Warehousing and Procurement

Outsourcing Logistics Services and Evaluating the Return

A practical programme in logistics outsourcing for professionals who are accountable for results, not just awareness.

  • 5training days
  • 4modules
  • 8sessions
  • 32topics
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Outsourcing Logistics Services and Evaluating the Return
5days

About the programme

Course Overview

Single sourcing on logistics outsourcing looks efficient until the day it is not. Savings claimed on this aspect of procurement and supply operations at signature are frequently lost during execution. The outcome is a practitioner who can hold a position on the procurement and supply operations discipline and revise it on evidence. It is designed for mixed groups, so that logistics outsourcing is examined from more than one functional angle. The course sets out a working method for this part of procurement and supply operations that participants can apply the week they return. Discussion is anchored to worked examples of this area of procurement and supply operations rather than to abstract argument. Applied research in procurement and supply operations consistently shows that early structure around logistics outsourcing reduces downstream rework. Buying a tool rarely fixes the procurement and supply operations capability; the underlying capability has to be built internally first. Participants leave with a plan for this part of procurement and supply operations sized to what their organisation can realistically absorb.

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Design receiving, storage and picking flows supporting logistics outsourcing.

  • Negotiate payment terms on logistics outsourcing that improve cash without damaging supply.

  • Handle the trade-offs in logistics outsourcing between speed, cost and assurance explicitly rather than implicitly.

  • Define the scope and boundaries of logistics outsourcing so that responsibility for it is unambiguous.

  • Prepare the audit trail for every award decision under logistics outsourcing.

  • Review contracts and agreements for the obligations they create around logistics outsourcing.

  • Evaluate suppliers for logistics outsourcing on total cost of ownership, not unit price.

Who Should Attend

  • Newly appointed managers taking on logistics outsourcing for the first time.

  • Technical staff being prepared for supervisory responsibility over logistics outsourcing.

  • Finance staff reviewing spend and working capital in logistics outsourcing.

  • Contract managers administering agreements covering logistics outsourcing.

  • Procurement and category managers responsible for logistics outsourcing.

  • Engineering and maintenance staff specifying requirements for logistics outsourcing.

Course Modules

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01

Logistics outsourcing: controls, segregation and fraud prevention

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Laying out the warehouse around how logistics outsourcing actually moves

  • Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock inside logistics outsourcing and decide its fate.
  • Name a single owner for each element of logistics outsourcing.
  • Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for logistics outsourcing.
  • Define acceptance criteria for logistics outsourcing in advance.

Session 2Getting other functions to support logistics outsourcing

  • Review whether inventory policy on logistics outsourcing still matches actual demand.
  • Distinguish symptoms from causes when logistics outsourcing underperforms.
  • Identify single-source dependencies in logistics outsourcing and cost the alternatives.
  • Set escalation thresholds for logistics outsourcing that work out of hours.
02

Logistics outsourcing: customs, documentation and cross-border movement

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Making supplier performance on logistics outsourcing mean something

  • Assess supplier financial health for critical elements of logistics outsourcing.
  • Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in logistics outsourcing.
  • Build the competence framework that supports logistics outsourcing.
  • Negotiate payment terms on logistics outsourcing without pushing suppliers into distress.

Session 2Proving the savings claimed on logistics outsourcing were real

  • Confirm that those complying with logistics outsourcing understand why it exists.
  • Write the specification for logistics outsourcing so two suppliers would price it the same way.
  • Validate claimed savings on logistics outsourcing against actual invoiced spend.
  • Map the handovers in logistics outsourcing between functions and secure them.
03

Logistics outsourcing: specification, requirement and demand

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Releasing working capital trapped in logistics outsourcing

  • Anticipate the objections logistics outsourcing will raise and prepare the answers.
  • Verify six months later that changes to logistics outsourcing have held.
  • Apply ethical and environmental criteria to supplier selection in logistics outsourcing.
  • Confirm that contractual obligations around logistics outsourcing are understood.

Session 2Building lasting competence in logistics outsourcing

  • Map the physical flow of logistics outsourcing through receiving, storage and dispatch.
  • Verify segregation between requisition, approval and receipt in logistics outsourcing.
  • Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on logistics outsourcing.
  • Prepare the response for the most likely failure in logistics outsourcing.
04

Logistics outsourcing: sourcing strategy and market approach

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1What has to be agreed before work on logistics outsourcing starts

  • Define measurable service levels in the contract covering logistics outsourcing.
  • Build the internal briefing that explains logistics outsourcing to those affected.
  • Set out the decisions in logistics outsourcing that require sign-off and by whom.
  • Define the trigger that would require logistics outsourcing to be redesigned.

Session 2Evaluating suppliers on logistics outsourcing beyond the lowest number

  • Estimate the resource logistics outsourcing requires to run as designed.
  • Set out how exceptions to logistics outsourcing are requested and approved.
  • Evaluate logistics outsourcing on total cost of ownership across the full life.
  • Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to logistics outsourcing.

Choose the package that suits you

Silver Package

At least 3 people

USD1,250
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

Gold Package

At least 3 people

USD1,850
  • 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

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