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Description

Agile and Sustainable Supply Chain: Structuring, Trade-Offs and Team Leadership

Managing a supply chain exposed to disruption while meeting environmental commitments

  • 0.75 days — 5.25 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • All levels
  • Up to 6 participants

The supply chain absorbs shocks it never anticipated. Sales forecasts and supply plans do not speak to each other, safety stock levels are set case by case, and every supplier failure is handled in emergency mode. Environmental commitments remain disconnected from day-to-day trade-offs.

These five virtual hours provide a management perspective. Participants structure the planning process, identify critical dependencies, build continuity scenarios and embed environmental criteria into transport and supplier selection.

Learning objectives

  • Map flows and identify the critical dependencies of the chain
  • Structure a planning process linking demand and supply
  • Balance service level
  • cost and inventory level
  • Build continuity scenarios in response to a supply disruption
  • Embed environmental criteria into transport and supplier selection

What makes this programme different

The mapping of critical dependencies is carried out on the participant's own supply chain
A service-cost-inventory trade-off is quantified on a high-turnover item
Environmental criteria are built into a carrier selection grid

Programme

1Mapping and Points of Fragility

Seeing the chain before steering it

  • Representation of physical, information and financial flows
  • Identification of critical suppliers and sites
  • Measuring service level and the causes of disruption
  • Assessing single-source dependencies and long lead times

2Planning and Agility

Deciding quickly without deciding alone

  • Planning process linking forecast, production and supply
  • Inventory policy and sizing of coverage levels
  • Trade-offs between service level, cost and working capital
  • Building scenarios and fallback plans

3Sustainability and Team Leadership

Honouring commitments in everyday decisions

  • Environmental criteria in the choice of transport modes
  • Selecting and monitoring suppliers against verifiable commitments
  • Leading logistics teams and performance review routines
  • Communicating results to internal and external customers

Who is it for

Supply chain managers · logistics managers · supply planners and industrial managers responsible for inbound or outbound flows.

Prerequisites

Prior experience of logistics flows or supply planning is recommended.

Dates & locations

12 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.