Location

Community Services & Continuing Education - Alexandria

Objectives

• - The course aims to describe the main activities to manage the performance of the supply chain in various organizations, starting with procurement activities, inventory management, warehousing, material handling, transportation and international logistics, and finally measuring the performance of the supply chain and how to improve its performance.

Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to: Define the role of procurement. Appreciate the importance of procurement in the supply chain.  Choose an appropriate supplier.  Discuss the steps in a procurement cycle.  Know about different arrangements for purchasing. Analyse the costs of holding stock.  Calculate economic order quantities.  Define ‘service level’ and DO related calculations for safety stock.  Describe periodic review systems and CALCULATE target stock levels. Know the purpose and aims of warehouses. Describe the main activities in a warehouse.  Compare the benefits of private and public warehousing.  See how to design good warehouse layouts.  Choose the most appropriate type of equipment.  Know the purpose of packaging. Know the importance of transport.  Compare different modes of transport.  Discuss the use of intermodal operations.  Compare alternative forms of transport ownership.  Know the importance of international trade

Course Contents

Procurement Definitions Choosing suppliers  Procurement cycle  Types of purchaseInventory Management Reasons for holding stock  Economic order quantity  Uncertain demand and safety stock Periodic review systems  Effort of stock controlWarehousing and Material Handling Purpose of warehouses  Activities within a warehouse  Ownership  Layout  Materials handling  PackagingTransport Introduction  Mode of transport  Intermodal transport  Ownership of transport  Routing vehiclesGlobal Logistics International trade  Problems with international logistics  Organizing international operationsMeasuring and Improving Performance Measuring performance  Comparing performance  Analyzing a supply chain  Improving performance Case studies to real organizations from the market.