About the Course

This 5-day interactive Logistics and Supply Chain Management training course will cover the end-to-end flow of goods, information, and services in the commerce industry. Supply Chain Management is a term used when discussing the success of a business and overall costs or profits. Modern adaptions to SCM have helped smooth out the supply chain, helping to increase customer demand while simultaneously eliminating "arduous, labour-intensive, time-consuming and disorganised" processes. Now, more than ever, supply chain management is a mainstream of successful business management, and businesses are finding the most lucrative and valuable solutions for their supply chain needs through its adoption and use. SCM can be broken down into three vital components: customer service and retention, reducing and controlling operational costs, improving overall profits by stabilising costs and ensuring the security of supply.

Logistics is a major pillar of the efficient supply chain that influences sound supply chain management. Effective and efficient logistics management throughout the end-to-end supply fulfilment process requires constructing and managing robust methods that permeate the entire supply cycle. In doing so, the business will benefit from having a cost-effective and efficient supply chain management system, maximising supply performance and providing a competitive advantage over its competitors.

It will provide the knowledge and understanding, and management of these criteria. It will equip the delegates with the ability to establish and deliver a seamless Logistics and SCM capability for their organisation, capitalising skills and potential to assume progressive roles and responsibilities, complementing both their organisation's success and, as significantly, their career ambitions, irrespective of which industry segment or sector they may choose.

Core Objectives

The delegates will achieve the following objectives:

• Understand the end-to-end logistics and supply chain management processes and the functions that make up holistic Logistics and SCM functions within an organisation
• Develop a range of skills to identify and map out what needs to be constructed to put in place a seamless Logistics and SCM operation
• Develop and maintain good relationships with peers, suppliers and customers to enable the holistic operation to succeed
• Become aware and knowledgeable of how to measure functional and supplier efficiencies
• Learn how to mentor departmental staff, peers and stakeholders on advanced Logistics and SCM concepts
• Contribute to and drive organisational growth through the development of ongoing efficiency improvement programmes
• Influence management and stakeholder support for suggested enhanced strategies and tactics
• Become an ambassador for the profession of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Training Approach

The training course will primarily utilise a mixture of PowerPoint presentation material, video clips where applicable, delegates’ internet research and facilitating classroom group activities where practical case studies can be understood and discussed. The methodology will also encourage participants to provide their experiences of successes achieved in their businesses.

The Attendees

It is suitable for a wide range of working professionals, including (but not limited to) the following delegates that have a direct involvement or exposure to the impact of procurement management:

• Procurement and Supply Management
• Logistics Management
• Operations Management
• HSE Management
• Finance Management
• Project Management
• Contracts and Legal Management
• Sales Management
• Marketing Management

Daily Discussion

DAY ONE: HOW DOES SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BENEFIT BUSINESS

• What makes Supply Chain Management (SCM) work?
• Improved Customer Service
• Reducing and Controlling Operational Costs
• Improving Profitability through Stabilising Costs
• Protecting Supply Chain Integrity
• Supply Chain Resilience
• Managing Supply Chain Risk
• Effective Inventory Management
• Ensure Smooth Flow of Goods and Services from Demand Inception to Delivery Fulfilment

DAY TWO: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) CONSTITUENT ROLES 

• Raw Materials Suppliers
• Manufacturing Plant
• Warehouse
• Distribution Centres
• Retailers
• Customers
• Logistics
• Procurement

DAY THREE: SUPPLY CHAIN RISK AND RESILIENCE

• Understanding Supplier Risk Management
• Internal and External Risk Categories
• Analysis, Assessment, Mitigation, Allocation
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• STEEPLED Analysis
• Resiliency Defined
• Strategies for Supply Chain Resilience
• Supply Chain Integrity

DAY FOUR: THE CONCEPTS OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

• Analysis of Roles and Activities of Logistics Management
• Analysis of the Concept of Logistics Management
• Evaluate Aspects of Competitive Advantage that Logistics Management Can Provide
• Total Cost Concepts of Logistics
• Matching Logistics to Business Strategy
• Measuring Customer Service
• Critically Appraise the Use of Technology in Logistics Management
• Integrating Systems in the Supply Chain

DAY FIVE: CAPACITY PLANNING AND CONTROL IN LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

• Analysis of Techniques for Application in Planning and Control
• Achieving Balance between Planning and Control
• Explanation of Techniques that can be Applied to Capacity Management
• Planning and Controlling Capacity
• Forecasting Demand Fluctuations
• Analysis of the Use of the Various MRP Systems Technology for Planning and Control
• Analysis of the Use of Reverse Logistics as a Process
• Redistribution of Returns to the Supply Chain