Materials management runs on one thing above everything else: information that arrives in the right shape, at the right time, at the right desk. An information system, in its simplest sense, is a set of interrelated components that receive, process, and send data at the same time — and the output of one part becomes the input for the next, forming a single integrated chain. This Training Course in Information Systems for Smarter Materials Management from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy takes that idea and applies it directly to how materials get planned, tracked, and controlled.

Local expertise in building and selling information services to organisations and individuals has grown fast, even as many businesses still rely heavily on imported information technology. Bringing computer applications into information systems saves considerable time and effort and produces far more reliable results. The course gives participants the analytical and technical grounding to plan, design, and evaluate information systems built specifically around materials management, and the computer skills to run them with confidence.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers of economic establishments and projects wanting to introduce information systems.
• Employees in technical departments responsible for information development.
• Anyone seeking a career in private or government information systems management.
• Professionals wishing to change career direction into the information systems field.

Knowledge and Benefits:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Study how to plan investment and information systems together.
• Identify and analyse the information required for materials management.
• Apply the logical design principles behind data and materials management systems.
• Define and technically describe the needs of a materials management information system.
• Use the computer skilfully in materials management, and design information systems that run on local computer networks.
• Recognise the stages of strategic system design, and study and evaluate information systems.

• Information Systems: Foundations and Concepts

  • Foundations and concepts of information systems.
  • Information technology and decision-making.
  • Scientific foundations for building and developing systems.

• From Computer Basics to Materials Applications

  • Introduction to computers.
  • Information systems applications in materials management.
  • Analysis and design of information systems applied to materials management.

• Computer Applications in Demand and Inventory Control

  • Computer system applications in estimating needs, calculating quantities, forecasting, and reviewing inventory.
  • Computer system applications in managing materials databases and warehouse accounts.
  • Computer system applications in tracking purchase orders and suppliers.

• Strategy and Design of Information Management

  • Information management strategies and their importance.
  • Stages for designing information management programs and applications.

• Materials Management as a Developing Discipline

  • Materials management and the art of developing it.