Logistics and Transport Management Course

Course Overview

Welcome to the Training on Logistics and Transport Management course! This comprehensive course is designed to delve into the effective management and flow of materials throughout an organization’s supply chain. By addressing the small inefficiencies in logistics and transport, this course aims to mitigate significant costs and delays that impact standard operations and projects. Participants will gain insights into cost reduction, performance improvement, and enhancing customer satisfaction. The training on logistics and transport management is your pathway to mastering these crucial elements. 

Target Audience

This course is ideal for business professionals involved in purchasing, procurement, stock control, warehousing, and materials management. If you're looking to bring substantial improvements to your area of business, the Training on Logistics and Transport Management course will equip you with the tools and knowledge to do so effectively. 

Course Objectives

Participants in the Training on Logistics and Transport Management course will learn to:

• Understand the intricate processes of the supply and demand chains.
• Utilize modern purchasing management techniques.
• Enhance warehouse efficiencies, leading to reduced stock levels.
• Sharpen negotiation skills for more effective dealings.
• Manage inventories more productively.
• Improve transportation operations for better logistics management.

Key Outcomes

• Comprehend Supply and Demand: Gain a detailed understanding of how supply and demand chains work.
• Effective Purchasing Practices: Explore the most effective purchasing practices and learn new trends in supplier management.
• Negotiation Mastery: Gain greater insight into the negotiation process and study the use of negotiation techniques.
• Inventory Techniques: Examine inventory reduction techniques and explore new warehousing methods and technologies.
• Transportation Analysis: Analyze the function of transportation management to optimize operations.

Course Outline

Understanding the Supply and Demand Chains 

• How organizational supply and demand chains operate.
• Objectives of supply chain management.
• Key steps in the purchasing process.
• Supplier location and selection techniques.
• Understanding types of contracts and purchase orders.
• Supplier management and quality assurance.
• Remedies for non-performance of suppliers.

Inventory Management Techniques 

• Overview of inventory management systems.
• Establishing optimal inventory levels.
• Exploring supplier-managed inventory and consignment inventory.
• Just-in-time inventory management for efficiency.
• Benefits of standardization and utilizing ABC analysis.
• Measuring the effectiveness of inventory management.

Developing Negotiation Skills 

• Communication foundations for successful negotiations.
• Overcoming negotiation difficulties.
• The role of ethics in negotiations.
• Setting and achieving negotiating goals.
• Effective strategies and techniques for negotiation.
• Understanding and utilizing negotiation tactics.

Managing Warehouse Operations 

• Exploring warehouse functions and systems.
• Designing effective warehouse layouts.
• Ensuring inventory accuracy and cycle counting.
• Implementing bar coding and radio frequency identification systems.
• Enhancing warehousing productivity and overcoming performance barriers.

Managing Transportation Operations 

• Correct application of Incoterms in transportation.
• Criteria for selecting air and ocean carriers.
• Obtaining insurance coverage for transportation.
• Managing truck delivery operations efficiently.
• Utilizing modern tracking technology.
• Effective use of consolidation and measuring transportation performance.