Every company, sooner or later, needs one or more departments dedicated purely to materials and resources: making sure the right materials reach the right place, in the right quantity, at the right time. Getting that right by hand, on paper, has always been possible — but it has never been precise, and precision is exactly what the computer adds. This Training Course in Computer-Based Approaches to Material Management from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built around that shift from manual accuracy to computed accuracy.

General management exists to achieve the highest levels of coordination and cooperation among the people working in a company, and to make the best possible use of the physical and human resources available to it. As technology has worked its way into every part of administrative and commercial life, computer use in calculations, data entry, and data export has saved enormous time and effort. The course treats the computer as an electronic tool for receiving, processing, and transmitting data, and shows participants how to put it to work managing materials, information, and the decisions built on top of them.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers and owners of large and medium enterprises.
• Employees working in materials management departments, warehouse keepers, and inventory officers.
• Managers of electronic planning and development departments within the company.
• Anyone interested in developing management within their company using modern methods.
• Students and researchers studying computer-based management.

Knowledge and Benefits:

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

• Work in materials management across different types of institutions.
• Apply planning knowledge and manage material and human resources systematically.
• Organise materials and facilities management through computer use.
• Apply the logical design of data and materials management systems, and identify their technical needs.
• Use the computer skilfully in materials management and design related information systems.
• Design information systems for materials management that operate over local computer networks.

• General Management Strategies Using the Computer

  • General management strategies using the computer.
  • The importance of computerised management and its working methods.
  • Foundations of administrative science.

• Information Systems: Foundations and Concepts

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

• Applying Information Systems to Materials Management

  • Information systems applications in materials management.
  • Introduction to computers.
  • 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.

• Managing Materials with Technology

  • Managing materials using technology.