When the supply chain breaks, everything breaks
Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Develop the operational planning, logistics coordination, and supply chain resilience skills that modern distribution and manufacturing environments actually run on.
- UK Licensed
- Global Standards
- Expert Instructor
- 5 Day Training
- Overview
Course Overview
Most organizations have a supply chain. Far fewer have one that’s genuinely managed. Inventory sits in the wrong place. Transportation decisions get made on habit rather than data. Risk shows up as a surprise rather than something the team already planned for. The difference between a supply chain that works and one that just about keeps up usually comes down to whether the people running it were ever properly trained to do so.
This Supply Chain and Logistics Management program covers end-to-end operations of the supply chain from demand-forecasting and warehouse management training through to transportation management practice and supply chain risk management. It sits within our broader business training programs portfolio, alongside our other professional development training courses like the CPP certification program. The content is deliberately focused on supply chain operations and logistics execution, not procurement strategy or purchasing decisions, which are covered separately across other programs in our training portfolio. Whether you’re managing a domestic distribution network or navigating global supply chain complexity, this gives you a structured operational framework to work from.
- Goals
Course Objectives
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Map and manage end to end supply chain flows across material, information, and financial dimensions
- Apply supply chain planning techniques to align inventory, capacity, and distribution with real demand
- Use inventory management training principles to reduce carrying costs without creating stockout risk
- Manage transportation management training decisions across mode selection, route optimization, and 3PL coordination
- Build supply chain resilience through structured risk identification and business continuity planning
- Work toward supply chain certification through a structured, operations-focused learning pathway
- Key Points
Who Should Attend?
- Supply Chain and Logistics Managers
- Warehouse and Distribution Operations Staff
- Inventory and Demand Planning Professionals
- Transportation and Fleet Management Teams
- Operations Managers Overseeing Supply Chain Functions
- Professionals Building End-to-End Supply Chain Capability
- Key Benefits
Key Benefits of the Course
- A supply chain management course grounded in real operational scenarios, not theoretical frameworks
- Practical warehouse management training and inventory control skills applicable from the next working week
- Stronger supply chain risk management capability across supplier, demand, and operational disruption scenarios
- Clear understanding of supply chain digitalization and how technology is reshaping logistics decision-making
- A recognized credential supporting progression toward broader supply chain management certification
- Outline
Course Outline
Day 1: Supply Chain and Logistics Management Fundamentals
- Covers the core structure of Supply Chain and Logistics Management, including material flows, stakeholder roles, and performance measurement across the full supply chain network
- Introduces supply chain strategy types, efficient, responsive, and agile, including the SCOR supply chain framework as a standard reference for measuring and improving supply chain performance.
- Real operational examples show where a misaligned supply chain strategy quietly creates cost and service failures that compound over time
Day 2: Inventory Management and Demand Forecasting
- Covers inventory management training across EOQ, JIT, and ABC classification methods for different stock types and demand patterns
- Participants apply demand forecasting techniques to a realistic product scenario, connecting forecast accuracy directly to inventory investment decisions
- Output is an inventory management framework participants can adapt to their own warehouse or distribution operation
Day 3: Warehouse Operations and Supply Chain Optimization
- Covers warehouse layout, picking efficiency, and WMS fundamentals as part of a broader supply chain optimization approach
- Participants review key warehouse KPIs and identify where operational inefficiencies most commonly hide in distribution center workflows
- Hands-on exercises work through a warehouse redesign scenario focused on reducing cost per order without increasing headcount
Day 4: Transportation Management and Distribution Networks
- Covers transportation management training across mode selection, carrier management, route optimization, and last-mile delivery challenges
- Participants evaluate distribution network design options, including direct, indirect, and multi-channel strategies, against realistic cost and service trade-offs
- Participants evaluate distribution network design options, including cold chain management requirements, alongside standard cost and service trade-offs.
