One late vessel, a closed border post or a supplier who defaults can empty a shelf or stop a production line within days. Stock decisions made in calm periods decide how well an organisation copes when supply breaks. Over five days, planners learn to classify items by criticality with ABC and XYZ analysis, calculate safety stock and reorder points that reflect real lead-time variability, and identify single-source and single-route exposures across their supplier base.
Participants then build tiered response plans: alternative suppliers, pre-agreed emergency orders, strategic buffers, stock transfers between sites and substitution rules for key items. Sessions cover early warning indicators, trigger levels, scenario testing and the communication needed between procurement, warehousing, finance and operations when a disruption begins. Work is done on sample stock data in spreadsheets, so every method can be repeated back at the workplace. The programme suits inventory controllers, supply planners, storekeepers, procurement officers, logistics managers and hospital, NGO and public-sector supply staff, and runs in classroom venues, online or in-house. Participants finish with a draft contingency plan for their own stock range and receive a CPD-accredited certificate.
Disruption is now a normal feature of supply chains rather than a rare event. Port congestion, currency shortages, fuel price shocks, border delays, supplier insolvency and extreme weather all hit organisations that hold too little of the wrong items and too much of everything else. Many teams discover during a crisis that nobody has defined which items are critical, how long they could last without them, or who is authorised to release emergency funds.
The Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course builds a complete preparedness framework, starting with risk mapping and item criticality and moving through safety stock logic, buffer policies, alternative sourcing and the design of response playbooks. Participants practise quantifying the cost of holding contingency stock against the cost of a stock-out, so that proposals to management are backed by numbers. Later sessions turn to monitoring, trigger points, post-disruption recovery and the lessons that should feed back into policy.
Teaching combines short explanations with worked stock datasets, scenario simulations and group exercises based on realistic situations in retail, health, manufacturing, humanitarian and public-sector supply. Each participant produces a contingency plan outline for their own organisation by the final day.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave with practical tools they can apply the following week:
Learning is built around doing, with theory kept to what planners need to make decisions:
Day 1: Disruption Risk and Supply Vulnerability
Day 2: Item Criticality and Inventory Segmentation
Day 3: Safety Stock, Reorder Points and Buffers
Day 4: Alternative Sourcing and Response Playbooks
Day 5: Monitoring, Testing and Recovery
The course serves people who plan, hold or protect stock and who must keep operations running when supply is interrupted, including:
On completing the sessions and the practical exercises, participants receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy, recognising the contingency planning skills demonstrated during the programme.
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By the end of the Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption programme, you'll be able to identify supply chain disruption risks and map their effect on stock availability, classify inventory by value, demand variability and criticality using abc and xyz analysis, calculate safety stock and reorder points that account for demand and lead-time uncertainty, and evaluate buffer, dual-sourcing and substitution options against their cost and risk reduction. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course serves people who plan, hold or protect stock and who must keep operations running when supply is interrupted, including: Inventory controllers and stores managers, Demand and supply planners, Procurement officers and category managers, Warehouse and distribution managers, Logistics and fleet coordinators, Hospital pharmacists and medical stores officers, Humanitarian supply chain and pipeline officers in NGOs, Operations managers in manufacturing and retail, and Risk and business continuity officers.
Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption starts October 19, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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