Outline
Supply chain management is the management of a group of businesses, ultimately involved in providing of products and services required by end users or customers. Supply chain management involves all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods from point of origin to point of use. During this 1 day practical workshop delegates will learn and understand tne concepts of planning, sourcing, warehousing and distributing of finished goods as well as the role these elements play in the supply chain.

Outcomes
At the end of this session the delegates will understand the concepts of:

Module 1: Supply chain management
- Functions of supply chain management
- different levels of supply chain management
- Importance of supply chain management

Module 2: Planning
- Demand, planning and forecasting
- Supply network planning
- Distribution planning
- Strategy

Module 3: Sourcing
- Main product sourcing techniques
- Pros and Cons of sourcing techniques
- The whole picture

Module 3: Warehousing
- About warehousing
- Nature of stored goods
- Types of warehouses
- Storing techniques
- Additional services provided

Module 4: Distribution of finished goods
- Elements involved in the distribuition process
- Benefits of the distrbution process
- Performance metrics

Module 5: Summary