Logistics and Supply ChainAI and Automation in Procurement and Logistics
Procurement and logistics generate exactly the kind of repetitive, high volume, rule bound work that automation handles well, and exactly the kind of relationship and judgement work it handles badly. This course separates the two. Delegates work through the tasks worth automating and the honest test for each, and the data quality problem that defeats most attempts before they start. Automating requisition, approval routing and purchase order creation is covered. Supplier data, catalogue management and invoice matching follow. Demand forecasting with machine learning is addressed on what it improves and by how much. Transport planning, route optimisation and track and trace are covered. Contract analysis and document extraction follow. Vendor claims are examined critically, since the market is full of them. The course closes on implementation sequencing, on the roles that change, and on the controls automation must not remove.
Course objectives
- Apply an honest test for which tasks are worth automating
- Fix the data quality problems that defeat automation attempts
- Automate requisition, approval routing and order creation
- Manage supplier data, catalogues and invoice matching
- Judge what machine learning forecasting actually improves
- Apply optimisation to transport planning and track and trace
- Sequence implementation, manage role change and keep controls intact
Who should attend
- Procurement and supply chain technology leads
- Digital transformation managers
- Category and sourcing managers exploring automation
- Logistics planners evaluating route optimisation tools
- Supply chain analysts working with large datasets
Course outline
- 01What automates well and what does not
- 02The data quality problem
- 03Requisition, approval and order creation
- 04Supplier data and catalogue management
- 05Invoice matching
- 06Machine learning demand forecasting
- 07Route optimisation and track and trace
- 08Vendor claims, sequencing and controls
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September to 2 October 2026 | Windhoek, Namibia | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 8 to 10 March 2027 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 24 to 26 March 2027 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |