Certified Logistics Manager (CLM)

The Certified Logistics Manager is a comprehensive certification designed to equip professionals working in logistics and transport sectors. The program presents the operational tactical and strategic knowledge required of managers in the logistics and transport industry.

It is best suited for executives in specialist functional areas, such as supply chain management, transport planning or transport operations. CLM is also suitable for graduates from other disciplines who are entering the sector as well executives who wants to enhance their understanding of logistics.

The program has inbuilt frameworks of the new normal logistics and supply chains. It emphasizes on building agile, responsive, resilient and sustainable logistics operations for the future.

It uses contemporary literature, discusses various approaches to analyze and take decisions about your logistics operations.

Learning Outcome

The only course that introduces you to the contemporary challenges and their solutions in logistics.

• Integrates multiple approaches in logistics and supply chain management

• Helps you to evaluate the right logistics plan for your Company

• Taught by leading academicians and industry experts

• Immersive learning integrating case studies and assignments

Course Outline

• Fundamentals of Supply Chain management – We introduce the end to end supply chain concept, the drivers of supply chain and look at where logistics sits in the supply chain. We then discuss the goal of a supply chain and explain the impact of supply chain decisions on the success of a firm.
• Logistics Management -Concepts and Framework – We look at how logistics drives Competitive advantage, the mission of logistics management, and how to manage logistics in a competitive environment, how logistics drives customer value and explore the logistics-marketing interface.
• Logistics cost and value Drivers– In this session we discuss logistics and the bottom line – we introduce concepts like Logistics cost analysis, the concept of total cost analysis, Total Cost of Ownership, Principles of logistics costing, Total Supply Chain Cost and Cost to Serve. We then link them to EBITDA.
• Inventory Management – This module covers the strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of inventory management, including cycle and safety stock, inventory models, including EOQ. We also examine some of the common inventory classification methods.
• Transportation Management – Understand the role of transportation in a supply chain, evaluate the different modes of transportation, identify the relative strengths and weaknesses of various transportation network design options and planning transportation capacity and how technology will change the transportation of the future.
• Warehouse Management – This session will cover core warehouse activity profiling, understanding warehouse KPIs, design elements of warehouse and warehouse capacity planning and how technology is shaping warehouse of the future.
• International Logistics – This session will cover the significant issues in international logistics, Exim procedures, understanding the role of logistics in international trade, and the ecosystem players and their roles in international logistics.
• Logistics Service Providers – In this session, we will have a guest speaker who will explore the emerging trade flows, changes in mode preferences, relative strengths and challenges of various modes and the changing role of 3PLs and 4Pls in logistics.
• Logistics Strategy and Planning – In the final session we see hoe to create a resilient, responsive and responsible logistics function. We explore the role of logistics planning, and how it ties to enterprise planning. We evaluate the right logistics network for your firm keeping in mid sustainability goals, understanding the current trends in technology on the logistics, and structuring logistics networks that are fit for the future.