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Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management
Move your buying function beyond order processing into a source of measurable commercial advantage.
- Next session
- 5 to 9 Oct 2026
- Venue
- Nairobi
- 5 day programme
- FromR18,000
Distribution Network Design and Facility Location Planning
Where an African business places its warehouses and how it links them to customers shapes service levels and cost for years to come. This course teaches delegates the principles of distribution network design and facility location planning. Participants work through trade offs between the number of sites, transport cost, inventory and delivery speed using regional scenarios.
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Register for this courseWhat you will be able to do
- Explain how network design shapes cost, service and inventory.
- Analyse demand and flows to inform network decisions.
- Evaluate the trade off between the number of facilities and cost.
- Apply structured methods to choose facility locations.
- Model the impact of network options on delivery speed and stock.
- Build a business case for a proposed network change.
Course outline
- 01How Network Design Drives Performance
- 02Analysing Demand and Flows
- 03Facilities Versus Cost Trade Offs
- 04Methods for Choosing Locations
- 05Modelling Service and Inventory Impact
- 06Building the Business Case
- 07Network Design Scenarios
Who should attend
For supply chain managers, logistics planners, distribution managers and analysts involved in decisions about warehouse locations and network structure.
Dates, venues and fees
| Dates | Venue | Days | Fee | Calendar | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 to 16 Oct 2026 | Johannesburg | 3 | R13,000 | Register | |
| 19 to 21 Oct 2026 | Cape Town | 3 | R13,000 | Register | |
| 20 to 22 Oct 2026 | Durban | 3 | R13,000 | Register | |
| 21 to 23 Oct 2026 | Pretoria | 3 | R13,000 | Register | |
| 26 to 28 Oct 2026 | Windhoek | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 27 to 29 Oct 2026 | Gaborone | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 28 to 30 Oct 2026 | Maseru | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 2 to 4 Nov 2026 | Mbabane | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 3 to 5 Nov 2026 | Lusaka | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 4 to 6 Nov 2026 | Harare | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 9 to 11 Nov 2026 | Lilongwe | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 10 to 12 Nov 2026 | Blantyre | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 11 to 13 Nov 2026 | Mozambique | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 16 to 18 Nov 2026 | Nairobi | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 17 to 19 Nov 2026 | Dar es Salaam | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 18 to 20 Nov 2026 | Kigali | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 23 to 25 Nov 2026 | Kampala | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 24 to 26 Nov 2026 | Accra | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 25 to 27 Nov 2026 | Lagos | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026 | Cairo | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 1 to 3 Dec 2026 | Mauritius | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 2 to 4 Dec 2026 | Dubai | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 7 to 9 Dec 2026 | Online | 3 | US$900 | Register |
Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.
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