Day 5: Supply Chain Risk Management and Future Trends
- Covers supply chain risk management across supplier dependency, demand volatility, operational disruption, and environmental risk scenarios
- Introduces supply chain digitalization trends, including automation, AI-driven planning, and real-time visibility tools, reshaping global supply chain management
- Participants complete a full resilience exercise, stress-testing a lean supply chain model against multiple simultaneous disruption scenarios
- Terms
Training Methodology
This program covers:
- Scenario-based Supply Chain and Logistics Management workshops using realistic operational data and network designs
- Inventory, transportation, and warehouse exercises with structured peer discussion and instructor feedback
- Supply chain risk and resilience sessions built around real disruption case studies from global supply chains
- Certification preparation aligned to recognized supply chain management training standards
- Achievements
Certification
Participants receive a logistics management course completion certificate from our Corporate & Industrial Training Center. The program develops practical, operations-ready Supply Chain and Logistics Management capability across inventory, transportation, and risk functions. In-house training is available for operations and logistics teams managing active supply chains. Fill out our In-house Registration form for team bookings, or contact us now for upcoming public dates across our training portfolio.
- Case Study
Case Study Example
A consumer goods distributor was managing its supply chain across three warehouses and two transportation providers without any formal planning process connecting the three. Inventory was being replenished on gut feel, transportation costs were climbing without explanation, and a single supplier delay during peak season caused a stockout that affected fifteen retail customers simultaneously. After the operations team completed this Supply Chain and Logistics Management program, the company introduced a structured demand forecasting process, consolidated its carrier base using data-driven route analysis, and built a supply chain risk register that flagged single-source dependencies before the next peak season arrived.
- Why Choose
Why Choose This Program?
This program is specifically about running supply chains, the operational decisions, the logistics trade-offs, and the risk management discipline that keeps goods moving when conditions change. It doesn’t cover procurement strategy, purchasing negotiations, or contract management; those topics are handled more thoroughly in dedicated programs across the Global Industries Intelligence training portfolio. What this covers, it covers properly: end-to-end supply chain operations from warehouse floor to final delivery. Take a look at our CPP certification and other professional development training courses for the full picture of what we offer.
- Connect
Contact Us
Ready to build supply chain capability across your operations team? Contact us now for upcoming dates and in-house training solutions tailored to your organization.
- FAQs
Fequently Asked Questions
What is the Supply Chain and Logistics Management program?
A structured supply chain management training program covering inventory management, warehouse operations, transportation management, demand-forecasting, and supply chain risk management for operations professionals.
How is this different from the Certified Procurement Professional program?
The CPP program focuses on purchasing strategy, supplier negotiation, and contract management. This program is specifically about supply chain operations, inventory, logistics, transportation, and distribution, with no overlap in core content.
Do participants need prior supply chain experience?
A background in operations, logistics, or warehouse management helps. That said, the program is structured to work for participants at different experience levels, with real operational scenarios making the content accessible from day one.
Does this course cover global supply chain management?
Yes. Day 5 includes global supply chain management considerations alongside risk management and supply chain digitalization, with specific attention to the complexity that cross-border operations introduce.
Which industries benefit most from supply chain management certification?
Manufacturing, retail, food and beverage, and logistics providers see the heaviest use, though any organization moving physical goods through a distribution network has a direct operational use case for this training from Global Industries Intelligence.
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Course Schedule
Select your preferred date & venue
24 Feb -- 28 Feb
Nigeria
GBP 4595/Person
23 June -- 27 June
KSA
GBP 4595/Person
22 Sep -- 26 Sep
UK
GBP 4595/Person
15 Dec -- 19 Dec
South Africa
GBP 4595/Person
24 Feb -- 28 Feb
Nigeria
GBP 3595/Person
23 June -- 27 June
KSA
GBP 3595/Person
22 Sep -- 26 Sep
UK
GBP 3595/Person
15 Dec -- 19 Dec
South Africa
GBP 3595/Person
Duration
5 Days