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Total Logistics Management Training

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Total Logistics Management Training Course
Introduction:
Course Objectives:
Learning Objectives
- To understand the role of logistics in business and its increasing strategic importance in global supply chains.
- To know methodologies for measuring both logistics cost and service performance.
- To recognize the value of transportation network design and management.
- To develop the methodologies for optimizing the number of distribution centers in a transportation network and the site selection process.
- To understand the comprehensive assessments of world-class warehousing operational principles. Learn the role of new information technology applications in the warehouse.
- To define a process and methodology for deciding whether to outsource logistics services and how to go about selecting and managing third-party logistics service providers.
After accomplishing the course the applicants will be able to:
- Demonstrate the core of logistics business
- Design logistics networks
- Evaluating Logistics Investments
- Managing the logistics activates effectively
- Apply the technology within the logistics operations
Who Should Attend?
Logistics consultants, Logistics and Financial managers, Account, and operations managers for Third-Party Logistics Providers.
Course Outlines:
Logistics and the Supply Chain
- Definition of logistics
- The economic importance of logistics
- Recent events and their influences on logistics practices
- Logistics practices within a firm
The Supply Chain Management Concept
- Supply chains and their management
- Differences between transactional and relational exchanges
- The importance of leveraging technology
- Barriers to supply chain management
Logistics and Information Technology
- The importance of effective and efficient utilization of information for logistics
- General types of information systems and their logistical applications
- The impact of electronic commerce on channel design
- Key differences between the logistics of e-fulfillment and the logistics of traditional fulfillment
Demand Management, Order Management, and Customer Service
- The firm processes incoming orders
- The importance of customer service to a firm’s marketing activities
- The role of logistics in the customer service area
- Customer service standards (specific and measurable)
- Customer service program establishment
Protective Packaging and Materials Handling
- Product features affect packaging and materials handling
- The functions performed by protective packaging
- The utilization of unit loads in materials handling
- The environmental protection movement and its impact on packaging and package choice
- Materials handling principles
Transportation
- Modes and Means of transport
- The use of routing guides
- The role of freight forwarders and other intermediaries
- The use of terminals as transfer points for bulk materials
- The background of the transportation management function
- The functions of transportation management
- The role negotiations play in the transportation management function
- The new options available for private carriage
- The purpose of freight consolidation
Distribution Center, Warehouse, and Plant Location
- The screening or focusing concept of plant/warehouse location
- The major factors that influence location decisions
- The general process of determining the optimum number of facilities
- The systems to determine the location that minimizes transportation costs
- Site’s specialized location characteristics
- Free trade zones
Inventory Management
- The costs of holding inventory
- The costs associated with a stockout
- The EOQ concept
- The various inventory flow patterns
- The role of scanners in inventory control
Warehousing Management
- The role of warehouses and distribution centers in a logistics system
- The various types and functions of warehouses
- different types of handling equipment available
- issue of employee safety in warehousing
- various alternatives available in warehouse design
Procurement
- The relationship between supply management and logistics
- Steps in selecting a supplier