Freight forwarding and warehouse logistics specialist and SAP user sales (SD) with additional qualification in materials management (MM)

Free of cost

by funding

This course provides detailed knowledge of the freight forwarding industry and introduces you to the basics of freight transport, legal aspects of transport law and the use of SAP SD. You will also learn how artificial intelligence (AI) is used in your professional environment.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Forwarding and warehouse logistics specialist"
  • Additional Certificates: Original SAP user certificate
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
    SAP user certification UC_SD_S42023
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 20 Weeks

Freight forwarding expertise

Freight forwarding (approx. 3 days)

Freight forwarder and warehouse logistics specialist in the freight transport industry

Performance characteristics of the modes of transport

Selection criteria for means of transport

The capacity of individual means of transport

Areas of work and legal status

Rights and obligations as a freight forwarder according to HGB

Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (LkSG)

Forwarding, freight and storage contracts


National and international road haulage (approx. 2 days)

Freight orders in national road haulage

National authorization for commercial road haulage

Vehicle types - dimensions and vehicle weights

Freight orders in international road haulage

CMR law, CMR consignment note

Accompanying documents in international road haulage


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Profitability calculations (approx. 1 day)

Calculating transportation costs in road haulage

Differentiation between fixed and variable costs

Make-or-buy decision for own or external transport


Transportation of dangerous goods (approx. 1 day)

Transportation of dangerous goods by road

Legal basis according to GGVSEB

Dangerous goods classes and packaging groups


Rail freight transport (approx. 1 day)

Legal bases and freight contract

Types of freight wagons


Combined transport (approx. 1 day)

Types of combined transport

National and international transport network


Liability and insurance (approx. 2 days)

German Freight Forwarders' Standard Terms and Conditions

Legal character of the ADSp

Liability as a freight forwarder and carrier

Handling claims

Insuring goods

Premium calculation and level of liability


Transportation types and cost calculations (approx. 1 day)

Groupage and system transport

Transportation cost calculation

CEP services


Sea freight and inland waterway transport (approx. 3 days)

Legal bases and contract of carriage

Ship types

Transport price calculation in sea freight traffic

Dimension and weight rates

Surcharges and discounts of shipping companies

Inland waterway transport

Federal waterway network


Air freight transport (approx. 2 days)

Legal bases in air freight transport

Freight contract and air waybill

Calculation of air freight costs

The TACT tariff

Groupage cargo in air freight traffic


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Logistics expertise

Logistics services (approx. 4 days)

Providing logistics services

Target relationships in the magic square of logistics

Logistics systems

Hub-and-spoke, gateway and cross-docking networks

Individual logistics services/value-added services

Legal provisions and contractual bases of logistics

Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (LkSG)

Standards in logistics

Digitalization and Logistics 4.0

Quality management in logistics companies

Key figures for logistics controlling

Efficient consumer response


Contract logistics (approx. 1 day)

Green Logistics

Portfolio of logistics services


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Procurement logistics (approx. 2 days)

Push and pull principle

Sourcing concepts

ABC and XYZ analysis

Determination of requirements

Optimal order quantity


Warehouse logistics (approx. 2 days)

Warehouse technology

Legal basis for warehouse services

Warehouse cost calculation

Calculation methods

Calculation principles


Intralogistics (approx. 1 day)

The organization of internal transports

IT-supported accompanying information


Distribution logistics (approx. 1 day)

Direct and indirect distribution

Own and third-party transportation


Disposal logistics (approx. 1 day)

Legal framework conditions

Recycling tasks


Marketing in logistics (approx. 1 day)

Marketing concepts

marketing instruments


Accounting (approx. 2 days)

Accounting basics

Inventory, stocktaking and balance sheet

Chart of accounts and chart of accounts

Turnover tax

Forwarding expenses and forwarding income


Dealing with hazards (approx. 1 day)

Tasks of the employers' liability insurance associations

Accident prevention regulations

Storage of hazardous goods


Information and communication technology (approx. 1 day)

IT systems in logistics

document management


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Foreign trade and customs clearance

Foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

Trade in Europe and world trade


Importance of sea freight transportation in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

Advantages and disadvantages of sea freight transportation

Ship types and freight areas


Importance of air freight transport in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

