Training Certificate

Prolific Consultants FZE Certificate of Course Completion will be issued to all attendees.

Course Introduction

The aim of this course is to improve the participants’ knowledge and skills of materials management, planning, control and recording.

The course covers a wide array of topics including purchasing management, supplier evaluation analysis, distribution management, materials records accuracy, reducing materials investments and proper warehouse management.

The course is interactive and consists of practical examples from world class institutions  that employ industry best practices and state of the art procedures.

Course Objective

• To familiarize participants with materials management development, planning and control
• To improve participants’ appreciation of materials records accuracy, reducing materials investments and proper warehouse management
• To enable participants to improve productivity in the materials department
• To provide participants with knowledge, skills and understanding of purchasing management, supplier evaluation analysis and distribution management
• To provide participants with the skills to organize and implement proper materials management systems in their organization

Suitable For

Materials Management professionals and Purchasing Officers, Warehouse managers, Facility Operation and Maintenance Managers.

Training Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences. Tests of multiple-choice type will be made available on daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

Very useful Course Materials will be given.

• 30% Lectures
• 30% Workshops and work presentation
• 20% Group Work & Practical Exercises
• 20% Videos & General Discussions

Course Content

• What is meant by materials management development
• Objectives of materials management
• Principles of inventory management
• Materials planning and control
• Warehouse management
• Maintaining accurate materials records
• Reducing materials investments
• Purchasing management
• Supplier evaluation analysis
• Distribution management

Materials Management issues and corporate replenishment strategies will be discussed. Last day reviews, discussions, assessments and case studies will be done