Supply networks are being reshaped across Africa by growing e-commerce, regional trade corridors and pressure on landed costs. Every new depot, port-side warehouse or transport fleet is a capital project, yet many are managed as routine operations tasks, with weak scoping, unclear ownership and late discovery of constraints such as power, access roads or customs procedures.

The Logistics & Supply Network Project Delivery Excellence Training Course connects network planning with project management practice. Participants begin with network design logic and feasibility, then move through business case preparation, scope definition, scheduling, budgeting and resource planning. The middle of the programme addresses contracting and supplier performance, quality and safety on site, and risk and issue management. Closing sessions deal with commissioning, stakeholder communication, benefits tracking and lessons learned so that each project strengthens the next.

Teaching relies on a running case, where groups take a hub project from first concept to handover and present their decisions to a mock steering committee. Templates for charters, schedules, risk logs and status reports are provided and adapted to participants' own projects.

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Translate network design inputs into a project scope, objectives and success measures.
• Prepare a business case that compares options by cost, service level and risk.
• Build a work breakdown structure, schedule and critical path for a logistics facility project.
• Plan budgets and apply earned value techniques to track cost and schedule performance.
• Select and manage contractors and logistics service providers using clear performance terms.
• Identify, rate and respond to project risks, including site, supplier and regulatory risks.
• Control change requests and manage stakeholders through commissioning and handover.
• Review completed projects and capture lessons for future network investments.

The programme is aimed at people who plan, commission or oversee logistics and supply network investments, including:

• Logistics and distribution managers
• Supply chain planners and network analysts
• Project managers and project officers on facility or fleet programmes
• Warehouse and transport operations leads
• Procurement officers handling logistics contracts
• Humanitarian and NGO supply chain coordinators
• Engineers and facilities managers supporting depots and hubs
• Retail, manufacturing and FMCG operations managers

Participants return to work with:

• A project charter and scope template tailored to warehouse and distribution projects.
• A resourced schedule with a marked critical path for their own network project.
• A risk register with owners, triggers and response actions.
• A contractor selection and performance scorecard.
• A status report format built on earned value indicators.
• A handover and go-live checklist that protects service levels.

The sessions are structured around one evolving project so that each technique is used straight away. They include:

• Concise instructor input on each stage of the project life cycle
• A hub expansion case file with demand data, quotations and site constraints
• Group labs in scheduling, costing and risk analysis
• Role play of contractor negotiations and steering committee reviews
• Review of participants' own projects against the templates provided

On completing all sessions and the practical exercises, participants are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy, which records the knowledge gained in logistics project delivery.