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Transforming the supply chain for e-commerce: digital strategies and performance
E-commerce requires a supply chain attentive to customer promises and fluctuations in demand. Connect digital tools, flow organisation and service monitoring to structure your transformation. Develop a framework to guide choices and coordinate implementation.
- Duration
- 2 days 14 hours
- Code
- SUPC023FR Code
Presentation
E-commerce is not just growing: it is accelerating. Delivery speed, traceability and customer experience have become sales drivers as powerful as price. This intensive 2-day course examines the impact of digital technology on the supply chain and establishes the foundations for seamless, reliable and sustainable omnichannel distribution.
The programme maps key technologies: IoT for real-time tracking, AI for demand forecasting, blockchain for traceability and cloud WMS/TMS for execution. Through concrete cases (marketplaces, click & collect and same-day delivery), you will identify priority improvement levers and indicators to monitor.
By the end of the course, you will leave with a presentation-ready roadmap: current-state assessment, digitalisation scenarios, an initial budget, KPIs and an internal communication plan. Your supply chain becomes a competitive advantage: faster, more visible and greener.
Objectives
By the end of this logistics course focused on digital transformation and e-commerce, you will be able to:
- Identify and analyse the strategic impact of the digital revolution on the supply chain and e-commerce;
- design and integrate resilient omnichannel distribution models (Click & Collect, Ship From Store, etc.);
- implement and manage digital solutions to improve flow traceability, agility and performance;
- use customer and operational data to improve decision-making;
- develop a concrete digitalisation roadmap suited to your company's performance objectives.
Program
Module 1: Understanding digital transformation and developing a strategy
- Digital transformation and strategic supply chain challenges.
- Current e-commerce trends and evolving customer expectations (speed, personalisation and returns).
- New logistics models and omnichannel integration (strategy and practical deployment).
Module 2: Mastering and integrating key technologies
- Information system integration: the roles of ERP, WMS and TMS in a digital environment.
- IoT (Internet of Things): connected sensors and improved real-time visibility.
- Using artificial intelligence (AI) for forecasting and blockchain for traceability.
Module 3: Optimising e-commerce operations and physical logistics
- Advanced inventory management (DDA, unified management) and order picking.
- Last-mile optimisation: challenges, digital solutions and urban delivery alternatives.
- Efficient returns management and reverse logistics in e-commerce.
Module 4: Using data for decision analysis
- Collecting, structuring and using operational and customer data (big data).
- Dynamic dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) for the digital supply chain.
- Using analytics to optimise flows and decisions (practical cases).
Module 5: Integrating sustainability and digitalisation
- Reducing the carbon footprint through digital tools (route optimisation).
- Best practices for sustainable, socially responsible e-logistics.
Practical exercises and case studies
- Analyse a real digital transformation case involving a major e-commerce business (methodology and results).
- Design an omnichannel logistics model suited to a fictional company's constraints.
Audience
This course is intended for professionals leading or actively participating in logistics digital transformation, with a focus on e-commerce and omnichannel environments, including:
- Supply chain and logistics managers who need to modernise warehouses and integrate new technologies to improve agility and efficiency.
- E-commerce and distribution managers responsible for customer experience and implementing omnichannel strategy (Click & Collect, Ship From Store, etc.).
- IT and digitalisation managers who need to assess IoT, AI and blockchain integration with existing systems (ERP, WMS).
- Digital transformation consultants and project managers responsible for designing and managing the digitalisation and flow optimisation roadmap.
Prerequisites
This course requires the following prerequisites:
- Professional experience: basic logistics or supply chain knowledge, or experience in information systems, is required to understand the technical challenges effectively.
- Language skills:
- French required: an adequate command of French (reading, writing and comprehension) is essential to follow the course effectively and participate in practical workshops.
- Language flexibility: the course is delivered in French by default. However, adapting materials into English or arranging simultaneous or consecutive interpretation is possible on specific request for in-company training.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Quiz / multiple-choice questions
- Practical exercises
- Case study
Course highlights
- Strategic focus: the course addresses current e-commerce needs and the acceleration of logistics flows.
- Technological expertise: benefit from a strategic focus on innovative digital tools (AI, blockchain, IoT) and their immediate operational impact.
- Real market grounding: illustrate your learning with concrete, inspiring case studies involving major e-commerce businesses such as Amazon, Alibaba and Zalando.
- Strong operational approach: benefit from practical workshops and the design of a digitalisation strategy applicable to your company.
Dates and sessions
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