Duration

72 hours

Monitoring Method

Full-Time

Language of Delivery

Greek

Start Date

3 March 2025

Location

Athens, Greece

Description

The Logistics industry is experiencing continuous growth, as it is a vital sector for the smooth operation, profitability and good image of a business. The supply chain consists of all those businesses and organizations that are necessary for a product to reach the final customer. The effective organization, coordination and management of the flow of products and information in this chain is the subject of Logistics.

Objectives of the programme

The aim of the Executive Diploma in Logistics & Supply Chain Management is to offer practical and specialized knowledge which follows the needs of the modern labor market. The program will help you upgrade your knowledge, strengthen your position in the company where you work so that you can develop hierarchically and also develop your skills for all those who want to start working in the supply chain field.

The program, in addition to the theoretical knowledge it provides, includes at all stages of the supply chain analysis of modern case studies, practical applications and exercises which are constantly renewed.

In addition to the basic principles, Logistics uses dynamic algorithms and operational research models for the greatest possible accuracy and efficiency of decisions. Extensive use of Excel is made, and basic principles of Project Management focused on the correct and immediate movement of stocks to the final destination are also taught.

Upon completion of the program you will have acquired practical knowledge:

  • Basic costing principles and inventory valuation methods, directly and practically applied to each company.
  • The concept of warehouse, cargo, container.
  • Route costing, cost of fuel, driver, cost of various modes of transport.
  • Basic principles from Transport Economics.
  • In addition, the seminar “borrows” elements from business research and statistics, for forecasting demand, seasonality, emergency orders, correlation of factors, with immediate practical application.
  • Issues of choosing appropriate distribution channels are also analyzed depending on the type, type and purpose of the business. In addition, Incoterms are explained.

Monitoring Benefits

Upon completion of the program you will be able to:

  • Develop skills and expand your knowledge in the field of supply chain. You will learn about inventory management, transportation, distribution and other related topics.
  • Improve your efficiency and effectiveness as you will be able to identify and implement process improvements that can help your organization achieve cost savings, increased customer satisfaction and improved performance.
  • Improve your career prospects and professional development, through promotions or new employment opportunities in your organization or industry.
  • Gain a competitive advantage over other candidates in the job market.
  • Develop your network of contacts (Networking) with other professionals in the Logistics industry and build relationships that can be useful in your career

Entry Requirements

The Executive Diploma in Logistics & Supply Chain Management is addressed to warehouse managers, purchase decision departments, procurement departments, departments and supply centers in public organizations, to entrepreneurs who wish to significantly improve the efficiency of distribution, maintenance and inventory retention (of products, materials , goods, raw materials, consumables, building and construction items, etc.).

It also gives a significant comparative advantage to food and catering businesses, hotel units, shipping companies, courier companies, shipping companies. It is also aimed at supermarkets and large supply organizations.

A large part of Logistics also concerns service companies, both for the supply of the materials and equipment that support the service, but also for the human resources that are the main productive factor of service provision.

 

Lectures

Dionysis Grigoropoulos was born in Athens in 1971 with a degree in Programmer Analyst from TEI Piraeus, as well as a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Bath. He has 20 years of experience in Supply Chain Organization and Management, IT, Sales and Management. He was the 2004 Project Manager for the installation of telematics equipment and the management of 5,000 vehicles for the 2004 Olympiad. He is a founding member of ITS HELLAS and was a member of the Board of Directors. of the Hellenic Logistics Company (EEL) from 2006 to 2012. In 2013 he was certified as a qualified partner in the European Union in Transport & Logistics matters. Since 2009, he has created the company  Logistics  Way  , which operates in the field of Supply Chain, offering transformation services, strategic implementation of processes – information systems. Since 2016, it has been a preferred partner of AMAZON.

In January 2012 he was appointed Chairman of the Board at the Refrigeration & Logistics Industry Association.

Giorgos Karaganis holds a PhD from the University of Piraeus in the field of Supply Chain Management and Logistics. He did his Master’s Studies at the National Technical University of Athens in the Department of Chemical Engineering in the Organization and Management of Industrial Systems and his undergraduate studies at the University of Piraeus in Informatics in Communication and Network Systems. He has been teaching at the University of Piraeus since 2013 in the areas of Warehouse Management Systems and Information Systems, he has worked and continues to work in companies in the field of IT and Logistics and at the same time he is involved in the field of secondary education. He has a rich written work in his scientific field and has edited publications in scientific journals.

Apostolos Pappas is a Mechanical Engineer with Postgraduate studies at Cranfield Institute of Technology (UK).
Academic Professor of Operations Research and Logistics (Derby University Accredited Lecturer, IAE Sorbonne Business School, ECEMA Lyon Business School Associate Lecturer/Student Exchange Programme) Registered as a Chartered Engineer with the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
With more than 3 years of professional experience in leading multinational and Greek groups (AKTOR/Director of Mechanical Engineering/Director of Equipment in Romania, OLYMPIC AIR SERVICES/Chief Technical Director, THYSSENKRUPP MARINE SYSTEMS/Director of Infrastructure Projects, HOCHTIEF-ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT/ Airport Transportation Projects Manager).

Dimitris Papasotiriou (BA, MSc, MA, ELA/ESLog, Business strategy & Supply chain consultant), graduate of Business Administration Univ. Piraeus, holder of Master’s degrees in Logistics NTUA-Pan. Piraeus, on the Right of Crisis Un. Aberdeen UK, in Strategic & Diplomatic studies (CEDS FR), has trained more than 8,500 business executives inside and outside Greece through business organization seminars in Business Strategy and Supply Chain. He has been the scientific supervisor of the Diploma in Logistics Management of EEDE and has collaborated with the Cyprus University of Technology (TEPAK), the University of Piraeus (PA.PEI.) and the Athens University of Economics and Business (OPA).
Today is:

  • Shareholder of DIGICOM systems AE (ERP & WMS information systems) www.digicom.gr
  • Co-founder of [beyond the BEST] business consulting company www.beyondthebest.gr

He is a certified Logistician Senior level by the European Logistics Association and also by ACTA as a logistics manager.

