Course Overview

This seminar is aimed at both suppliers and buyers who need an overview of the key drivers involved when viewing supply chains from a logistics/demand point of view. Supply Chains are the ultimate source of competitive advantage so the purpose of this seminar is to explain and appreciate what logistics and supply chain management are fundamentally about so that delegates are able to:

• Apply key techniques to control lead time in the movement of goods and materials to customers and users.
• Find the right cost and service balance.
• Use practical skills to take back to the workplace to change current methods.
• Work better with all supply chain players.
• Apply practically the 8 Rules for Effective Supply Chain Management.

Course Objective

• Define the objectives and functions of logistics and supply chain management (purchasing, stock control, stores and physical distribution) and how they relate to each other.
• Present and discuss the specifications needed for each of the materials management functions in order to optimize the usage of personnel, facilities and capital.
• Plan to deal and work with the problems and constraints related to materials management.

Who Should Attend??

Those involved in any or all functions of logistics and warehouse management and who are concerned with successfully providing acceptable customer or user service at a minimum cost; also, for anyone who needs to know more about the role of materials management.