This Course is provided for the following Target Audience:

• Logistics managers, executive coordinators and material managers.
• Warehouse managers and warehouse staff supervisors.
• Supervisors and distribution managers.
• Directors and owners of large commercial and industrial companies responsible for setting policy.
• General managers in public and private companies.

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

• Set purchasing and negotiation policies with suppliers that lower business costs.
• Set inventory monitoring and protection policies that keep purchasing and storage efficient.
• Define a policy for maintaining a steady flow of materials at a controlled stock level.
• Identify the administrative, organisational and material problems that good policy should address.

Module 1: The Case for Documented Procurement and Logistics Policy

• Why the logistics function emerged in enterprises, and its importance and objectives.
• The importance of the logistics function inside enterprises and institutions.

Module 2: Policy Foundations – What Policy Must Define

• The concept, definition and basics of logistics.
• The different types of logistics activity a policy needs to cover.

Module 3: Setting Policy for Materials and Inventory Control

• Regulatory procedures for inventory and inventory reports.
• Materials and inventory management policy, its importance, planning and effective control.

Module 4: Aligning Supply Chain Operations with Policy

• Supply chain management and its place within an organisation’s policy framework.
• How logistics services policy relates to the wider development of company work.

Module 5: Risk Policy – Assessment, Precautions and Compliance

• Risk and its importance in the business system, and methods of risk assessment.
• Precautions to take, and how risk connects directly to institutional policies and procedures.
• Certifying risk assessments, handling corruption-related risks, and choosing the right time to act.