No shipment moves in isolation - it passes through a network of suppliers, warehouses, carriers and handling points, and the strength of that network determines whether goods arrive on time and at a reasonable cost. This course focuses on operations across the logistics network itself: how supply, procurement and transport activities connect and keep moving from raw material to final consumer.

Logistics is the art and science of managing the flow of materials, goods, energy, information and other resources - including services and even people - from production to consumption. No import, export, or manufacturing process can succeed without professional logistical support, since logistics is what ties together information gathering, transport, inventory, storage and physical processing into a single, planned flow designed to satisfy customer requirements.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers of institutions and companies, and professionals working in procurement and logistics services.
• Warehouse and store managers and custodians, and businessmen developing their expertise in logistics services.
• Workers in procurement committees within institutions.
• Business school students and graduates from various universities.

Course Benefits

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

• Provide the consultancy needed to support and implement agreed objectives, including long- and short-term guidance on maintenance and service activities.
• Set budgets for logistics services and follow up on those services to guarantee the quality provided.
• Work on reducing storage costs in warehouses as much as possible.

Module 1: Understanding the Logistics Network

• The concept of supply operations and their importance.
• The definition of desktop (office) logistics.
• The definition of logistics networks and their importance to the work of institutions.
• The reasons for the emergence of the logistics function in institutions.

Module 2: Managing Materials and Inventory Across the Network

• Overview of materials and inventory management.
• The concept of material handling.
• Inventory management within warehouses.

Module 3: Transport Chains and Network Operations

• Transport chains through the use of logistics working systems.
• Studying transport operations in organisations and institutions.
• Developments in the field of logistics service operations management.

Module 4: Coordinating Budgets and Service Quality Across the Network

• Setting the budget needed to manage logistics services.
• Following up logistics services to guarantee the quality provided.
• Reducing storage costs in warehouses as much as possible.

Module 5: Risk and the Institution's Logistics Function

• Risk and its importance in the company's business system.
• The importance of the logistics function in enterprises and institutions.
• Providing long- and short-term consultancy on maintenance and service activities.