Transport Management and Logistics Issues and Challenges Online Course

  • Time

    10:00am - 3:00pm

  • End Date

    14 Mar, 2022 - 16 Mar, 2022

  • Price

    ₦175,000

Event Details

This Logistics and Transport Management training course aims to enable participants to;

  • Examine the most effective purchasing practices
  • Learn new trends in supplier management
  • Gain greater insight into the negotiation process
  • Study the use of negotiation techniques
  • Develop a strategy to better manage inventories
  • Examine inventory reduction techniques
  • Explore new methods and technologies in warehousing
  • Analyze the function of transportation management

 

CONTENT:

Managing the Purchasing Function
  • The key steps in purchasing
  • Buyer skills development
  • Objectives of supply chain management
  • Supplier location and selection
  • Types of contracts and purchase orders
  • Supplier management
  • Quality assurance
  • Remedies for non-performance
 
Negotiation Skills Development
  • Foundations of successful negotiations
  • Overcoming difficulties in negotiations
  • The impact of ethics
  • Sharpening your skills
  • Establishing negotiating goals
  • Effective negotiating strategies
  • Effective negotiating techniques
  • Moving from confrontation to cooperation
 
Inventory Management
  • Inventory management systems
  • Establishing inventory levels
  • Supplier managed inventory
  • Consignment inventory
  • Just in time inventory management
  • Obtaining the benefits of standardization
  • Utilizing ABC analysis
  • Inventory management effectiveness measures

 

Managing Warehouse Operations

  • Warehouse functions
  • Utilizing warehouse systems
  • Warehouse layout
  • Inventory accuracy and cycle counting
  • Bar coding identification systems
  • Radio frequency identification systems
  • Improving warehousing productivity
  • Overcoming barriers to performance
 
Managing Transportation Operations
  • Correct application of Incoterms
  • Air carrier selection criteria
  • Ocean carrier selection criteria
  • Obtaining insurance coverage
  • Managing truck delivery operations
  • Utilizing modern tracking technology
  • Effective use of consolidation
  • Measuring transportation performance

 

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.

 

DATE:

1ST BATCH: 14th – 16th Mar, 2022                           

2ND BATCH: 25th – 27th July, 2022

3RD BATCH: 7th – 9th Nov, 2022  

Other Dates

Start Date End Date
25 Jul, 2022 27 Jul, 2022
Start Date End Date
07 Nov, 2022 09 Nov, 2022
Start Date End Date
14 Mar, 2022 16 Mar, 2022

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