Green and Sustainable Logistics

Course Introduction

Green and Sustainable Logistics have become crucial imperatives for 21st-century supply chains.

The climate change agenda presents significant challenges for logistics and supply chain managers, highlighting both threats and opportunities to maintain sustainable and climate-neutral operations while delivering value.

The United Nations' climate change conferences have underscored the urgency of addressing climate change, which will bring new regulations affecting supply chains.

Additionally, shifting consumer preferences are increasingly favoring green supply chains. In response, modern practices are essential to adapt to these evolving conditions.

The circular supply chain concept is pivotal for minimizing environmental impacts.

Designing for reuse or recycling helps manage the flow of goods into and out of facilities, and optimizing resource use is critical for achieving world-class supply chain management.

This Green and Sustainable Logistics training course addresses these pressing issues, aiming to enhance your logistics management practices.

As climate change continues to pose a major global crisis, now is the time to rethink strategies to protect supply chains from its adverse effects.

Training Objectives

 By the end of this training course delegates will be able to:

• Develop an understanding of risk management for logistics in the end-to-end supply chain
• Learn best practices for the circular supply chain processes
• Develop a sourcing strategy for the supply chain
• Leverage information technology to improve visibility
• Develop a performance management program to and drive positive change

Who should Attend?

This training course will benefit a number of participants from different parts of the organisation including those who have an intermediate knowledge of the supply chain but will greatly benefit:

• Warehouse and distribution professionals
• Procurement, buyers and purchasing professionals
• Production and manufacturing professionals
• Logistics professionals
• Supply chain generalists

Day One: The Green Imperative Green challenges - One World Sustainability

• How the world changed with greenhouse gases
• Other climate changing activities
• How is the world changing
• Wider impacts of climate change on demand and supply
• Regulation and climate change

Day Two: Current Supply Chain Problems Waste Regulation

• Modern supply chain activities
• Key functional processes from receiving to picking and shipping
• Optimizing the flow of goods across processes
• Advanced processes
• Implementing Lean principles in the warehouse
• Continuous improvement and managing change

Day Three: Digital Supply Chains

• The function of inventory
• Inventory accuracy and control
• Handling WIP (Work-In-Progress) inventory
• Three-dimensional inventory classification and segmentation (ABC)
• Using inventory classification to drive efficiency
• Replenishment methods and strategies
• Inventory management in the new normal

Day Four: Risk Management

• Understanding Risk management
• The 4 approaches to managing risk
• Outsourcing: Risks and opportunities
• Risk in supply chains
• Climate risks in logistics
• Green practices to manage risks

Day Five: Transitioning to Sustainability 

• Contemporary trends in logistics
• Supply Chain best practices and benchmarking
• The role of performance management in the Green Logistics
• What should you measure?
• Establish an executive dashboard using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Identifying, prioritizing and implementing improvements