An Education Needs Assessment of CARIFORUM Firms

https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Barometers 2018/East-Caribbean-GE-Barometer-2018-WEB.pdf

https://canari.org/green-economy/

https://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/files/launching-an-orange future_idb.pdf

3.2.3. Export-related Courses

Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Understanding Distribution Channels Within the Caribbean And Beyond

Item

Description

Course Title

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS & UNDERSTANDING DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND

Course Code

INTRXXX Short Course

Level

Duration

2 weeks 36 hours

Course Load

Course Description/Rationale

As Caribbean businesses plan for a future post-pandemic, one of the key lessons to be learnt is the importance of logistics and distribution channels as key components of supply-chain management. Business persons are now required to understand the intricacies of transportation logistics and warehouse management across multiple jurisdictions.

Course Content

The following topics, concepts or issues will be discussed in the course as follows:

Part I – Introduction to Supply Chain Management - Logistics Systems - Caribbean Freight Transportation - Fundamentals of Procurement Part II – Supply Chain Management Data Analysis - Linear vs. Integer Programming - Data Modelling – Simulations & Regression

Part III – Accounting & Financing Fundamentals

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Activity based costing

Budgeting

Cash Flow Projections

Part IV – Sustainable Supply Chain Management -

Assessing the Environmental Implications of Logistics - Supply Chain Carbon Footprint - Sustainable transportation & Green Vehicle Routing

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

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