What you will learn
- Conduct a purchase from request to payment, in line with thresholds and procedures, without conflicts of interest.
- Manage a warehouse: receipt, storage, stock cards, inventories and issues.
- Organise transport and the fleet: planning, documents, maintenance, fuel and road safety.
Course information
- Level
- Beginner to intermediate
- Study time
- 18 hours over 3 days (lessons, case studies, exercises)
- Format
- Online, at your own pace, free and unlimited access
- Assessment
- Daily quizzes + final exam of 20 randomly drawn questions (30 min, pass mark 70%)
- Credential
- Named, numbered certificate of achievement, verifiable online (QR code)
- Reference frameworks
- Logistics Cluster (WFP) · Sphere Association · International Chamber of Commerce
Programme
- Day1ProcurementLogistics in support of the programme · The procurement cycle · Thresholds and procedures · Ethics, fraud and conflicts of interest Scenario: The urgent purchase of hygiene kits
- Day2Warehousing and stock managementReceipt and storage · Stock cards, FIFO and FEFO · Inventories, issues and losses Scenario: The warehouse after the rainy season
- Day3Transport and fleet managementOrganising transport · Fleet management · Road safety Scenario: The fleet that uses too much fuel
- Final assessment and certificate20 questions · 70% to pass · 3 attempts per 24 hours
Who is it for?
Logistics assistants and officers, storekeepers, fleet managers, procurement officers, base managers and candidates aiming for a first position in logistics.
The certificate
With at least 70% correct answers in the final assessment, you receive a certificate in your name, with a unique code that recruiters can verify on Humanitaires Jobs. A free Members area account is required.
Key concepts
The vocabulary you need to master for this course and the exam.
- Lead time
- The time between placing an order and the goods being available in stock.
- Reorder point
- The stock level that triggers a new order.
- Safety stock
- A reserve that absorbs variations in consumption and delays.
- FEFO
- First expired, first out.
- Waybill
- A document that accompanies a transfer of goods.
- Incoterms
- Rules that allocate transport costs and risks between buyer and seller.
- Cold chain
- Keeping sensitive products within a controlled temperature range.
- Bid evaluation committee
- An independent group that analyses bids and awards a contract.
References and recommended reading
The official texts and sector reference works on which the course is based.
- Logistics Cluster (WFP) (2023). Logistics Operational Guide (LOG). log.logcluster.org
- Sphere Association (2018). The Sphere Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response. spherestandards.org/fr/manuel-2018
- International Chamber of Commerce (2020). Incoterms 2020. iccwbo.org/business-solutions/incoterms-rules
- UNICEF Supply Division (2022). Supply Manual. www.unicef.org/supply