Known consignor and regulated agent

Advantages of groupage shipments in air freight


Incoterms® 2020 (approx. 1 day)

One-point and two-point clauses

Criteria for a suitable Incoterms® 2020 clause


Risk hedging (approx. 1 day)

Payment and delivery risks in foreign trade

Documentary collection

Documentary letter of credit


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Customs procedure (approx. 5 days)

Import procedure

Customs certificate and release

Import duties

Customs duties and customs value

Electronic customs tariff (EZT)

Export procedure

The Automated Tariff and Local Customs Clearance System ATLAS

Export licenses

EU customs law

The Union Customs Code

Preferences and certificates of origin

Security provisions in the international movement of goods

EU customs security initiative

Customs warehouse


Processing ATLAS customs procedures with Dakosy ZODIAK GE (approx. 5 days)

Create and edit customer data

Create and edit article data

Create import customs declaration

Processing input requests

Processing errors

Creating export declarations

Creating transit procedures in the NCTS system

Creating an import and export customs declaration

Creating a transit declaration

Possible prompts and errors


International Trade (approx. 1 day)

The International Chamber of Commerce ICC

EU legal bases

Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)


Forwarder documents for foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

FIATA-FCR and FIATA-FCT

FIATA-Multimodal Transport

Bill of Lading


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Sales and Distribution (SD) user with additional qualification in Materials Management (MM) with SAP S/4HANA

S4H00 SAP S/4HANA Overview (approx. 4 days)

Overview of SAP S/4HANA

Navigation, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Client, SAP Logon

System-wide concepts with organizational units, master data and transactions

Overview of financial accounting and logistics modules, mapping of the respective processes in SAP

Reporting, system structure and migration

SAP service offerings


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


S4500 Business Processes Sourcing and Procurement (approx. 8 days)

Overview and navigation

Processes and corporate structure in procurement

Procurement process

Procurement master data

Stock material compared to consumables

Request via self-service

Extended transactions in procurement

Automated procurement process

Evaluations and analyses


S4600 Business Processes in Sales (approx. 8 days)

Navigation with Fiori

Company structures

Sales processes at a glance

Master data

Automatic data determination and scheduling

Availability check

Collective processing

Further processes in Sales

Complaints processing

Monitoring and sales analyses


S4605 Sales Processes in Sales (approx. 10 days)

Introduction to

Corporate structures in sales

Order processing

Control of sales documents

Data flow

Special business transactions

Incompleteness

Partner functions in sales

Outline agreements

Material substitution, listing and exclusion

Discount in kind

Sales workshop


S4610 Delivery processes (approx. 4 days)

Idea and function of the delivery document

Basic organizational units for the delivery process

Control of the delivery

Goods issue process based on the outbound delivery

Processes and functions based on the outbound delivery


Project work/case study, certification preparation and SAP user certification for sales (approx. 6 days)



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

You will be able to handle work processes for national and international shipping with legal certainty and acquire the specialist knowledge to be able to work in related specialist areas.

You will also be able to handle sales-related processes in SAP and round off your professional profile with SAP user certification.

The course is aimed at people with professional experience or training in commercial or logistics areas.

Specialists in the field of freight forwarding and logistics are in demand at companies of all sizes in the areas of goods and freight transportation, sea, air and land trade, import and export, as well as customs clearance and warehousing. According to estimates by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, increasing foreign trade links in goods and freight transport will lead to a long-term increase in the volume and performance of freight transport by 2050. The relevant knowledge will therefore open up career opportunities in a wide range of areas.

In addition, you will acquire the globally standardized and recognized SAP certificate. It is considered one of the most important manufacturer certifications in the commercial sector. With your newly acquired knowledge and skills, you will improve your career opportunities across all sectors.

Training partner of SAP® Germany

In cooperation with the SAP training partner alfatraining Bildungszentrum GmbH, we will qualify you for a job in industry and business.

You are directly connected to the SAP® Germany servers and learn on the original SAP® training system (IDES) in the latest version. This gives you the necessary practical experience during the course.

All SAP user courses also conclude with the original SAP certification. Our SAP instructors are qualified SAP consultants who will provide you with intensive support and prepare you optimally for the certification exam.

 

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face teaching via video technology.

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.