Supply Chain Management in Freight Forwarding Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply supply chain management principles to coordinate freight forwarding activities.
• Analyze the role of freight forwarding in the broader supply chain and its impact on logistics performance.
• Evaluate documentation, regulatory, and compliance requirements in international freight forwarding.
• Implement strategies to optimize transportation modes, routes, and costs in freight forwarding.
• Demonstrate effective communication and coordination with stakeholders in the supply chain.
• Identify and mitigate risks in freight forwarding operations to ensure supply chain resilience.

Target Audience

This course is designed for freight forwarding professionals, logistics coordinators, and supply chain practitioners seeking to enhance their operational knowledge. It is also suitable for supervisors and managers responsible for overseeing freight forwarding activities within a supply chain context.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience with documentation, customs forms, warehouse layout planning, and risk assessment exercises. Learners apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, reinforcing skills in documentation, inventory calculation, and technology use.

Practical Activities

• Documentation and Customs Forms Practical — Learners complete a bill of lading, air waybill, and customs declaration form for a sample shipment, and calculate landed cost. (6h)
• Inventory Management and Warehouse Layout Exercise — Using a simulated warehouse, learners calculate reorder points, conduct ABC analysis, and design an efficient layout. (6h)
• Risk Assessment and Insurance Claims Simulation — Learners conduct a risk assessment for a freight forwarding scenario and process a mock insurance claim. (6h)
• Technology and KPI Dashboard Creation — Using a TMS simulation, learners track a shipment and create a KPI dashboard in Excel or a simple tool. (6h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.