Supply Chain Management Diploma

Course details

This  program aims to thoroughly enhance the participant’s competency as a manager by learning all the aspects  in supply chain management. The end to end coverage from Procurement to distribution.

Course Outlines:

Fundamentals of Supply Chain and Logistics

• Definitions
• The SCOR reference model for best practices
• Value Chain concept
• The 7 fundamental concepts of Supply Chain

Tradeoffs

• Economies of Scale
• Differentiation
• Multi-Modal Strategy
• Postponement
• Standardization
• Economies of Scope

Demand Management

• Supply /demand variables
• Dependant and independent demand
• Patterns of demand
• Types of Demand
• Customer Service Level effect on inventory
• Delphi Qualitative Forecasting
• Simple Moving Average Quantitative Forecasting
• Exponential Smoothing Quantitative Forecasting
• Measuring Forecasting Error

Fundamentals of Inventory Management

• Importance of inventory
• Inventory costs
• Customer Service Level effect on inventory
• Effect of Substitutes on Customer Service Level
• Understanding Lead time
• Lead time variability and uncertainty
• Safety Stock Concept
• Pull systems
• Reorder Point Control
• Periodic Review Control

Fundamentals of Warehousing Management

• Review on Warehousing Operations
• Warehousing Problems
• Implementing the 6S concept
• Risk Pooling concept
• Effect of Locations on Inventory level
• Methods of evaluating facility locations
• Framework of warehouse layout
• Prioritizing storage using ABC Classification
• Storage rules with respect to material flow

Fundamentals of Purchasing Management

• Overview on Procurement management
• Types of Auctions
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Supplier Development steps
• Type 1 Safety Stock calculation
• The Economic Order Quantity

Fundamentals of Transportation Management

• Overview on Transportation modes
• Overview on Incoterms and Logistics Pricing
• Financial assessment of Payment terms and Shipping terms
• Effect of product characteristics on transportation cost
• Many-To-Many Distribution

Contract law

Learning Objectives:

After completion of this course , delegates will be able to :

• Learn Different concepts and methods involved in supply chain management strategic planning.
• Participants will know how to plan, manage, negotiate, distribute, and even render customer service.

Who should attend?

• Supply chain and logistics professionals Directors or senior personnel in warehousing, transport, inventory, materials and purchasing management
• Executives in logistics information systems, enterprise resource planning, HR management and production logistics
• Suppliers, exporters, manufacturers, distributors and retailers looking to improve efficiencies and reduce costs
• Marketing, customer service, operations and manufacturing managers Employees in the logistics sector seeking to gain industry-wide knowledge and advance their careers