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Supply Chain Management (SCM)

The Advanced Supply Chain Management (SCM) course is a custom-designed Magna Skills professional development programme developed to equip professionals with practical and strategic skills required to plan, manage, coordinate, and optimise modern supply chain operations.

The course provides an integrated approach to procurement, sourcing, inventory management, logistics, supplier management, contract administration, warehousing, distribution, risk management, and supply chain performance. It enables participants to understand the entire supply chain cycle and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, transparency, value for money, service delivery, and organisational performance.

Unlike generic SCM training, this Magna Skills customised course places strong emphasis on practical workplace application. Participants will work with procurement plans, supplier evaluation frameworks, inventory models, contract management tools, supply chain KPIs, risk registers, and practical case studies that can be adapted to their organisations.

The programme is particularly suitable for government institutions, NGOs, donor-funded projects, public sector organisations, development agencies, state-owned enterprises, and private sector organisations seeking to strengthen procurement and supply chain governance while building resilient, efficient, and sustainable supply chains.

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Supply Chain Management (SCM)
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Course Outcomes

Expected learning outcomes

By the end of this Magna Skills customised course, participants will be able to:

  1. Develop and implement effective supply chain strategies aligned with organisational objectives and operational requirements.
  2. Strengthen procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier selection, contract management, and supplier relationship management processes.
  3. Apply effective inventory, warehousing, logistics, and distribution management techniques to improve supply chain efficiency.
  4. Identify, assess, and manage supply chain risks while strengthening governance, compliance, transparency, and sustainability.
  5. Develop appropriate SCM performance indicators, dashboards, and improvement strategies to support evidence-based decision-making.
Curriculum

Course modules and outline

1. Advanced Supply Chain Management Frameworks

  • Understanding the end-to-end supply chain and its strategic importance.
  • Integrating procurement, logistics, inventory, operations, and distribution.

2. Supply Chain Strategy and Planning

  • Aligning supply chain strategies with organisational and operational objectives.
  • Demand planning, forecasting, capacity planning, and resource optimisation.

3. Strategic Procurement and Sourcing

  • Developing procurement and strategic sourcing strategies.
  • Supplier identification, evaluation, selection, negotiation, and value-for-money analysis.

4. Supplier and Vendor Relationship Management

  • Developing effective supplier performance and relationship management frameworks.
  • Supplier evaluation, scorecards, development, monitoring, and corrective actions.

5. Inventory and Warehouse Management

  • Inventory planning, classification, stock optimisation, and control techniques.
  • Improving warehousing, storage, stock accuracy, security, and materials handling.

6. Logistics and Distribution Management

  • Managing transportation, distribution networks, and last-mile delivery.
  • Improving logistics efficiency, cost control, tracking, and service delivery.

7. Contract Management and Administration

  • Managing the contract lifecycle from award through implementation and close-out.
  • Monitoring contractual obligations, performance, variations, disputes, and supplier compliance.

8. Supply Chain Risk, Governance and Compliance

  • Identifying and managing operational, supplier, financial, geopolitical, and logistical risks.
  • Strengthening procurement governance, internal controls, accountability, ethics, and compliance.

9. Sustainable and Digital Supply Chain Management

  • Incorporating sustainability, ESG considerations, and responsible procurement into SCM.
  • Applying digital technologies, automation, data analytics, and AI to improve supply chain visibility and decision-making.

10. Magna Skills Practical SCM Implementation Workshop

  • Assessing an organisation's existing supply chain processes and identifying performance gaps.
  • Developing practical SCM strategies, procurement plans, supplier scorecards, risk registers, KPIs, dashboards, and an implementation action plan.

Magna Skills Customisation: The programme can be customised to incorporate the participating organisation's procurement policies, SCM procedures, donor requirements, regulatory frameworks, existing contracts, supplier management systems, logistics arrangements, and reporting requirements, enabling participants to develop practical solutions that can be applied directly within their organisations.

Target Audience

Who should attend?

Everyone in any organisation would benefit from this course, because a supply chain encompasses all activities - from raw material through to customer satisfaction. Everyone should understand how, and in which way, they contribute towards a common goal.

Why Attend

Key course benefits

Practical capacity building approach
Designed for government, NGOs and public institutions
Real-world African case studies
Certificate of completion
Applicable tools and templates
Interactive facilitation and exercises
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