Course description
Identify the logistics function and its associated costs in order to optimise and reduce the costs involved in the logistics process.
Why enrol on this course?
Who can take this course?
Employed, self-employed or unemployed people who want to improve their skills.
Free course
Subsidised training, at no cost to the student.
Online course
Study from home with a flexible format.
Certified course
When you finish you will be able to certify the training you have completed.
Course content
1. BASIC LOGISTICS CONCEPTS
1.1. Commercial activity: customer, supplier, value and cost.
1.2. The logistics function.
1.3. Time as a new element of competitiveness.
1.4. Planning, management and analysis.
1.5. Service level and costs in logistics.
1.6. Service level.
1.7. Service level indicators:
1.7.1. Volume.
1.7.2. Cost/productivity.
1.7.3. Margin.
1.7.4. Risk.
1.7.5. Customer satisfaction.
2. BASIC COST CONCEPTS. TYPES AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
2.1. Logistics costs and their structure: fixed and variable.
2.2. Inventory holding costs.
2.3. Other costs: administrative, transport, insurance, hidden costs, etc.
2.4. Cost indicators.
2.5. Applying the concepts of value and cost to logistics activities.
2.6. Balancing service level and costs. Scorecard.
2.7. Criteria for assessing whether the company's situation is appropriate.
3. OPTIMISING THE SERVICE/COST RELATIONSHIP
3.1. General optimisation criteria.
3.2. The integrated logistics system.
3.3. Study of the most typical improvement points in each logistics function.
3.4. Optimisation by reorganising activities and functions.
3.5. The contribution of new technologies: IT, telematics, automation.
3.6. Continuous optimisation.
1.1. Commercial activity: customer, supplier, value and cost.
1.2. The logistics function.
1.3. Time as a new element of competitiveness.
1.4. Planning, management and analysis.
1.5. Service level and costs in logistics.
1.6. Service level.
1.7. Service level indicators:
1.7.1. Volume.
1.7.2. Cost/productivity.
1.7.3. Margin.
1.7.4. Risk.
1.7.5. Customer satisfaction.
2. BASIC COST CONCEPTS. TYPES AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
2.1. Logistics costs and their structure: fixed and variable.
2.2. Inventory holding costs.
2.3. Other costs: administrative, transport, insurance, hidden costs, etc.
2.4. Cost indicators.
2.5. Applying the concepts of value and cost to logistics activities.
2.6. Balancing service level and costs. Scorecard.
2.7. Criteria for assessing whether the company's situation is appropriate.
3. OPTIMISING THE SERVICE/COST RELATIONSHIP
3.1. General optimisation criteria.
3.2. The integrated logistics system.
3.3. Study of the most typical improvement points in each logistics function.
3.4. Optimisation by reorganising activities and functions.
3.5. The contribution of new technologies: IT, telematics, automation.
3.6. Continuous optimisation.