Every product a customer holds in their hands passed through a chain of suppliers long before it reached them — and how well that chain is run usually decides whether the company behind it makes money or loses it. Procurement and supply teams sit at the centre of that chain, building the external relationships with suppliers that keep an organisation's logistics function strong, from the first raw-material supplier through to the final customer. This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy builds the strategic and analytical tools needed to manage global supply chains with real depth.

Most companies now recognise that success depends primarily on how well the business is organised — logistics companies included, across raw materials, manufacturing, production, marketing, distribution, warehousing and handling. The standards used to measure supply chain and logistics performance exist precisely so that practices and strategies keep improving, and the Logistics Performance Index has confirmed just how central this training has become to the global economy, particularly for the mid- and senior-level roles that now have to direct genuinely complex supply chains.

Programme Objectives

• Understand supply chain and procurement terminology and how it applies in a real logistics operation.
• Grasp the scientific and practical dimensions of physical distribution activity.
• Build the ability to forecast logistics requirements and adapt to changing working conditions.
• Make sound decisions on supply, procurement policy, organisational locations and network planning and control.

Who Should Attend

• Supply and warehousing officials, logistics managers and quality managers.
• Executive coordinators and material managers.
• Warehouse managers, supervisors and distribution managers.
• Directors and owners of large commercial and industrial companies, and general managers in public and private companies.

Module 1: Understanding Supply Chain and Logistics Fundamentals

• The concept, definition and basics of logistics, and the different types it covers.
• Supply chain management as the backbone of the logistics function.
• Why the logistics function emerged inside enterprises, and its importance and objectives.

Module 2: Materials, Inventory and Warehouse Operations

• Regulatory procedures for inventory and inventory reporting.
• An overview of materials and inventory management, and why materials management matters.
• Material planning and control, and keeping effective control over materials.

Module 3: Forecasting Requirements and Planning the Network

• Forecasting logistics requirements ahead of demand.
• Deciding on supply, procurement and organisational-location policy.
• Network planning and control, and how logistics services connect to company development.

Module 4: Managing Risk Across the Supply Chain

• Risk and its importance within a company's business system, and methods of risk assessment.
• Precautions against risk, and the relationship between risk and institutional policies and procedures.
• Certifying risk assessments, handling corruption-related risk, and timing precautions correctly.