This is a three (3) day intensive course. The course is conducted through:

• Regular scheduled public courses
• On-site (In house) courses for organisations or sectors’

This programme is for senior supply chain managers both in the public and private
sectors.

Relevant work experience

• Provide a strategic framework that can be used to analyse design, planning,
  and operational decisions in a supply chain.
• Discuss issues to be considered when designing a supply chain network.
• Determine the importance of planning in a supply chain and provide basic
  tools that can be used when planning demand and supply.
• Provide an understanding of why inventory builds up in a supply chain and an
  identification of managerial levers that improve supply chain performance and profitability while lowering inventories.
• Explore strategies for designing and planning transportation networks
• Explore ways in managing cross-functional drivers in a supply chain, i.e., sourcing, pricing and revenue management, information technology in a supply chain, and coordination in a supply chain.

Module 1: Understanding the supply chain
Module 2: Supply chain performance: achieving strategic fit and scope
Module 3: Supply chain drivers and obstacles
Module 4: Coordination in the supply chain
Module 5: Transportation in a supply chain
Module 6: Sourcing decisions in a supply chain
Module 7: Information technology and the supply chain
Module 8: pricing and revenue management in a supply chain
Module 9: Sustainability and the supply chain

The format of the three days course is highly practical, interactive, reflective and relevant. The facilitator will stimulate discussion relating to your work experiences. A proper mix of lectures, Q&A, discussions, exercises and case studies.

A certificate of completion of course will be awarded to delegates who attend and
complete the training course as well as the award of CPD points.