Corporate Transportation Fundamentals
Course Info
Code IND03-109
Duration 5 Days
Format Online
Course Summary
For any organisation, it is crucial to establish an effective transportation function to ensure all resources and products are able to be transported safely and effectively to the desired locations. If an organisation was to have poor corporate transport, they are guaranteed to have unmanaged costs, poor productivity, and high amounts of damaged or unusable resources.
Corporate transport is the process of managing transport functions all throughout an organisation. This can include procurement of resources from suppliers and manufacturers, carrier relationships, and client management. Efficient corporate transportation is essential for an organisation as it can greatly reduce costs of resources and delivering to customers, allows for better quality control and minimises product waste.
Understanding the fundamentals of corporate transportation also enables a better relationship with customers and stakeholders. Effective transport functions would guarantee all products will be delivered swiftly and safely. This can help boost the organisation's credibility, increasing their customer base and making them more desirable in the eyes of stakeholders.
- To understand the importance of transportation in a corporate setting.
- To review the different roles of the transport function.
- To assess how each role influences the efficiency of the transport function.
- To evaluate risks and potential challenges at each stage of transportation.
- To examine how to procure the desired resources in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
- To measure the performance of the transport function and investigate methods of improving performance.
- To plan and manage various transport contracts including service level agreements.
- To develop and interpret KPIs to enable strategic monitoring of service performances.
This course is designed for anyone within an organisation with the responsibility of corporate transport functions. It would be most beneficial for:
- Finance Managers
- Financial Advisors
- Operations Managers
- Transport Managers
- Procurement Specialists
- Planning Managers
- Senior Executives
- Business Owners
This course uses a variety of adult learning styles to aid full understanding and comprehension. Participants will review established corporate transport functions to highlight key features that ensure safety, minimal costs, and maximum productivity.
Participants will be supplied all the necessary equipment needed to complete the provided learning exercises. Combined with other learning methods such as presentations, discussions, video materials and group activities. These methods will allow participants to develop a full understanding of the taught content and enable them to effectively implement their new knowledge within their respective roles.
Course Content & Outline
- Identifying what corporate transport entails.
- Understanding how the transport function fits within an organisation.
- Assessing the needs and demands of customers and stakeholders.
- Analysing the ideal transport functions required to provide an outstanding service.
- What functions are included in corporate transport?
- Describing the consequences of poor corporate transport for an organisation.
- Assessing what is readily available within the organisation and within the immediate market.
- Analysing market trends and predicting future trends.
- Utilising knowledge of the market to create detailed plans strategizing required resources.
- Investigating suppliers, manufacturers and vendors and building positive relationships.
- Establishing transportation methods for resources to and from desired personnel.
- The importance of an acquisition strategy.
- Creating an acquisition plan based on the developed acquisition strategy.
- Methods and techniques of procurement to ensure all resources are of the highest quality and cost-effective.
- Producing a lifecycle concept for resource acquisition.
- Understanding the ideal time to purchase.
- What factors influence costs, quality, and efficiency.
- Effectively managing the transport functions on a day-to-day basis.
- Ensuring a safe environment throughout the transport functions.
- Implementing quality control to reduce product waste and damage.
- Ideal practices and methods to reduce costs.
- Keeping operations in alignment with customer and organisational needs.
- The various types of contracts and their advantages and disadvantages.
- The importance of measuring performance.
- Conducting KPIs to measure transport function performance.
- Maintaining consistent costs and service quality.
- Ensuring productivity aligns with corporate strategy.
- Managing performances to guarantee all functions are working within the agreed contracts.
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