Center, Warehouse, and Plant Location6
- 6.1The screening or focusing concept of plant/warehouse location
- 6.2The major factors that influence location decisions
- 6.3The general process of determining the optimum number of facilities
- 6.4The systems to determine the location that minimizes transportation costs
- 6.5Site’s specialized location characteristics
- 6.6Free trade zones
- Inventory Management:15
- 7.1The costs of holding inventory
- 7.2The costs associated with a stock out
- 7.3The EOQ concept
- 7.4The various inventory flow patterns
- 7.5The role of scanners in inventory control
- 7.6International Logistics
- 7.7Reasons for governmental intervention in the area of international trade
- 7.8Unique activities of international trade specialists
- 7.9Issues involved in international air transportation
- 7.10Activities involved in international ocean transportation
- 7.11Logistics Systems Controls
- 7.12The use of accounting techniques for logistics system control
- 7.13worker productivity issue
- 7.14Problems and solutions involved in a product recall
- 7.15Reducing pilferage, organized theft, and vulnerability to terrorist activity
- Organizing and Analyzing Logistics Systems5
- 8.1The problems and opportunities involved in systems analysis
- 8.2The importance of industry standards to systems analysis
- 8.3The steps involved in redesigning a logistics system
- 8.4Techniques for achieving logistics coordination and integration
- 8.5The centralized and decentralized logistics organizations
