A logistics network that works well inside one country's borders can fall apart the moment a company starts shipping across several. International trade multiplies every variable — suppliers, regulations, transport modes, partners — and a logistics team that has not planned for that complexity ends up absorbing the cost of it.

Offered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, this course walks participants through building a logistics infrastructure that holds up internationally: supplier and partner relationships, procurement's link to marketing, and the balancing act between local operations and global logistics networks.

What You'll Be Able to Do After This Course:

• Help establish the basic infrastructure a logistics operation needs.
• Draw on real experience managing logistics operations inside companies and institutions.
• Apply the arts of goods supply, transport methods, and meeting a company's material needs.
• Track logistics service plans to protect quality while reducing expenses.
• Identify the challenges internationalization poses for logistics services.
• Recognize current trends toward international logistics services.
• Understand the challenges of international logistics networks and how to start balancing them inside a global organization.
• Take direct oversight of a company's material purchasing.

Who Should Attend:

• Institution and company managers.
• Procurement and logistics services staff.
• Warehouse and store managers and custodians.
• Business owners and commercial company managers.
• Staff working in the logistics function across institutions and organizations.
• Members of purchasing committees.
• Business school students and graduates.

Module 1: Logistics Fundamentals and Their Cost and Value

• The concept and importance of logistics
• The cost and value of logistics services
• Supply and support processes defined
• Office logistics defined

Module 2: Logistics Inside the Company

• The importance of the logistics function in major companies
• Reasons the function emerged
• How logistics relates to other company functions and to marketing

Module 3: Building Supply Chain Relationships

• Supply chain relationship management
• Purchasing and supply relationships
• Choosing the right supply relationships

Module 4: Partnerships That Work

• Supply chain partnerships
• The economic justification for partnerships
• Supplier management

Module 5: Where Logistics Is Headed

• Logistical thinking inside organizations
• Logistics services management and company growth
• Future challenges and opportunities in logistics

Training Format

• Group training according to an integrated curriculum
• Individual training
• Field training
• Theoretical training in the Academy's dedicated halls

Course Dates and Venues

• Courses run in Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria, and Denmark, in addition to Australia and the United States, at a time and place that fits your schedule.

What You Receive

• An accredited certificate from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy upon completing the course.