Training Course: Building an Integrated Logistics Operation from Procurement to Delivery (Online / Remote)
1Summary
The Oxford English Dictionary traces logistics back to a branch of military science concerned with moving, supplying, and maintaining troops and equipment — armies cannot hold a position without food, fuel, and ammunition arriving on time, and Britain's loss in the American War of Independence has been linked directly to a logistical breakdown. That military root still shapes how the discipline is defined today: the planning, execution, and control of the flow and storage of goods, services, and information from origin to point of consumption.
Turning that discipline into an integrated operation inside a modern company is what this course is about. It links every stage — procurement, storage, and support — into a single system, because a warehouse without a production line to feed loses its purpose, and a supply chain without integration in each part will leak cost and time somewhere along the way.
2Objectives and target group
Practical Outcomes
- Take direct oversight of a company's material purchases and the shipping of goods and raw materials.
- Build a full picture of stock-taking operations, and manage supply and support activities with confidence.
- Exercise effective control and ongoing monitoring over materials.
- Keep logistics service plans on track to guarantee service quality.
- Provide short- and long-term guidance on activities linked to companies and institutions.
Who Should Attend
- Managers of institutions and companies.
- Staff working in procurement and logistics services.
- Warehouse and store managers and custodians.
- Business owners and managers of trading companies, and staff in institutional procurement committees.
- Business administration students and graduates from various universities.
3Course Content
Module 1: Supply and Support Operations
- Defining supply and support operations and their role in running the company.
- Business logistics and production logistics, and the difference between them.
Module 2: Materials and Inventory Control
- Defining stock-taking and its importance, and inventory types with the right timing for each.
- Regulatory procedures for stock-taking, and inventory reports.
- Planning and monitoring materials, and exercising effective control over them.
Module 3: The Logistics Function Inside the Organization
- Managing supply, and risk and its importance within a company's business system.
- The importance of the logistics function and why it emerged inside organizations.
- The objectives of logistics, and defining "desk logistics".
Module 4: Growing the Business Through Logistics
- How logistics service management contributes to a company's growth.
- How logistics connects with other company functions and with marketing.
Module 5: Risk Assessment in Supply Operations
- Risk assessment methods and the precautions needed to avoid them.
- The relationship between risk and an institution's policies and procedures, and why risk assessment matters.
- Issuing risk-assessment certifications, handling risks linked to corruption, and identifying the right time to take precautions.