Supply Chain Training Courses in Iraq
August 6, 2026
The CISCP-CISCM course is designed for logistics and supply chain professionals who want to grow into a senior management level. The course will mostly focus on the strategic aspects of Logistics and Supply Chain Management. It is a two-step qualification specially designed to carve out top-notch careers. A prestigious qualification recognized all over the world, logistics and supply chain professionals learn new skills and innovations necessary to deal with modern Supply chain, logistics, procurement, warehouse management, shipping, production and distribution methods.
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Those who are certified with the CISCP and CISCM dual-certification are eligible to transit themselves to senior management positions. From being managers, they upgrade themselves to be enterprise heads, general managers and managers in the trillion dollar industry of global logistics. This way the CISCP and CISCM dual-certification enriches and advances professionals to climb the career ladder.
IPSCMI, The International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute, is a prestigious professional institute offering purchasing and supply chain management certifications throughout the world in all modes of instruction. IPSCMI is a premier professional certification institute well-known in the United States and the world. Blue Ocean Academy has an exclusive tie-up with The US-based International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute (IPSCMI) to offer logistics & supply chain professional courses in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Kenya and North Africa.
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Course Outline
Fundamental principles of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Evolution of Supply Chain
- Logistics and Supply Chain
- Objectives of Supply Chain Management
- Stakeholders in a Supply Chain
- Challenges in Supply Chain Management
Demand Planning and Forecasting
- Dependent and Independent demand systems
- MRP, MRP-II, ERP
- Demand planning
- Demand patterns – random, trend and seasonality components
- Qualitative and quantitative forecasting techniques
- Accuracy of Forecasting models
Procurement in Supply Chain
- The Procurement Process
- Principles of procurement
- Objectives of procurement
- The Sourcing process
- Negotiation
- Total Cost of Ownership
Transportation Planning and Management
- The role of transportation in Supply Chain
- Modes of transportation
- Hybrid modes
- Transportation cost optimization
- Freight forwarding
Warehousing strategies
- Warehouse design and layout
- Material handling equipment
- Warehouse functions
- Unitization
- Distribution centers and cross docking
- Automation in warehousing
Inventory Management
- Fundamentals of Inventory Management
- Types of Inventory
- Costs Associated with Inventory
- Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
- Selective Inventory Control Techniques like ABC, VED, FSN etc.
- Inventory costing techniques – FIFO, LIFO, Weighted Average etc.
INCOTERMS 2020
- International trade
- Role of the International Chamber of Commerce
- INCOTERMS 2020
- The connotation of each INCOTERMS rule
- Multimodal versus Sea/Inland Waterway Incoterms
Trade Payments Methods
- International trade payments
- Clean Payments
- Documentary Payments
- UCP 600 and Letter of Credit
- LC opening and working cycles
- Types of LC
- Trade documents – Bill of Exchange, Commercial Invoice, Bill of Lading etc.
Supply Chain Strategies
- Supply chain design
- Supply Chain strategies and their impact
- Supply chain and competitiveness
- Lean versus Agile Supply Chains
- Supply Chain outsourcing
Managing Partnerships in Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Coordination
- Bullwhip Effect
- Vendor Managed Inventories
- Just-in-time and Kanban
- Quick Response
- Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)
Risk Management in Supply Chain
- Impacts of Supply Chain disruption
- Risks associated with Supply Chain
- Classification of risks
- Risk assessment
- Risk management
Sustainability in Supply Chain
- Concept of Sustainability
- Understanding Triple Bottom Line
- Green Supply Chain
- Reverse Logistics in Supply Chain
- Sustainable Supply Chain
Supply Chain Excellence
- Basic concepts of Quality
- Cost of Quality
- Kaizen and 5S
- Six Sigma
- Lean
Emerging Technology and Supply Chain
- Future trends in Supply Chain Management
- Block Chain
- Big data
- Artificial Intelligence
- Internet of Things
- Machine Learning
Course Categories
- Logistics & Supply Chain Courses
- Procurement and Purchasing Courses
- Warehouse Management Courses
- Shipping and Freight Forwarding Courses
- Contracts Management Courses
- Project Management Training
- Six Sigma Certification
- CIPS
