Shipping and Logistics Supply Chain Management

This training is designed to provide participants with a deep understanding of the principles, strategies, and best practices involved in managing the shipping and logistics supply chain. At the end of the training, the participant should be able to do practical networking and connections of working systems

CONTENT

• Fundamentals of shipping
• Sea port operations
• Customs / sea port interface
• Pre / Post shipment documentation
• Cargo operations
• Shipping & International Logistics
• Evolution & role of logistics in business
• How logistics should fit in the Corporate & Supply Chain Organizations.
• Total Logistics Costs Analysis & Ratios.
• Logistics Productivity Indicators.
• Benchmarking for logistics & supply chain management.
• Logistics & Supply Chain mega trends.
• Inventory & The Supply Chain Management
• Planning System (MRP)
• Integrated Logistics
• Time Compression in the Supply Chain
• Eliminating Waste in the Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Re-engineering & Application

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.