Certified Logistics & Supply Chain Management professional (CLSCMP)

Certified Logistics & Supply Chain Management Professional (CLSCMP) is a comprehensive 24-hours course that provides basic and advanced skills about logistics and supply chain, purchasing & procurement, warehouse, inventory, material,  transportation, shipping, risk management, etc.

Supply Chain Management covers all aspects of creating customer value in the global competitive economy.  Supply Chain Management’s focus on every link in the supply chain will show you how each link is interconnected. Courses such as Purchasing Management, Distribution and Retailing, and the unique Supply Chain Metrics course are undertaken for measuring the value of a supply chain.

The practice of supply chain management has become widespread in all industries around the globe today with both small and large firms realizing the benefits provided by effective global trade and supply chain management.

This includes new product development, the management, and planning of international supply chains, and cooperation with other parties in the chain such as suppliers and distributors…

Logistics and supply chain is largely becoming a source of competitive advantage for business organizations. The focus from taking short-term benefits in negotiation has shifted to have a strategic relationship with supply chain partners. Cost-effective and consistent performance is the essence of success in the manufacturing industry and this is largely dependent upon the relationship of the supply chain of an organization.

COURSE DETAILS

Objective

This certification is specially designed to help Logistic and Supply Chain Managers understand the significance, operation, management, and strategic application of dynamics involved in logistics and supply chain management.

A Logistics and Supply Chain manager is not a master of just one specific area in the supply chain; he or she is a master of all areas including sourcing, planning, transportation, distribution, warehousing, inventory management, customer service, and strategic leadership.

Benefits

This training will help the participants to:

• Effective logistics and supply chain management practices
• Conduct analysis and examination of current operations
• Bring about organizational improvements in supply chain
• Comparison of in-house versus outsource hiring
• Understanding the legal framework
• Vendor management; monitoring and evaluation
• How to relate costs to milestones
• Continuous learning and quality improvement

Audience for this Course

Anyone who is ready to pursue their career in the logistics and supply chain industry. Specifically, purchasing or supply management specialists, buyers or industrial buyers, purchasing directors, managers, Supply Chain Managers, Supply Chain Coordinator, Logistics Manager, and Warehouse Manager.

What will you learn?

As competition in the global marketplace increases, so does the demand for Supply Chain Management experts. In this environment supply chain professionals are expected to both broader and deepen their theoretical knowledge about Logistics & Supply Chain Management skills and cultivating their personal leadership capabilities.

At the end of the program, participants will be an expert in the functional areas of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and will be equipped with the skills necessary to manage the Supply chain for a corporate entity.

As Professional of this track, you will have the theoretical, practical, and managerial skills to analyze supply chains and develop solutions that will lead to their overall improvement.

These skills will be an asset to all progressive companies that are looking to expand and large multinationals who always aspire to become or remain competitive.

For job aspirants, they can expect to find a job as a supply chain manager, logistics manager, supplier relations manager, or purchasing manager in almost any industry. These positions often lead to more senior managerial positions where you will be responsible for how and why companies manage their complex business network and, will give the participants a system view with the analytical skills that are required to evaluate where processes are weak or can be improved.

Participants will gain the theoretical, practical, and managerial skills to be able to interpret customer wishes and translate these into supply chain improvements that will keep companies competitive.

Examination

There will be 2 hours pen and paper Exam taken by the Institute at the end of the Course.

What will you get?

• Hard copy of study materials.
• Certificate of Attendance.

COURSE CONTENT

 Module 1: Introduction to Supply Chain Management

• Introduction to Supply Chain
• Understanding the basic flows in Supply chain
• Supply chain drivers
• Integrated Supply chain
• Introduction to the SUPPLY CHAIN division and Activity of each
• SWOT, SMART, PDCA, DMAIC
• Importance of Supply chain – value addition to the organization
• Supply chain activities in brief

 Module 2: Inventory Management

• Introduction to Pareto Analysis
• Inventory Classification: ABC / VED / HML
• SKU definition- Item Master creation and Management of SKU
• Managing Inventory levels and Contingency Planning
• Inventory Physical Operation – FIFO/LIFO
• Basic Concepts of Demand Forecasting
• Need for Material Planning and elements in Material Planning
• Concept of MRP, MPS and JIT & VMI – Lean logistics concepts
• Concept of Lead time in Demand Forecasting 
• The flow of information in PR / MRQ – Links to Procurement

Module 3: Procurement & Purchase Management

• The flow of information in PR / MRQ – Links to Procurement
• Process of the Supplier Selection process
• Pre-qualification of Suppliers
• Introduction of Payment Terms and Incoterms (Revision)
• Difference between Product and Service Procurement
• Sourcing Process- R’s and T’s,
• Auction and Reverse Auctions
• Bid / Tender Management process in brief
• Sourcing Analysis and Supplier Selection process
• Need for Signed Contracts and Contract essentials
• Kinds of Purchase Order and Contents
• Supply execution and Performance management
• P2P methods
• Introduction of Contract Management Process
  • The basic elements of a signed contract
  • Managing Existing Contracts
  • Uniform Customs & Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600)

Module 4: Logistics in Supply Chain

• Introduction to the various modes of Transport
• Advantages and Disadvantages of the Various Modes of Transport
• Defining the Transport Documents- Contents and Liabilities
• Name of the Transport documents
• Concepts of Consolidation and Break Bulk
• Air Transport in details – content, operations and understanding air freight calculations
• Sea Transportation – various options, document – content, operations, and rates management
• Surface Transportation including Multi-mode: content, operations, documentation and understanding the rates applicable / charged

Module 5: Warehouse Management

• Inventory Physical Operation – FIFO/LIFO
• Basic Concept of Warehouse layout and need for selection of Location for warehouse
• Activities in warehouse –Operations, Performance KPIs and SLA of warehouse personnel. Importance of each activity to business
• Warehouse Reporting tools
• Concepts of Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Understanding the Capex items in Warehouse Operation
• Understanding the Opex items in Warehouse operation
• Concept of Warehouse Ownership and Outsource concept
• Ways to drive better management of resources in Warehouse operations

Module 6: Risk Management

• Risk Management Policy Formulation
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Evaluation
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Management in Logistics and Supply Chain
• Risk Management in Warehouse Operations