He has worked in a number of jobs related to his subjects of study,  participating in more than 300  Business Logistics, Systems Logistics, 3rd Party Logistics – as well as business strategy projects in 7 countries.

He has been:

  • General Manager of a group of companies providing Supply Chain & Logistics services (230+ employees, nationwide presence, 100+ vehicles).
  • Deputy President of EKAV managing 3500 employees and a fleet of 800+ vehicles operating 24X7X365,
  • President of the Cyprus Logistics Company,
  • Vice President of the Logistics Company of Crete,
  • Member of the Board at the Logistics Management Institute of Greece,
  • Member of the Board of Hellenic-African Chamber

He is a patent holder and creator of the LAW (Logistics Audit Wheel) and RE.LO.CA.Mm (Reverse Logistics Capability Maturity model) methodologies. He has published dozens of professional articles as well as peer-reviewed scientific publications, organized research series and participated as a speaker or panel moderator at dozens of conferences.

Structure

  • Introduction
  • Basic concepts
  • Definitions
  • What is Logistics?
  • Chronology
  • Logistics as part of the supply chain
  • Smart Chain
  • Business Logistics Strategy

  • Inventory Control
  • Reasons for Holding Stocks
  • How much and when to order
  • Requirements Recording and Planning
  • Conflicts within the objectives
  • ABC Analysis Classification
  • Physical Control and inventories

  • Transportation
  • Transport systems
  • Transportation and Logistics
  • Transit operations
  • Choice of Vehicles
  • Transportation and the Environment

  • Order Management and Processing
  • The technical details, price, delivery time, payment terms, taxes, etc.
  • Checking the availability of material in stock
  • Information flow
  • Key indicators of order processing
  • Ordering methodologies
  • Save
  • The functions of the Warehouse
  • Warehouse Location
  • General Issues and Design Criteria
  • Storage systems
  • Equipment warehouse
  • Handling of goods

  • The role of Procurement in supply chain management
  • Procurement and Total Quality Management
  • Supply cost management and the impact on business costs

  • Characteristics of a Good Contract/Contract
  • The Obligations of the Buyer and Seller under a Contract/Contract
  • Preparation and Characteristics of International Contracts/Agreements

  • Understanding the practical applications of human resource management
  • Planning, Personnel Selection, Resume, Job Interview, Recruitment, Training, Job Evaluation and Description, Promotions, Rewards, Sanctions, Resolution of Labor Disputes, Incentive, Wages and Working Conditions, etc.
  • Organizational structure and administrative pyramid of human resources
  • The role of management and audit procedures

  • 3PL Process Analysis
  • 3PL contracts
  • 3PL services
  • audit and evaluation of 3PL services;
  • specifications of services provided
  • Third party control indicators
  • Control of Activities on a daily basis
  • third party evaluation: methodology and criteria
  • cost
  • the 3pl market in Greece
  • What is 4PL

  • Evaluation in new technologies (e-logistics) of information systems for supply chains (Telematics, RFID)
  • WMS – Routing

  • Costing of Procedures
  • Cost factors
  • Costing Systems
  • ABC Costing.

  • Designing an effective business strategy service network
  • Optimization of operating costs by more than 20%
  • Identifying Goals, Collecting Data, Mapping Existing Operations
  • Logistics network scenario modeling to test alternatives
  • Evaluation and capture of costs of alternative scenarios
  • Center of Gravity
  • Logistics network design
  • Automation Robotics

With the ever-increasing demand for excellent customer service, the supply chain design for its online store is integral to the development of services to the end consumer, thus the following objectives arise:

  • Central warehouse, accuracy in Stocks and interface with store warehouses.
  • Full traceability at the stages from the registration of the order to the delivery to the final consumer (On-line notification to the recipient by sms or email)
  • Online update of stocks in the e-shop, creation of safety stock per product to better inform the consumer about the exact delivery time.
  • The complete interconnection and automated operation of the systems (ERP – WMS – e shop) for timely delivery service.
  • The creation of demand plans (Purchasing & Demand Planning), for the proper management of the company’s inventory, decisions on the amount of inventory per distribution center, achieving a low overall average inventory and ensuring a high level of customer service.
  • Management of returns of goods mainly from e-shop customers.

  • Identify and assess the nature of risk and impact in supply chains
  • Actions that businesses can take to adopt a more sustainable approach to their Supply Chain
  • Capturing & Applying Processes

  • Understanding of general quality management principles (eg ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System).
  • The Philosophy of Total Quality Management.
  • The Design & Implementation of a Quality Management System.
  • Benefits arising from the certification in relation to the requirements of the working environment
  • The prevention and the use of scenarios to improve the quality processes, to prevent errors and to reduce the operating costs/production costs of a company.
  • The process-centered and human-centered approach to management.

Modes of Delivery

The program is offered with:

  • Scheduled Department at our facilities – 68 Sygrou St. (Next to Sygrou Metro – Fix)
  • Online participation in the classroom during the course following the course schedule (modern distance learning).
  • E-learning with on-demand watching video lessons in your own time with a personalized study program, through the modern educational platform of IST College (asynchronous distance learning).
  • Blended Learning: Create your own flexible study program using any of the above tracking methods in combination.

Certification

The Diploma is certified for the quality of its subject matter, its lecturers, the way students are evaluated, but also the quality of its material, with the Expert level QualityTrainingLabel scheme from ACTA – Technovlastos of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

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