🎯 Course Description:
This intensive certification course empowers professionals to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor risks within global and local supply chains. Participants will learn how to build resilient supply chain systems, create risk management frameworks, and implement proactive strategies to minimize disruptions from economic shifts, geopolitical factors, supplier failures, cyber threats, and natural disasters.
The course combines theoretical principles with real-world case studies, simulations, and risk modeling techniques, giving attendees the tools to strengthen their organization’s supply chain continuity and agility.
👥 Who Should Attend:
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Supply chain and logistics managers
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Risk and compliance professionals
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Procurement and sourcing professionals
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Business continuity and operations managers
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Anyone involved in planning or safeguarding supply chain activities
🗓️ Day 1: Understanding Supply Chain Risk
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome, Course Overview, Participant Introductions |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Introduction to Risk in the Supply Chain – Types and sources of risk |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Global Trends Increasing Supply Chain Vulnerability |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Risk Categories: Operational, financial, geopolitical, environmental |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Case Study: Risk event analysis (COVID-19, Suez Canal, cyberattacks) |
🗓️ Day 2: Risk Identification and Assessment Tools
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Mapping the Supply Chain for Risk Visibility |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Risk Identification Techniques – FMEA, SWOT, brainstorming |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Qualitative vs. Quantitative Risk Assessment |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Workshop: Conducting a risk assessment for a sample supply chain |
🗓️ Day 3: Risk Mitigation and Resilience Planning
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Risk Response Strategies – Avoid, mitigate, transfer, accept |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Supplier Risk Management & Multi-Sourcing Approaches |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Inventory Buffering and Demand Flexibility |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Simulation: Designing a resilient supply chain under disruption |
🗓️ Day 4: Business Continuity, Compliance & Cybersecurity
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Business Continuity Planning (BCP) for Supply Chains |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Regulatory Compliance and ESG Risk Considerations |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Cybersecurity Risks in Connected Supply Chains |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Case Study: Evaluating and responding to a data breach in logistics |
🗓️ Day 5: Monitoring, Metrics, and Risk Governance
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and Early Warning Systems |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 | Developing a Supply Chain Risk Dashboard |
| 12:15 – 01:15 | 🍽 Lunch Break |
| 01:15 – 02:45 | Building a Risk-Aware Culture and Governance Framework |
| 02:45 – 03:00 | ☕ Coffee Break |
| 03:00 – 04:30 | Final Exam, Feedback, and Certification Ceremony |
📂 Course Materials Provided:
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Supply Chain Risk Management course manual
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Risk register templates and mitigation plans
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Case studies from real-world supply chain disruptions
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Resilience strategy checklist
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KRIs and risk dashboard samples
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Mock exam and final certification test
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Certificate of Completion
