COURSE OVERVIEW:

As freight volume grows and transportation becomes more complicated, the need for robust logistics management increases. Logistics management is a primary factor in the success of any company’s operations and has a direct impact on its bottom line. Additionally, meeting customer demand and providing superior service is one of the goals of good logistics management.

Logistics is generally the detailed organisation and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet requirements of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics may include tangible goods such as materials, equipment, and supplies, as well as food and other consumable items. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of information flow, materials handling, production, packaging, inventory, transportation, warehousing, and often security.

All organisations move materials. Manufacturers build factories that collect raw materials from suppliers and deliver finished goods to customers. Every time you buy, rent, lease, hire or borrow anything at all, someone has to make sure that all the parts are brought together and delivered to your door. Logistics is the function that is responsible for this movement. It is responsible for the transport and storage of materials on their journey between suppliers and customers.

Ordinarily we only notice a small part of logistics. We might see trucks driving down a motorway, visit a shopping mall, drive through a trading estate, or have a parcel delivered to our homes. These are the visible signs of a huge industry.

This course gives a detailed introduction to logistics. It defines the key terms, discusses the role of logistics, its aims, importance and the general context of supply chain management. Then describes current trends, and shows how logistics has developed into a single, integrated function.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this course, you will be able to understand:

• What is logistics?
• What supporting operations include?
• The spectrum of products
• Moving materials – inbound and outbound logistics
• The cycle of supply and chain
• The role of supply chain
• The structure of the supply chain
• The benefits of supply chains
• How to use intermediaries to simplify the supply chain?
• The activities included in logistics
• How logistics is organised?
• The role of logistics
• The aims of logistics
• The importance of logistics
• The impact of logistics on an organisation’s overall financial performance
• The influence of logistics on ROA
• The progress in logistics
• The pressures to improve logistics
• The current trends in logistics
• Integrating logistics within an organisation
• The problems with fragmented logistics into different parts
• The disadvantages of fragmenting logistics
• Factors that encourages internal integration
• The analysis of total logistics cost
• The stages in integration
• Integration along the supply chain
• The problems with fragmented supply chains
• The benefits of external integration
• The three levels of logistics integration
• How to achieve logistics integration?
• The different types of co-operation
• Strategic alliances and its main features
• The spectrum of relationships
• Vertical integration and its different levels

COURSE DURATION:

The typical duration of this course is approximately 2-3 hours to complete. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months. Start anytime and study at your own pace.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

You must have access to a computer or any mobile device with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free PDF Viewer) installed, to complete this course.

COURSE DELIVERY:

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ASSESSMENT:

A simple 10-question true or false quiz with Unlimited Submission Attempts.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon course completion, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.