The gap between an average logistics team and a genuinely skilled one usually comes down to a handful of capabilities: knowing how to plan material flow, coordinate across departments, and manage the relationships that keep a supply chain running. This course, offered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, is built to close that gap for professionals working in logistics, transportation and supply chain roles who want to move beyond day-to-day tasks into real operational leadership.

Supply chain management itself is the organisational and strategic coordination of everyday business functions, planned across a group of companies working within the same chain to improve long-term performance. It covers the flow of goods and services - including the transport and storage of raw materials - and, at its core, it is about managing the relationship between suppliers, customers and everyone in between.

Who Should Attend?

• Managers of institutions and companies, and businessmen and managers of commercial companies.
• Professionals working in logistics services and supply chain management.
• Warehouse and store managers and custodians, and those working in the logistics function within institutions and organisations.
• Workers in procurement committees, and business school students and graduates from various universities.

Course Benefits

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

• Increase the amount of useful information available while reducing inventory and operating expenses.
• Create transparency in information flow and reduce the obstacles that can arise in supply operations.
• Build a comprehensive understanding of supply operations and reduce business complexity as much as possible.
• Gain experience in achieving benefits in terms of cost, time and quality.

Module 1: The Skillset Behind Strong Logistics Leadership

• Definition of supply and support processes.
• The importance and objectives of logistics.
• The reasons for the emergence of the logistics function in institutions, and the definition of office logistics.

Module 2: Materials and Inventory Oversight

• Overview of materials and inventory management, and the importance of materials management.
• Material planning and control.
• Effective control of materials.

Module 3: Supply Chain Relationships That Work

• Types of relationships in supply chains, including traditional and transaction-based relationships.
• Cooperative relationships in institutions.
• The elements and objectives of supply chain management.

Module 4: Turning Information into Transparency and Efficiency

• Increasing the amount of available information while reducing inventory and operating expenses.
• Creating transparency in information and reducing obstacles that can arise.
• Building a comprehensive concept of supply operations and reducing business complexity.

Module 5: Measuring the Value of Supply Chain Management

• Management of logistics services and their relation to the development of company operations.
• Risk and its importance in the company's business system.
• Gaining experience in achieving benefits in terms of cost, time and quality.