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SCM - 30

5 days

Doha

3 September, 2023

10900QAR

Advanced Logistics & Transportation Techniques

Course Overview

This Advanced Logistics & Transportation Techniques training course fully covers the role and impact of Logistics and Supply Chain Management affecting an organization through the understanding of Supplier Management in Purchasing, Transportation Models, and Inventory Models from a cost efficient and optimization perspective.

This training will enable delegates to strategically manage international shipping systems and inventory. Examples of global best practice are delivered throughout the training course to enable delegates to fully embed the learning in order that they can apply within their roles upon returning to their work following the course.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Appreciate the implication of the impacts of logistics & materials management and purchasing functions both internally and external to the organization
Apply the concepts of international logistics/freight procedures & documentation
Appreciate the importance of effective resources planning
Develop optimized work processes and financial areas such as cash flow, cost reduction and management
Learn how to effectively manage inventory utilizing selective inventory strategic policies
Develop specific action plans to further develop their role and organizational benefit

Who Should Attend?

Warehouse and distribution professionals
Inventory Department
Production and manufacturing professionals
Logistics professionals
Supply chain generalists

Course Contents

Module (01) The Role of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Modern Business

Evaluate logistics role in the current business process
The evolution of Supply Chain management and Supply Chain dynamics
The application of a Supply Chain approach
How to use and apply the Supply Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR)
Identifying Supply Chain Instabilities and Risks
Internal Supply Chain, PESTLE, Inventory, Disruption, Security, Procurement risks

Module (02) Linking Strategies and Improvement in Cost and Productivity in Procurement

Developing Spend Analysis for establishing purchase prices index
Examine the Total Cost of Ownership
Analyze Supplier portfolio and classification utilizing and applying Kraljic’s Matric and Porter’s 5 Forces
Formulate, plan and organise Strategic purchasing plans
Illustrate the effective order-cycle and lead-time effect on Purchasing
Plan and organise for negotiations

Module (03) Strategic Supply in Materials Management

Formulate, plan and organize formal procedures for making stock decisions
Explain, discuss and review safety stock levels and order points
Apply and improve min/max systems and settings
Using material forecasts
Cataloguing materials for effective buying process
Developing Bills of Material for effective parts management

Module (04) Effective Inventory Planning and Control

Setting comprehensive inventory goals and objective
Effecting a rationalization strategy
Calculating and evaluating carrying costs and economic order quantity theory
Establishing a Strategic Focus with Pareto Analysis on Cost
Improving material identification and coding
Creating best practices in the physical control of materials
Measuring record accuracy and improving cycle counting systems.

Module (05) Tactical and Operational approaches in Transportation Economics

Apply the Role of Transportation in Logistics to the organisation
Identify and recognize Transportation Management Strategic Key Decisions
Explain, discuss and review the types of mode and intermodal systems
Show and illustrate the International Commercial Terms in transportation and the liabilities
Identify and review Hazardous materials transportation.

Course Summary & Conclusion

Advanced Logistics & Transportation Techniques

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