synonyms: organization, planning, plans, management, arrangement, administration,orchestration, coordination, execution, handling, running

Effective management of the flow of materials throughout an organization’s supply chain is of critical importance. In this program you will learn how to:

•Utilise modern Logistics management techniques

•Sharpen your negotiation skills

•Manage inventories in a more productive manner

•Improve control over warehouse and transportation operations

•Getting Started

•Military Logistics in business

•What is Logistics (Defining Logistics)

•What is Supply Chain Management

•Supply & Distribution Logistics

•The Supply Chain

•The Supply Chain – An example

•Key components of Logistics – Key activities

•Key components of Logistics – Support activities

•The Role of Logistics in an Organization

•Product

•Price

•promotion

•place

•total  cost concept

•The impact of ethics

•Sharpening your skills

•Key Logistics activities

•Competitive pressure

•Information technology

•Channel power

•Profit leverage

•System  approach/integration

•Case study

•Review  questions

 •Key Terms

Why Supply Chain Management?

•Customer Satisfaction

•Improve performance

Lowering costs

•Product development

•The Scope of Logistics in Business

•Supply & Distribution Logistics

•Logistics Strategy

•Logistics decision hierarchy: Critical Questions

•Main Issues by Decision Level

•Making Trade-offs in Logistics is Important

•Logistics Information System Design

•Logistics Organizational Structure

•Logistics Network Design

•Logistics Process Design

•Demand Forecasting/ Planning

•Inventory

•Logistics communications

•Materials Handling

•Order processing

•Packaging

•Parts & service support

•Parts and warehouse site selection

•Case study

•Review Questions

•Overview

•Defining Inventory

•Aggregate Inventory

•Item Inventory

•Relationship between Inventory and Material Flow

•Why inventory?

•Inventory Functions

•Basic Problem

•Inventory Costs

•Item Cost

•Carrying Cost

•Ordering Cost

•Stock out Cost

•Inventory turns

•Strategic performance measures

•Order Quantity

•How much to order at one time

•Lot for Lot and fixed order quantity

•Supply chain objectives

•EOQ

•Assumptions

•Average inventory and numbers of orders by year

•EOQ Formula 

•Independent ordering system

•Oder point formula

•Safety stock

•Two Bin System

•Period review system

•Audit inventory records

•Cycle counting

•Count frequency example

•ABC Inventory control

•Concept

•ABC Classification

•ABC process

•Sample calculation

•Control based on ABC Classification

•Case study

•Review Questions

•Introduction

•Nature and importance of Warehousing

•Warehousing  in industry

•Warehousing Operation

•Warehousing three functions

•Movement

•Storage

•Information transfer

•Private Warehousing

•Facility development

•Size & numbers of Warehouses

•Location Analysis

•Warehouse layout & Design

•Right models

•International dimensions of Warehousing

•Warehouse productivity measures

•Communications serves customer

•Improving Warehouse productivity

•Methods Related Program

•Equipment Related Program

•System Related Program

•Training Motivation- Related Program

•Financial Dimensions of warehousing

•Activity based costing

•Warehouse Activities

•Warehouse Management

•Stock location

•Order picking assembly

•Distribution Packaging

•Unitization

•Distribution Inventory

•Pull system

•Push system

•Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP)

•Distribution Networks: Definitions

•Key Players

•Manufacturer

•Wholesaler

•Retailer

•Distribution Networks: Main Supply Chain Structures

•Manufacturer direct to retail store:

•Manufacturer via manufacturer’s distribution operation to retail store:

•Internet and shopping from home

•Factory to factory/business to business

•Distribution Networks: Physical vs trading channel

•Selecting a distribution network

•Selecting a distribution network

•Terminals/Hubs in Distribution Networks

•Independent Terminal Stations

•Single-Level Multiple Terminal Stations

•Case study

•Review Questions

•Transportation: Overview

•Components of Transport Systems

•Transportation: How to Transport?

•Types of Transport Modes

•Air

•Sea

•Rail

•Road

•Pipeline

•Characteristics of Transport Modes

•Facilities

•Equipment

•People

•Consolidation of Transport Modes

•Multimodal Transport

•Intermodal Transport

•Consolidation of Transport Modes

•Rail – Road (piggyback)

• Rail - Sea

• Rail - Air

• Rail - Pipeline

• Road - Air

• Road – Sea (fishy back)

• Road – Pipeline

• Sea – Pipeline

• Sea – Rail

• Air – Pipeline

•An Indicative Comparison of Transport Modes

•Transport Goods & Unit Loads

•Unit Loads

•Pallets

•Standardization of Pallets

•Containers

•Benefits of Containers

•Transport Providers

• Introduction

•Common Carriers

•Freight Forwarders

•Third Party Logistics (3PL) Providers

•Advantages of 3PL Services

•Disadvantages of 3PL Services

•Issues in Transport Management

•Issues in Transport Management

•Transport Operations Costs

•Correct application of Incoterms

•Air carrier selection criteria

•Ocean carrier selection criteria

•Obtaining insurance coverage

•Managing truck delivery operations

•Utilizing modern tracking technology

•Effective use of consolidation

•Measuring transportation performance

•Case study

•Review Questions

• Close Out 

•All business professionals who work in purchasing, procurement, stock control, warehousing and materials management would find this training session extremely beneficial

•Examine the most effective purchasing practices

•Learn new trends in supplier management

•Gain greater insight into the negotiation process

•Study the use of negotiation techniques

•Develop a strategy to better manage inventories

•Examine inventory reduction techniques

•Explore new methods and technologies in warehousing

•Analyze the function of transportation management