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Procurement and Supply Chain Management · PSCM-035

Logistics Cost Management

5 daysClassroom
14Upcoming dates
7Cities
£2,850Fees from

Course overview

Why Attend

Logistics costs, including transport, warehousing, inventory and administration, can represent a large share of product cost. Understanding and managing them improves margins and competitiveness.

This LLMI course covers logistics cost components, cost-to-serve analysis, activity-based costing, transport and warehousing cost drivers, inventory carrying costs, cost reduction strategies and logistics cost reporting. Participants analyse logistics costs for a case company.

Course Objectives

Identify logistics cost components

Perform cost-to-serve analysis

Apply activity-based costing to logistics

Understand transport and warehousing cost drivers

Develop cost reduction strategies

Report logistics costs and KPIs

Target Audience

Logistics managers

Supply chain managers

Finance and cost analysts

Transport and warehouse managers

Commercial managers

Operations directors

Course Methodology

Costing exercises

Case studies

Spreadsheet labs

Group discussions

Reviews

Course outline

Day 1: Logistics Costs
  • Cost components
  • Total logistics cost
  • Benchmarks
  • Data sources
  • Exercise: Cost baseline
Day 2: Cost-to-Serve
  • Customer profitability
  • Cost-to-serve analysis
  • Service differentiation
  • Pricing implications
  • Lab: Cost-to-serve model
Day 3: Cost Drivers
  • Transport costs
  • Warehousing costs
  • Inventory carrying costs
  • Administrative costs
  • Workshop: Driver analysis
Day 4: Cost Reduction
  • Network optimisation
  • Consolidation
  • Outsourcing
  • Technology
  • Case study: Logistics cost reduction
Day 5: Reporting
  • Logistics KPIs
  • Dashboards
  • Budgeting
  • Continuous improvement
  • Capstone: Logistics cost plan

Dates and fees

DatesCityFee
16 - 20 Nov 2026Vienna, Austria£4,250
7 - 11 Dec 2026Barcelona, Spain£3,850
11 - 15 Jan 2027Rome, Italy£4,250
8 - 12 Feb 2027Munich, Germany£4,250
8 - 12 Mar 2027Amsterdam, Netherlands£4,250
12 - 16 Apr 2027London, United Kingdom£4,200
10 - 14 May 2027Istanbul, Turkey£2,850
14 - 18 Jun 2027Vienna, Austria£4,250
12 - 16 Jul 2027Barcelona, Spain£3,850
9 - 13 Aug 2027Rome, Italy£4,250
13 - 17 Sep 2027Munich, Germany£4,250
11 - 15 Oct 2027Amsterdam, Netherlands£4,250
8 - 12 Nov 2027London, United Kingdom£4,200
13 - 17 Dec 2027Istanbul, Turkey£2,850
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