- Duration / Course length: 24 Hours
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Course details
OVERVIEW:Logistics and Supply Chain Management are the backbone of global trade. Our Certified Logistics and Supply Chain Management Professional (CLSCMP) course prepares you with essential skills and knowledge to thrive in this dynamic industry.
Why Enroll in a Logistics Course?
- Industry Relevance: Logistics and supply chain management courses are globally recognized and highly sought after in industries like e-commerce, manufacturing, and international trade.
- Growing Demand: With the logistics sector forecasted to grow at a steady pace, skilled professionals are in high demand, ensuring career stability and lucrative opportunities.
- Comprehensive Training: The course covers transportation, distribution, inventory optimization, and customer-centric strategies to align logistics with business objectives.
- Gain expertise in logistics, transportation, and distribution processes.
- Learn how to integrate supply chain processes with product life cycles.
- Develop strategies to align production and inventory policies with customer demand.
- Master methods to resolve operational challenges in logistics systems.
- Optimize supply chain operations by leveraging organizational resources effectively
COURSE OUTLINE:
Introduction to Logistics and SCM
- Understanding logistics and supply chain
- Evolution of supply chain concept
- Defining logistics and supply chain
- Extended supply chain
- Supply chain/ logistics integration
- Linkages in logistics and supply chain
- Decisions in logistics and supply chain
- Prevailing practices in logistics and supply chain
- Goals of logistics
- Functions of logistics
- Business processes impacted by logistics
- Reverse logistics
- Logistics decision hierarchy
- Value chain
- Demand chain
- Value creation through the Supply Chain
- Value-added services in Supply Chain
- The strategic importance of logistics and Supply Chain in improving the profitability of businesses
- Inventory functions
- Inventory as a buffer
- Reasons for carrying inventory
- Inventory related costs
- Inventory and customer service
- Approaches to managing inventory
- Risk pooling in inventory management
- Inventory control techniques
- Bullwhip effect
- Modern inventory control tools
- Materials requirements planning MRP I
- Manufacturing resources planning MRP II
- Distribution requirement planning
- Just in time system
- Vendor managed inventory
- Different types of warehouses
- Functions of warehouses
- Warehouses consolidation and breakbulk
- Strategic functions of warehouses
- Strategic materials and inventory management
- Economic order quantity
- Just-in-time procurement
- Vendor managed inventory
- Online procurement
- E-procurement
- Reverses auction
- Strategic sourcing
- Major trends in procurement
- Innovative procurement methods
- Importance of procurement in lean manufacturing
- Procurement risks management
- Difference between purchasing/procurement
- Just-in-time procurement (JIT)
- Vendor managed inventory
- Contribution of procurement in adding value to an organisation
- Strategic sourcing
- Procurement strategies
- The link between corporate, business level and procurement strategies
- How external factors affect business and procurement
- Distribution channels and logistics
- Flows in the distribution channel
- Channel strategy
- Channel length
- Channel breadth
- Channel members
- Distribution centres
- Distribution centre site selection
- Transportation infrastructure
- Cargo movement by sea, air, and roadways
- Freight management
- Factors influencing freight cost
- Transportation network
- Point-to-point network
- Transshipment points nodal network
- Hub and spoke network
- Milk run
- Containerisation
- Third-party logistics
- Importance of capacity and network planning
- Role of network design
- Strategic factors in network design
- Operational and tactical factors in network and capacity planning
- Steps in the network design process
- Facility location and capacity allocation
- International trade drivers
- International sourcing
- Direct vs. Indirect exporting
- The STEEPLE framework
- Managing exchange rate risk
- Importance of documentation in logistics
- Importance of incoterms
- Strategic importance of HS codes
- Invoice, packing list, bill of lading, insurance, certificate of origin
- Transport documents used in air, road and sea transports
- Practical scenarios and issues during logistics processes
- Payment mechanisms included in international transactions
- Letter of credit
- Export options defined
- Strategic importance of incoterms and LCs in EXIM procedures
- Alliances and outsourcing
- Global supply chain and logistics
- Strategic issues in global logistics
- Importance of packaging in logistics
- Market-Driven Insights: Understand logistics trends influenced by global e-commerce and international trade.
- Career Growth: With the logistics industry valued at over USD 4,967 billion, there’s a high demand for certified professionals.
- High Earning Potential: The UAE's growing logistics sector offers competitive salaries and abundant opportunities for advancement.
Our Certified Logistics and Supply Chain Management Professional (CLSCMP) course is accredited by ISO 9001: 2015, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), and the Continuing Process Development (CPD) Certification service.
Testimonials
Anvar Abuhaneef, Logistics Manager
"I have done my CLSCMP from Learners Point. The training has broadened my understanding and knowledge of logistics and supply chain, procurement and purchasing. Our trainer was highly experienced and the sessions were very much participative and engaging. I will truly recommend Leaners Point to study logistics and supply ;
Jebby Mathew, Accountant
I took CLSCMP Certified Logistics and Supply Chain Professional. All I can say is everything with the course is ;
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Eligibility / Requirements
This CLSCMP course is intended for professionals who are aspiring to build a career in the Logistics and Supply Chain Management area. There are no mandatory prerequisites for enrolling in this course; however, a high school qualification or global equivalent is recommended.
Job roles this course is suitable for:
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