Course overview
This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in a senior or strategic management role in the logistics and transport sector. You can choose from a flexible range of units covering key industry issues, including logistics management and transport management planning, as well as optional units on a variety of other related topics. All of this will help you to develop your strategic management skills, so you can improve operational efficiency as well as developing your own personal progression.
Job outcomes
- Ocean Freight Modal Manager
- Regional Transport Manager
- UK Operations Managers
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
Awards
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Duration study load
- Study at your own time
- 1 Unit Credit Value (UCV) typically equates to 10 hours of learning
Course features
- Gain access to a customised learning platform
- Can take mock tests, utilise a huge library of resources and interact with other students across the globe
- Unlimited first-class materials
- Self-assessments available online that shows the results immediately
- Able to take and retake the practise self-tests as many times as you like
- Assigned a Student Support Liaison, who will handle all enquiries and act as your personal mentor upon enrolment
Who's it for?
The IoSCM level 6 Logistics and Transport course is designed for Transport Managers and those in a senior operations role. This course can formalise your hands-on experience, whilst enhancing your expertise in the transport and logistics sector.
ELCAS Funding
If you’ve had a career in the Armed Forces, you will already have a wealth of valuable skills that employers are looking for in their candidates. However, to progress your career outside of the military, you will need to certify these skills with industry-recognised qualifications, and Enhanced Learning Credits can help you to do this.
To be eligible to receive ELC payments, you must have accrued at least six years of military service. You can earn up to three credits, the value of which will depend on the length of your service. Your credits will cover 80% of your course fees, with the remaining 20% being funded by yourself.
Institute of Supply Chain Management is an approved Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) provider and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant.
Our ELC provider number is 9651.
Subjects
To complete a Level 6 Certificate, you will need to complete one core unit as well as two optional units.
- Key Requirements of Logistics Management: Customer Requirements; Lead Times; Distribution Networks; Communications; Cost Implications; Added Value Activities
- Setting up a Logistic Operation: Hub and Spoke Operations; Outsourcing; Locations; Transport Legislation; Technology; Equipment
- Benefits of Different Transport Modes
- Methods of Rationalising Logistic Operations: The Benefits and Risks Associated With Rationalisation Activities; Distribution Networks; Route Optimisation
- Technology in Logistics: 3PL and Centralisation of Activities; Software Application to Support the Centralisation of Processes; Route Optimisation Software; Vehicle Management System; RFID and EDI Applications
- Transport Planning and Economic Development: Transports Linkage to the Economy; Planning Consideration
- Transport Within a Supply Chain Infrastructure: The Challenges Each Mode of Transport Presents
- Methods of Trip Distribution Modelling: Risks Associated With Changes to Distribution Networks; The Merits of Distribution Models; The Effects of Employing Route Optimisation Software Models
- Effective Transport Policy
- International Movement of Freight: Legislation; Customs Requirements; Role of Freight Forwarders and the Appropriate Choice of Mode of Transport
- The Process of Management Activities: Planning of Organisation Objectives and Goals
- Impact of Leadership and Management Techniques: Styles of Leadership and how They Impact the Organisation
- Risk Management: Risk Management Processes and how They can be Aligned With Strategic Objectives
- Organisational Cultures: How an Organisation may Change or Develop a Specific Culture, and What may be the Benefits and Challenges to the Implementation
- Factors Impacting Time Management: Factors That Influence Time Management; Target Setting; Work Sequencing, Delegation and the Development of a Time Management Strategy
- Operational Strategy: Operational Strategy and how it is Required to be Designed to Meet Business Strategy
- Managing People and Change in the Work Place: The Effect of Change Management Programmes in the Workplace
- Methods of Managing Capacity: How Businesses Manage Capacity; Location and Layout; Quality; Operational Scheduling
- Operational Scheduling and Process Management: Operational Control; Loading Sequencing; Scheduling; Materials Requirement Planning; Manufacturing Resource Planning; Just in Time Operations and Optimised Production Technology
- Managing Quality: Quality Conformance; Quality Principles and Theories; Methods of Minimising the Cost of Quality
- Production: Components of the Production Function
- A Requirement of Product Design and Production Strategy: Product Life Cycle; Product Strategy; Research and Development; Product Design; Design Services and Organising Product Development
- Location, Layout and Productivity of Manufacturing: Facilities Location; Facilities Layout; Work Measurement; Individual and Organisational Productivity
- Forecasting, Planning and Scheduling of Production: Forecasting Demand; Planning Production; Scheduling Production; Economic Order Quantity Model; Planning and Controlling Projects
- Purchasing and Inventory Management: MRP I; MRP II; The Purchasing Function; Expediting; A Standard Purchasing system; Just in Time Management System
- Effective Supply Chains: The Major Requirements of a Supply Chain; Designing a Supply Chain
- Meeting Strategic Objectives of an Organisation: The Drivers of the Performance of a Supply Chain
- Value of 3PL and 4PL: Value to Customers
- Cause of Supply Chain Failures: Strategic (Long Term) and Operational (Medium to Short Term) Planning
- Developments in Information Technology: Supply Chain Evaluation Tools
About Institute of Supply Chain Management
Bringing together a dynamic mix of world-class study materials, expert knowledge and a sound understanding of today’s industry demands, IoSCM is actively creating the most impressive talent throughout the UK, Europe, Middle-East and Asia by training them to our exceptional standards.
As the first institute to represent the wider supply chain, we’re trusted by some of the world’s largest corporations to train and educate their workforce. IoSCM understands the industry and the need for highly-skilled, qualified professionals which is why we developed sector specific qualifications that will help upskill employees, evolve businesses and enhance careers.
Our success is a result of our dedication to education and training. We believe in giving every student much more than just a qualification, we provide the opportunity to grow, learn and progress as a professional with our unrivalled support network.
