Course Overview
Supply chain management touches every aspect of our lives. The impact of buy-one-get-one-free deals on food waste, automotive industry product recalls, and queues in accident and emergency departments are all supply chain issues. As someone working in logistics, purchasing or planning, this course will help you to better understand the challenges facing your particular industry.
We will teach you best-practice techniques, and share tools and frameworks that you can use to enable you to make best-for-business decisions and implement efficient demand and supply planning processes.
Our course covers how to deliver added value to the consumer through interlinked supply chains, efficient logistics and end-to-end business perspectives. This broad knowledge will enable you to better understand how the current business environment effects supply and logistics and what to plan for in the future.
You’ll develop skills to effectively evaluate, manage and improve supply chain processes which you can use in order to be more effective in your current role.
The course will also help you understand the implications of new technologies such as the Internet of Things on supply chains and the latest research and trends in the area including outsourcing and compliance.
Our expert tutors are able to bring their subjects to life by blending their academic knowledge with their expertise in a variety of industry sectors, supporting you in applying what you learn directly back into your company. We also bring in guest speakers from industry from time to time to add new perspectives and impart specialised knowledge.
This course is delivered in small groups allowing you to network with peers from a range of sectors.
Who is this course designed for?
The course is designed for people already working in supply chain, logistics, warehousing or looking to advance their career.
Participants come from a wide variety of industries and roles, including but not limited to: Supply Planners, Procurement Officers/Managers, Warehouse Managers and Operations Managers.
This course will give you the opportunity to get a recognised qualification to compliment your experience and develop you as a professional.
Accreditations
This programme is accredited by The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.