Diploma in Humanitarian Logistics
Course Overview
Whether its people suffering, goods needing to be delivered, reduced communications infrastructures, or major disruption of physical infrastructure, humanitarian organizations work by providing assistance to global crises as quickly and effectively as possible.
The objective of the Diploma in Humanitarian Logistics is to enhance the operational humanitarian logistics response capacity for logistics staff in field operations. The training will directly contribute to avoid the waste of resources through careful handling and storing of humanitarian cargo. In addition, participants will understand basic principles and procedures of procurement to minimize the risk of fraud or incorrect sourcing. It is based on a typical full supply chain cycle and follows the logical supply chain structure. The course starts from the concept of sourcing, with focus on procurement concepts and moves downwards in the chain until its end, by discussing the distribution process with a sector-neutral coverage. In order to go through this end-to-end overview, the content builds clear relations between logistics concepts and the operational context, adapting logistics to the trainees.
The program provides students with competencies.
Module 1; Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Humanitarian Logistics
- Logistics and Distribution Management
- Integrated logistics and Supply Chain Management
- International Logistics
Module 2; Logistics in Post-Disaster Areas
- Improving Post-disaster Humanitarian Logistics
- Humanitarian Relief And Broken Supply Chains: Advancing Logistics Performance
- Building Resilience in Community Recovery: Overcoming Supply Chain Performance
- Challenges in a Crisis
- Disaster Resilience in America
- Communicating the Urgency for Action on Climate Change \
Module 3; Challenges with Humanitarian Logistics
- Introduction
- Humanitarian Logistics: Core Challenges
- Humanitarian logistics: context and challenges
Module 4; Logistics and Supplies in Emergencies
- Logistics and Emergencies
- Assessing Logistical and Supply Needs
- Coordination
- Key Characteristics of Emergency Supplies
- Procurement
- Receiving Supplies
- Record-Keeping, Control, and Monitoring of Supplies
- Storage
- Transport
- Distribution
- Managing Medical Supplies
- Transparency and Information in Emergency Supply Management
- Telecommunications
- The Application of New Technologies to Emergency Logistics
There are four assignments (continuous assessment tests), a research paper and one examination to be offered at the end of the course. Assignments account for 40%, research paper accounts for 30% while Examination accounts for 30% of the mark. Upon completion of the course, you shall be issued a Diploma Certificate and a course transcript.
Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will receive a Diploma Certificate of Merit and a transcript.
Duration: 6 Months
Fee: $700
