Introduction
The world of logistics is constantly evolving, so this comprehensive course represents the current trends, best practices and latest thinking in global logistics. It serves as a forum allowing the contributors, a range of acknowledged sector specialists, to discuss key logistics issues and share their authoritative views. It includes guidance on collaboration; energy and its relationship to logistics; sustainability in a wider sense; outsourcing; and humanitarian logistics.
Duration
10 Days
Course Level:
Objectives of the Course
On completion of this practical course you should be able to:
- Gain knowledge on the design and management of logistics processes and the integration of those processes upstream and downstream with those of suppliers and customers.
- View the business of the future to be market-driven, with logistics processes, finding a critical means for achieving corporate goals.
- Identify the new directions in logistics and discuss the new competitive frame work.
- Apply and discuss the best practices in logistics and supply chain management.
- Define the role of incentives in the exchange process and differentiate between collaboration and competition.
- Identify the Fundamental concepts of supply chain management and measurement and define specific metrics across the chain.
- Discuss the Changes in the demand for logistics services and determine the opportunities and pressures for logistics providers in a new Europe.
Course Outline
New Directions In Logistics
- The emergence of the value-conscious customer
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Procurement
- Manufacturing
- Distribution
- The organizational challenge
Best Practices In Logistics And Supply Chain Management
- The essence of the phenomenon of best practices in business
- Transferring best practices - one solution fits all?
- The best practices - between the hammer of economic demands and the anvil of corporate social responsibility
- Where do Central and Eastern Europe countries come from? From the world of worst practices!
- Where are CEE countries going?
- The case of Poland
- The best practices - the Holy Grail of contemporary business?
Trends And Strategies In Global Logistics
- Trend research
- Megatrends
- Conclusion and outlook
Incentives And The Strategic Management Of Suppliers
- Collaboration vs. competition and the role of incentives in the exchange process
- Incentivization and the question of make vs. buy
- Incentivization and the relationship management choice
- Incentives and the role of contract
- Incentives and the impact of internal politics
Time Compression In The Supply Chain
- Time compression and competition
- The time compression approach - competitive advantage
- The time compression approach - cost advantage
- The time compression approach - technology advantage
- The time compression approach - customer focus
- Benefits of time compression
- Examples of the application of time compression
- Time compression and the future
Building More Agile Supply Chains
- Operating circumstances requiring agility
- The categorization for operating environments
- Mitigating the minefield of pitfalls
Using Marketing And Services Strategies For Logistics Customer Service
- Logistics customer service today
- Elements of logistics customer service
- Strategies for logistics customer service
- An example from online retailing
People Powering Contemporary Supply Chains
- Opening comments
- The people that drive contemporary supply chains
- Dynamic alignment control
- Finding the behavioral metric - key to unraveling the puzzle
- Now the head of the dog is back in control
- But the 'forces of darkness are lurking'
- Supply-side alignment
- Hybrid supply chains
- Reverse logistics
Creating Shareholder Value Through Supply Chain Management
- Financial performance and its drivers
- Linking supply chain management and financial performance
- Framework to identify initiatives that create the most shareholder value
- Difficulties in improving supply chain financial performance
- Improving the financial performance across the supply chain
Outsourcing: The Result Of Global Supply Chains?
- Definition
- Reasons for outsourcing
- How different is the public sector from the private sector with regard to outsourcing?
- The pitfalls in outsourcing
- Global supply chains and the outsourcing risks
Risk In The Supply Chain
- Risk management and the supply chain - a new perception!
- Objective and process of risk management
- From an enterprise perspective to the supply chain perspective
- Risk assessment and control along the supply chain
- Implementation in practice
Supply Chain Vulnerability, Risk And Resilience
- Supply chain vulnerability: an idea whose time had come
- Supply chain risk management: a recipe for confusion
- Risk: the great divide
- Supply chain resilience: a holistic view
- Supply chains and wicked problems
Information Systems And Information Technologies For Supply Chain Management
- Functionality of IS/IT in SCM
- Strategic issues of IS/IT in SCM
- IS/IT adoption for SCM
- IS/IT utilization in SCM
Improving Management Of Supply Chains By Information Technology
- Coordination of supply chains with information technology
Delivering Sustainability Through Supply Chain Management
- Purchasing or procurement
- Production or manufacturing
- Distribution and warehousing
- Use and maintenance
- Dispose or reuse and recycle?
- Managerial and financial sustainability
Performance Measurement And Management In The Supply Chain
- Keeping score - a basic management principle
- The balanced scorecard - the standard for goal setting and measurement
- Fundamental concepts of supply chain management and measurement
- Mastering the complexity of supply chain and logistics performance management
- The principle of input and output measures
- Setting goals across the chain through service level agreements
- The delivery, recovery and stewardship model
- Defining specific metrics across the chain
- Future directions in performance measurement
Optimizing The Road Freight Transport System
- Assessing the utilization of vehicle fleets
- Factors constraining vehicle utilization
- Measures to improve vehicle utilization
Retail Logistics
- The evolution of the logistics concept
- Logistics and competitive strategy in retailing
- Differences in logistics 'culture' in international markets
- The internationalization of logistics practices
- The future
Internet Traders Can Increase Profitability By Reshaping Their Supply Chains
- Internet trading is forecast to account for a quarter of all purchases in 2006
- Customer satisfaction is less than satisfactory
- Integration of business processes has-not always received enough attention
- Moving away from traditional supply chains adds complexity but provides an opportunity for profit
- How can internet traders take advantage of opportunities?
- Opportunity waiting to be exploited
Time As A Trade Barrier
- Time, logistics and trade - how are they related?
- Econometric analysis
- Policy implications and conclusions
Learning From Humanitarian Supply Chains
- Disasters are challenging learning settings
- Humanitarians and their supply chains are different
- Corporations moving in to help find they can also learn
- The value of cross-sector learning
- Lessons for companies
Global Sourcing And Supply
- Growth in global trade
- Global sourcing as a way to change business strategy
- Identifying and selecting sources
- Commercial models
- International logistics
- Flow management
- Organization design
- Information technology
- Operational excellence
- Risk management
- Critical success factors
- Global sourcing - sustaining the trend
International Road And Rail Freight Transport Activity
- Recent international trade activity and transport: economic factors and trends
- Recent trends in international freight transport volumes by road and rail
- International road freight transport: recent developments and challenges
- Factors influencing recent trends in international rail freight transport
- Concluding remarks
The Changing Supply Of Logistics Services - A UK Perspective
- UK market trends
- Market structure – continuing consolidation and globalization
- The EU25 - new market opportunities and threats
- Transport policy issues
Developments In Western European Logistics Strategies
- Changes in the demand for logistics services
- Market structure of logistics service providers
- Transportation in Europe
- Opportunities and pressures for logistics providers in a new Europe
Logistics In China
- The major areas of improvement
- Challenges in developing modern logistics
- Concluding remarks
Logistics Strategies For Central And Eastern Europe
- Conditions of economic development of CEE countries before 1990
- Development of logistics in the period of transition and after joining the EU
- Logistics strategies in CEE countries
North American Logistics
- North American logistics: a regional realm
- North American gateways
- North American corridors and inland fright distribution
- Inland logistics
- Corporate logistics and its role in North American freight transportation - three cases
- A freight and logistics policy framework
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Course Administration Details:
METHODOLOGY
The instructor-led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprise presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professionals and trainers in these fields. All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.
ACCREDITATION
Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued an Indepth Research Institute (IRES) certificate certified by the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA).
TRAINING VENUE
The training will be held at IRES Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and lunch. All participants will additionally cater to their travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.
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