What is this courseabout

What is this course about

Supply chain management is a cross-functional approach to manage the movement of raw materials into an organization, certain aspects of the internal processing of materials into finished goods, and then the movement of finished goods out of the organization toward the end-consumer.

IACT offers several options for candidates considering skills enhancement & career development in the field of logistics & supply chain management:

Logistics & SCM models:

Business logistics, logistics applications, logistics costs, key factors and issues in logistics.

Demand forecasting

Customer Service:

Product life cycle and logistics, service capability, gap analysis.

Inventory management :

Functions of inventory, inventory costs, inventory models, inventory control systems.

Supply planning & MRP, DRP & JIT concepts

Transportation :

Transportation model, load- distance models, solving quantitative problems relating to transportation, transportation infrastructure providers, inter-model transportation, transportation economic concepts.

Warehousing:

Warehousing functionality, economic benefits, warehousing costs, warehouse functionality, warehousing alternatives, warehouse design principle, warehousing strategies.

Procurement & purchasing :

Types of packaging systems and functions, containment and protection, selection of logistical packaging systems, utilization and channel integration.

Integrated Logistics Management :

Network design, network elements, performance cycles, integrated logistics, managing operational uncertainties, barriers to internal integration.

Technology in SCM :

Bottlenecks and remedies.

What are the course deliverables?

E-learning content

study material

trainer support through e mails

60 minutes telephonic session with the expert trainer

sample papers for the final online examination

IACT Certification