Purchasing and Supply Chain
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
Safety Stock, Reorder Point and Inventory Replenishment Modelling
Setting stock levels by guesswork leaves African operations either starved of critical items or drowning in working capital tied up in slow moving stock. This course gives delegates the calculation methods behind safety stock, reorder points and replenishment quantities. Participants build working models in a spreadsheet using demand and lead time data they can take back to work.
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Register for this courseWhat you will be able to do
- Calculate safety stock levels from demand and lead time variability.
- Set reorder points that protect service without excess inventory.
- Determine economic order and replenishment quantities.
- Segment stock with classification analysis to focus effort.
- Model the trade off between service level and holding cost.
- Build a replenishment model in a spreadsheet from real data.
Course outline
- 01The Cost of Getting Stock Levels Wrong
- 02Demand and Lead Time Variability
- 03Calculating Safety Stock
- 04Setting Reorder Points
- 05Economic Order Quantity and Replenishment
- 06Stock Classification and Service Levels
- 07Building a Replenishment Model in a Spreadsheet
Who should attend
For inventory controllers, planners, stores managers and buyers responsible for deciding how much to order and when.
Dates, venues and fees
| Dates | Venue | Days | Fee | Calendar | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 to 30 Sep 2026 | Johannesburg | 3 | R13,000 | Closed | |
| 29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026 | Cape Town | 3 | R13,000 | Register | |
| 30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026 | Durban | 3 | R13,000 | Register | |
| 5 to 7 Oct 2026 | Pretoria | 3 | R13,000 | Register | |
| 6 to 8 Oct 2026 | Windhoek | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 7 to 9 Oct 2026 | Gaborone | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 12 to 14 Oct 2026 | Maseru | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 13 to 15 Oct 2026 | Mbabane | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 14 to 16 Oct 2026 | Lusaka | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 19 to 21 Oct 2026 | Harare | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 20 to 22 Oct 2026 | Lilongwe | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 21 to 23 Oct 2026 | Blantyre | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 26 to 28 Oct 2026 | Mozambique | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 27 to 29 Oct 2026 | Nairobi | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 28 to 30 Oct 2026 | Dar es Salaam | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 2 to 4 Nov 2026 | Kigali | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 3 to 5 Nov 2026 | Kampala | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 4 to 6 Nov 2026 | Accra | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 9 to 11 Nov 2026 | Lagos | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 10 to 12 Nov 2026 | Cairo | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 11 to 13 Nov 2026 | Mauritius | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 16 to 18 Nov 2026 | Dubai | 3 | US$1,500 | Register | |
| 17 to 19 Nov 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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