IoSCM Level 2 Qualification in Management and Leadership

Description

Core Units

Team Leader

• Teams and Groups:Task orientation, Degree of interdependence, Purpose, Degree of formal structure, Familiarity among members
• Team Development:Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
• Team Roles:Areas of Responsibility, Role of a Team Leader, Developing Team Members
• Leadership Styles:Laissez-Faire, Democratic, Authoritarian, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Handling Discrimination, Harassment and conflict

Optional Units

Introduction to Supply Chain

• Supply Chain:The Supply Chain Route, Customers, Retailers, Wholesalers and distributors, Manufacturer, Components / raw material suppliers, Streams, Upstream Activities, Downstream Activities
• Successful Supply Chains:Satisfaction for the end user, Flexibility, Alignment, Distribution, Suppliers, Inventory Management, Lead Times, Measures
• Relationships between the links of a supply chain:External Supply Chain, Internal Supply Chain, Vertical, Horizontal, Transactional, Collaborative, Productive Relationships, Aims of Supply Chain Relationships
• Roles organisations play:Planning, Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing, Delivery, Supply Chain Operations

Introduction to Warehousing and Inventory

• Inventory:Raw Materials Work-in-Progress, Finished Goods, Variation in Production Demand, Unexpected Customer Demand, Seasonal Demand, Price Discounts, Avoiding Price Increase, Stock-outs & Safety Stock, Make to Stock
• Control inventory levels:ABC / Pareto Analysis, Forecasting Demand, Simple Averages, Weighted Average, Moving Average, Re-order Point, Supplier Lead Time, Inventory Cost
• Types of Costs:Fixed, Variable costs, Segregating Stock, Unitisation of Stock, Stock Rotation, Audit Trails
• Location Coding:Fixed Location, Random Location, Zoned Location, Inventory Coding
• Warehouse:Warehouse Site Selection, Customers, Suppliers, Location of Roads, Site Cost, Staff Availability, Warehouse Layout and Utilisation, Straight Through Flow

Introduction to Purchasing

• Functions of a purchasing system:Life Cycle Costing, Total Acquisition Cost Model
• Stages of the life cycle:Planning and design, Acquisition, Storage, Use, Disposal
• Stages of the purchasing process:Goods or service needs are identified, The goods or services are requested, The goods or services are authorised, A Purchase Order is placed with an appropriate provider, Supplier delivers goods or services, Goods or services are received, Payment is made, Order processing cycle
• Methods used to gain information:Word of mouth, Advertising and Marketing, Company information, Sampling, SWOT analysis
• Supplier development:Potential for partnership, Scope for development, Quantifiable outcomes

Introduction to Movement of Goods

• Types of Goods:Public Goods, Private Goods, Perishable Goods, Container Cargo, Liquid Bulk, Dry Bulk, Breakbulk, Dangerous Goods, Indirect Goods
• Safe Handling of Goods:Special Handling, Hazardous Good, Perishable Goods, The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, The International Regulations concerning the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail, The IMDG Code or the Baltic Sea Memorandum, International Air Transportation Association, Sterile Goods, Movement of Livestock, Security of Goods
• Movement Methods:Road, Air, Rail, Sea, Intermodal Transport, Intra-modal Transport, Combined Transport
• Appropriate Modes of Transport:Sources, Identifying the Appropriate Mode, Destinations

Introduction to Manufacturing Planning and Control

• Business core function:Marketing, Product Development, The Manufacturing Process
• Manufacturing process components:Raw Materials, Work in Progress, Finished Goods
• Support functions:Quality assurance, Warehousing, Purchasing, Manufacturing Planning, Human Resources
• Manufacturing requirements:Manpower, Methods, Machines, Materials, Minutes, Converting Input into Output
• Information Required:Process Time, Routing, Bill of Materials
• Production Planning:Preparation stage, Processing stage, Assembly stage, Finishing stage, Packaging stage
• Improvement Technique: Six Sigma, Lean, Total Quality Management

Introduction to Logistics

• Logistics type:Just In Time (JIT), Military Logistics, Procurement Logistics, Distribution Logistics, After-sales Logistics, Disposal Logistics, Reverse Logistics, Green Logistics, Global Logistics, RAM logistics, Asset Control Logistics, POS Material Logistics, Emergency Logistics, Logistics Activities.
• Service:Marketing and Sales, Outbound Logistics, Operations, Inbound Logistics, Warehousing, Inventory Management, Transportation, Distribution, Procurement, Handling and Packaging
• Supply chain in a logistics environment:Inventory, Procurement, Planning and Forecasting, Demand Forecasting, Demand Planning, Demand Management, Management of Returns/Reverse of Supply Chain
• Types of logistics activities:Airfreight, Road Haulage, Sea Freight, Rail Freight, Storage and Warehousing, Wholesaling

Introduction to International Trade and Freight

• Trade:Types of Products and Market Conditions, Capital Products, Labour Products, Land Products, Local Trade, International Trade, Comparative Advantage, Trade and Tariffs
• Freight:Modes of Transport, Road, Rail, Waterways, Air Freight, Intermodal, Preferred Method of Transport, Factors effecting Mode Choice
• Goods Identification:Goods to be Traded, Perishable, Dangerous and Bulk goods
• Freight Organisations:Hauliers / Trucking Companies, Non Vessel Owning Common Carriers (NVOCC), 3rd Party Logistics Providers, Supplier Information, ISO Containers
• Trade Legislation and Regulations: Global Perspective, Customs Authorities, Customs Requirements, Consumer Contracts Regulations, Key Information Delivery, The Consumer Credit Act, Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, Consumer Rights Act 2015