This Course is provided for the following Target Audience:

• Logistics staff, executive coordinators and material handlers.
• Warehouse employees and warehouse staff supervisors.
• Distribution supervisors and support staff.
• New employees joining commercial and industrial company logistics teams.
• Anyone in a public or private company supporting day-to-day logistics operations.

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

• Support purchasing and supplier negotiation activities in a way that lowers business costs.
• Carry out inventory monitoring and protection tasks that keep purchasing and storage efficient.
• Help maintain a steady flow of materials while respecting a defined, controlled stock level.
• Recognise the administrative, organisational and material problems that affect their daily work.

Module 1: Understanding the Role You Play in Logistics

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

Module 2: Core Knowledge Every Logistics Employee Needs

• The concept, definition and basics of logistics.
• The different types of logistics activity.

Module 3: On-the-Job Skills – Materials and Inventory Handling

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

Module 4: Seeing the Bigger Picture – Supply Chain Awareness

• Supply chain management and how each role fits into it.
• How logistics services relate to the wider development of company work.

Module 5: Equipping Staff to Recognise and Manage Risk

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