CILT - International Diploma In Logistics And Supply Chain Management - Level 5

CILT - International Diploma In Logistics & Supply Chain Management ( Level 5 )

Course Modules

1. Management in Logistics and Transport
2. Supply Chain Management
3. Inventory Management
4. Production Planning
5. Warehouse Management
6. Project Work.

Module 1

Management In Logistics And Transport

1. Internal Organization Dynamics

• Introduction
• Culture
• Organizational Structures
• Change
• Empowerment
• Communications
• Managing Self

2. External Organization Dynamics

• Introduction
• The Market
• Supply and Demand
• Price Elasticity
• Competitive Advantage
• Market Structures
• Marketing
• The Marketing Mix
• Market Research
• Marketing Tools
• Strategy

3. People Management

• Introduction
• People Management – Background
• Leadership
• Recruiting Your Team
• Team Building
• Training and Development
• Motivation
• Managing Performance
Stress Management
• Succession Planning
• Communications
• Regulatory and Statutory Requirements
• Business Ethics

4. Business Planning

• Introduction
• Types of Businesses
• Sources of Financial Capital
• Finance

Module 2

Supply Chain Management

1. The Supply Chain

• Theoretical foundations of SCM
• Purchasing and SCM in automobile industry

2. The Supply Chain Planning

• The purpose of planning
• SCM planning focus
• Inventory
• JIT and links to logistics and SCM
• IT in SCM

3. Supply Chain Operation

• Supply Chain activities
• Logistics approach
• Performance management
• Benchmarking
• The marketing mix

4. Supply Chain Performance Improvement

• Supply Chain audits
• SC Improvement models
• Lean thinking in SC
• Supply Chain mapping
• SC mapping tools
• The six-sigma model
• Information and SC improvement
• Integrated improvement strategies

Module 3

Inventory Management

1. What is Inventory Management?

• Introduction
• Inventory within the Supply Chain
• The Logistics Environment
• The Purpose of Logistics
• Inventory Holding
• Inventory and Stockholding
• De-coupling Points in Supply Chain
• Inventory Management in Supply Chains
• Stock Control
• Average Stock Holding
• Cost of Keeping Stock
• Implications of the Shrinking Service Window
• Competitive Advantage

2. Inventory Principles

• Introduction
• Inventory Decisions
• Inventory Classification
• Demand Management
• Demand Classification
• Demand Variability
• Product Life Positioning
• Impact of Service Levels and Lead Times on Re-order Levels
• Service Levels
• Safety Stock
• Poisson Distribution
• Lead Time
• Lead Time Gap
• Replenishment Methods
• Economic Order Quantities (EOQ)
• Periodic Reviews
• Replenishment Lead Times
• Min-Max Ordering Systems

3. Modern Inventory Systems

• Globalisation and the Supply Chain
• Information Systems
• Forecasting Principles
• Forecasting Laws
• Forecasting Methods
• Demand Variability
• Causal Techniques
• Manufacturing Inventory in Supply Chains
• Just In Time (JIT) Systems
• Retail Logistics
• Inventory Planning for Retailing
• Performance Monitoring in Inventory Management Systems

4. Managing Inventory Through a Network

• Organising Inventory within a Supply Chain
• Factors Influencing Facility Location Decisions
• Strategic Importance of Networks
• Facility Location Theory
• Changes in the Distribution Environment
• Inventory in a Multi-echelon Supply Chain
• Effects of e-Commence on Networks
• Inventory Planning in a Distribution Environment
• Distribution Requirements Planning
• The Future Issues Regarding Inventory and Logistics
• Lean Supply and Inventory Management

Module 4

Production Planning

1. The Concepts of Production Planning

• The Concept of Production Planning
• Sales Planning and Forecasting
• Summary

2. Fundamentals of Production Planning

• The Fundamentals of Production Planning – Introduction
• Materials Planning and Capacity Management

3. Current Manufacturing and Materials Planning Systems

• Current Manufacturing and Materials Planning Systems –Introduction • Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems • The Impact of Globalization on Production Planning • New Manufacturing Environment

4. Managing Material Flows Through a Production Process

• Managing Material Flows Through the Production Process – Introduction

Module 5

Warehouse Management

1. The role of warehouses in logistics strategy

• Role of warehouse management • Warehouse logistic strategy • Warehouse impact on customer service

2. Warehouse operational procedures and processes

• Planning, organizing and control • Processes and Procedures • Storage system requirements • MHE • Storage equipment • Order picking • Automated and robotic equipment • Basic concepts on inventory control • ABC analysis • Legislation applicable to warehouses

3. Technology in the warehouse

• Warehouse interface with rest of supply chain • Purchasing and warehousing • Forecasting laws • Production • Transport • Sales order processing • Inventory • EDI • EPOS • JIT • VMI • Technology to support-physical operation and management of warehouse operations

4. Warehouse cost management and performance control

• Setting standards and performance indicators • Defining productivity • Performance measurement • Method and time study • Managing a WH using standards and benchmark • WMS • Expenditure appraisal • Budgeting • Risk management • Strategic analysis

Module 6

Project Work

Project work assigned by the Management