Hospital Supply Chain and Materials Management Course

Optimise hospital supply chains through demand planning, strategic sourcing, inventory control, traceability, clinical coordination and resilience.

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Training Locations

This Hospital Supply Chain and Materials Management Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Outlines

Introduction

Hospital supply chains must deliver the right products at the right time while controlling cost, quality, expiry and continuity risk. This course provides an integrated approach that connects procurement and logistics decisions with clinical operations and patient safety.

Objectives

Map hospital supply flows, stakeholders and critical dependencies.
Forecast demand using clinical activity and consumption data.
Develop sourcing and category strategies for healthcare supplies.
Evaluate suppliers using quality, service and commercial criteria.
Set inventory policies based on criticality and variability.
Control receiving, storage, expiry, traceability and recalls.
Improve ward and point-of-use distribution processes.
Use performance data to strengthen cost, service and resilience.

Course Outlines

Day 1: Healthcare Supply Chain Strategy

Hospital supply networks and stakeholders
Clinical demand and service-level requirements
Product categories and criticality
Demand patterns and consumption data
Supply-chain risks and governance
Strategy, targets and responsibility mapping

Day 2: Sourcing and Supplier Management

Category and market analysis
Specifications and clinical-user requirements
Tender and supplier-evaluation criteria
Total cost and value analysis
Contract terms and service levels
Supplier quality and performance reviews

Day 3: Inventory and Materials Planning

ABC and criticality-based classification
Reorder points and safety stock
Lead time and demand variability
Economic quantities and stock policies
Expiry, obsolescence and slow-moving stock
Cycle counting and inventory accuracy

Day 4: Storage, Distribution and Traceability

Receiving and inspection controls
Storage conditions and location management
Batch, lot and serial traceability
Ward replenishment and point-of-use supply
Returns, recalls and quarantine processes
Handling, security and loss prevention

Day 5: Analytics and Supply Resilience

Availability, fill-rate and stockout indicators
Inventory turns, expiry and cost measures
Dashboards and exception alerts
Supplier and route contingency planning
Disruption scenarios and emergency stock
Hospital supply-chain improvement roadmap

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Hospital Supply Chain and Materials Management Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.