Production Logistics and Material Flow Course

Name: Production Logistics and Material Flow Training Course
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Practical tools for manufacturing teams to control inbound flow, line-side supply, replenishment, shortages, work-in-process, and handoffs.

Production Logistics and Material Flow Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Doha, Trabzon, London, Prague, Istanbul, Abu Dhabi and more
Next session: 8 – 12 November 2026, Doha
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Production Logistics and Material Flow Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for production planning, materials, manufacturing logistics, warehouse, supply-chain, and operations teams who leave with a Production Logistics Control Plan. The course connects inbound material flow, line-side supply, production replenishment, work-in-process movement, shortage control, finished-goods handoff, and factory logistics performance. Agile Leaders Training Center delivers this course on production logistics and material flow.

Who Should Attend

Teams responsible for production material availability, staging, and line-side supply
Functions responsible for inbound receiving, internal storage, and material movement
Teams responsible for production scheduling, work orders, and shortage resolution
Functions responsible for work-in-process control and finished-goods handoff
Teams responsible for manufacturing logistics, safety, service, and performance data

The course assumes participants work with production schedules, material records, work orders, or factory flows, and leaves out product design, production-process engineering, and software configuration.

Departments and Industries

The course supports production logistics decisions across discrete, process, and assembly operations.

Production planning, materials management, and manufacturing logistics
Warehousing, inventory, procurement, and supply planning
Automotive, electronics, machinery, and consumer products
Food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and packaging
Maintenance, energy equipment, construction products, and industrial services

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Build inbound-to-line material-flow and responsibility maps.
Apply staging, kitting, supermarket, route, and replenishment rules.
Analyze schedule, material-availability, and shortage interfaces.
Use kanban and work-in-process movement controls.
Evaluate safety, service, capacity, and logistics performance.
Build a Production Logistics Control Plan.

Course Agenda

Day 1: Map Production Material Flow

Inbound-to-Line Value-Stream and Material-Flow Map
Production Schedule, Work Order, and Material-Requirement Interface
Receiving, Inspection, Storage, and Release Control Map
Production Supply Area and Line-Side Location Register
Material Responsibility, Handoff, Evidence, and Escalation Matrix

Day 2: Design Staging and Internal Routes

Component Staging, Kitting, and Sequence-Supply Decision Matrix
Factory Supermarket Location, Capacity, and Refill Sheet
Milk-Run Route, Frequency, Container, and Stop Plan
Material-Handling Equipment and Movement-Safety Checklist
Route Workload, Travel, Congestion, and Capacity Balance

Day 3: Control Replenishment and Shortages

Kanban Signal, Container Quantity, Trigger, and Ownership Card
Minimum-Maximum and Consumption-Based Replenishment Rule
Material Availability, Allocation, and Shortage Priority Board
Schedule Change and Expedite Impact Assessment
Shortage Cause, Countermeasure, Owner, and Recovery Log

Day 4: Manage Work-in-Process and Handoffs

Work-in-Process Location, Status, Quantity, and Age Register
Interoperation Transfer and Transaction Confirmation Checklist
Nonconforming, Return, Rework, and Scrap Material Flow
Finished-Goods Receipt, Identification, and Warehouse Handoff
Production Logistics Service, Accuracy, Flow, and Cost Dashboard

Day 5: Production Logistics Practice

Exercise: Map Inbound, Storage, Staging, and Line-Side Flow
Exercise: Design a Supermarket, Milk Run, and Kitting Method
Exercise: Set Kanban Replenishment and Shortage Controls
Exercise: Evaluate Work-in-Process and Handoff Performance
Capstone Exercise: Build the Production Logistics Control Plan

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to connect production demand, material movement, replenishment signals, and operating evidence.

Suggested activity: trace a component from inbound receipt through storage, staging, line-side delivery, consumption, and transaction confirmation.
Suggested activity: compare kitting, supermarket, sequence supply, and milk-run choices for different production conditions.
Suggested activity: respond to a shortage by prioritizing demand, selecting countermeasures, and recording recovery ownership.
Suggested activity: review work-in-process age, handoff accuracy, route capacity, service, and logistics cost measures.

FAQs

Who is production logistics and material flow training designed for?

Production logistics and material flow training suits teams responsible for material availability, staging, internal movement, replenishment, work-in-process, shortages, finished-goods handoff, or factory logistics performance, and assumes access to practical production records.

How does production logistics differ from production planning training?

Production logistics controls the physical movement, staging, replenishment, and handoff of materials inside the factory, while production planning training focuses on demand, capacity, schedules, quantities, and production orders.

What belongs in a Production Logistics Control Plan?

A Production Logistics Control Plan combines flow maps, supply areas, staging methods, routes, replenishment rules, shortage controls, work-in-process records, handoff checks, measures, owners, and escalation paths.

How does kanban support production material flow?

Kanban supports production material flow by linking consumption to visible replenishment signals, defined container quantities, triggers, routes, responsibilities, and exception actions.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Production Logistics Control Plan. The plan connects inbound flow, staging, line-side supply, routes, replenishment, shortages, work-in-process, finished-goods handoff, and measures. It changes disconnected material movements into a controlled factory flow with defined triggers, responsibilities, evidence, exceptions, and review points.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewProduction Logistics and Material Flow Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for production planning, materials, manufacturing logistics, warehouse, supply-chain, and operations teams who leave with a Production Logistics Control Plan. The course connects inbound material flow, line-side supply, production replenishment, work-in-proces…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

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Production Logistics and Material Flow Course