Live Online Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course
Live online, instructor-led · next cohort Nov 16, 2026 · from USD 800
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.
At a Glance
How Live Online Training Works
Live online training, led by a trainer in real time, for participants anywhere.
More about live online training →- Format
- Live online, instructor-led
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (5 Days)
- Fee
- USD 800 (KES 80,000)
- Next start dates
- Nov 16, 2026, Dec 14, 2026, Jan 11, 2027
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- What you need
- A computer with a reliable internet connection, a webcam and a headset
About this course
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.
Training Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will 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.
- Evaluate buffer, dual-sourcing and substitution options against their cost and risk reduction.
- Design trigger points and escalation rules that start contingency actions early.
- Test contingency plans through tabletop scenarios and drills.
- Coordinate stock recovery and supplier re-engagement after a disruption ends.
- Present the business case for contingency stock to senior management.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
Participants leave with practical tools they can apply the following week:
- A criticality-ranked item list for their own stock range.
- A spreadsheet model for safety stock and reorder points under variable lead times.
- A supplier and route risk register with proposed mitigations.
- A tiered response playbook with named owners and decision triggers.
- A costed argument for holding strategic buffers.
- A scenario exercise they can rerun with their own team each year.
Training Methodology
Learning is built around doing, with theory kept to what planners need to make decisions:
- Spreadsheet labs using sample stock, demand and lead-time data
- Scenario simulations in which teams respond to unfolding supply shocks
- Case discussions from retail, health supply and humanitarian pipelines
- Peer review of each participant's risk map and playbook draft
Day 1: Disruption Risk and Supply Vulnerability
- Types of disruption: supplier failure, transport breakdown, demand shocks and regulatory change
- Mapping the supply network from raw material to end user
- Single points of failure in suppliers, routes and ports
- Risk scoring by likelihood, impact and detectability
- Lessons from recent regional and global supply shocks
- Exercise: building a supply vulnerability map
Day 2: Item Criticality and Inventory Segmentation
- ABC and XYZ classification of stock
- Criticality scoring: service impact, substitutability and replacement time
- Days-of-cover analysis for critical items
- Slow-moving and obsolete stock as a hidden liability
- Setting differentiated service levels by segment
- Exercise: segmenting a sample stock file
Day 3: Safety Stock, Reorder Points and Buffers
- Demand and lead-time variability and how to measure them
- Safety stock formulas and service-level targets
- Reorder point and review period policies
- Strategic buffer stock versus operational safety stock
- Cost of holding versus cost of stock-out
- Workshop: calculating buffers in a spreadsheet
Day 4: Alternative Sourcing and Response Playbooks
- Dual sourcing, local suppliers and framework agreements for emergencies
- Stock sharing and transfers across branches or partner organisations
- Substitution rules and specification flexibility
- Emergency procurement approvals and delegated authority
- Writing tiered response playbooks with owners and timelines
- Exercise: drafting a playbook for a critical item family
Day 5: Monitoring, Testing and Recovery
- Early warning indicators and supplier performance signals
- Trigger levels and escalation routes
- Tabletop simulation of a multi-week supply interruption
- Communicating with customers, donors and management during a disruption
- Post-disruption recovery, stock rebuilding and lessons learned
- Action planning for each participant's organisation
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
- Risk and business continuity officers
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.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course Venues
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,600
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,600
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,900
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,900
TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,900- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,800
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$2,000
- TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400
- South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500
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Frequently Asked Questions About Live Online Inventory Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Disruption Training Course
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
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 November 16, 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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