Location

Community Services & Continuing Education - Alexandria

Objectives

• The course gives an overall introduction to logistics. It defines key terms, discusses the role of logistics, its aims, importance, trends and the general context of supply chain management. It shows how logistics has developed into a single, integrated function.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, Students will be able to:- DEFINE ‘logistics’ and associated terms.- DIFFERENTIATE between Supply Chain and Logistics. - UNDERSTAND the role and structure of supply chains.- LIST different activities of logistics and understand the relationships between them.- KNOW the aims of logistics.- SHOW how logistics contributes to customer satisfaction.- RECOGNISE the importance of logistics to every organization.- SEE how logistics is responding to pressures for change.- DESCRIBE ways of achieving internal logistics integration and further integration along the supply chain.- DESCRIBE different approaches to this integration.- APPLYING what was learned during the course to organizations from the actual market reality (Hospital sector, clothes sector, food manufacturing, financial sector, shipping sector, etc….).

Course Contents

Basics of Logistics and Supply Chain - ‘Logistics’ and associated terms.- The role and structure of supply chains.- Logistics activities and the relationships between them.- Aims of logistics.- How logistics contributes to customer satisfaction.- The importance of logistics.Integrating the Supply Chain- Logistics development over time.- How logistics is responding to pressures for change.- The benefits of creating a single, integrated logistics function.- Ways of achieving internal integration.- The benefits of further integration along the supply chain.- Different approaches to supply chain integration.- Case studies to real organizations from the market.