Supply Chain Management: online course with internship agreement
The Supply Chain Management course teaches how goods move through a European SME's supply chain. It covers demand forecasting, supplier management, warehouse counts and WMS, Incoterms 2020, ENS filings under ICS2, CBAM and EUDR, EU driving-time and cabotage rules, and fill rate and OTIF. It is aimed at newcomers to logistics. Study 100 % online for 180 days, with the internship agreement included, for €200.
- 180 days of access
- 100 % online, at your own pace
- Level: beginner · No prior experience required
- Assessment: 10 quizzes (50 questions) and a final project
- Internship agreement included
- Certificate with a verifiable QR code
- Languages: Spanish, English, French
- Price: €200
Who it is for
- Graduates in business or languages who want to move into supply chain coordination
- People starting in logistics with no warehouse or transport experience
- Staff in purchasing, sales or customer service at distributors who want to understand the whole chain
- Coordinators who plan or check road transport and imports for a European SME
What do you need to start?
Prior knowledge
- No prior supply chain or warehouse knowledge is needed
- Comfort reading and writing business emails in English
- Basic arithmetic for percentages and averages
Software and equipment
- A computer with an internet connection
- A spreadsheet program for formulas, flag columns and pivot tables in the inventory and KPI exercises
What you'll be able to do
- Build a cycle-count schedule from active SKU count and ABC split, and compute inventory record accuracy
- Match put-away rules, picking strategies and automation levels to a described warehouse
- Choose a transport mode, an Incoterms 2020 rule and the freight documents for a shipment
- Determine who lodges the ENS, in which EU member state, and before when
- Check a driver's daily and weekly driving-time log against EU legal limits
- Apply the cabotage rule and the 2026 tachograph obligation for light vans to a route
- Calculate fill rate, OTIF and inventory turns from order and stock data in a spreadsheet
- Identify which KPI exposes a service failure that another KPI hides
Skills you will practise
- Demand forecasting
- Inventory management
- Supplier management
- ABC cycle counting
- WMS
- Incoterms 2020
- ENS and ICS2
- CBAM and EUDR
- EU driving-time rules
- Fill rate and OTIF
Syllabus
- Supply chain fundamentals for European SMEs — How one shipment looks from supplier, purchasing and customer, and what a supply chain coordinator does day to day.
- Demand forecasting and inventory management — Reading sales, stock and open orders to decide when and how much to reorder before a seasonal stock-out.
- Purchasing and supplier management — Documenting why each supplier was chosen, tracking late deliveries and reviewing a supplier base built on habit.
- Warehouse operations and WMS — Receiving, directed put-away, batch, zone and wave picking, ABC cycle counting, and what a WMS coordinates versus what automation moves.
- Transport modes, Incoterms 2020 and freight documentation — Choosing how goods travel, which Incoterms rule sets risk and costs, and which documents travel with the load.
- EU customs and security filings — The Entry Summary Declaration under ICS2: its purpose, which carrier lodges it, and where it is filed.
- Green compliance in the supply chain — How CBAM and EUDR reach purchasing and customer questionnaires, and whose job it is to answer them.
- EU road transport rules — The Mobility Package: driving and rest times, cabotage, own-account versus for-hire, and the light-van tachograph extension.
- Data and KPIs for supply chain — Calculating fill rate, OTIF and inventory turns correctly in a spreadsheet, and avoiding misleading averages and snapshots.
- Risk, resilience and entry-level careers in Europe — Responding when a sole supplier fails, and what junior supply chain roles in Europe involve.
Internship agreement
An intern with this course could support a purchasing, logistics or warehouse team: tracking supplier deliveries, preparing cycle-count schedules, checking freight documents and Incoterms on orders, or building fill rate and OTIF reports in a spreadsheet. In companies importing from outside the EU or moving goods by road, tasks could also include following ENS filings with forwarders or checking haulier quotes against driving-time rules.
The internship can run at the same time as the course, within the 180 days of access.
Frequently asked questions
What job does the Supply Chain Management course prepare me for?
The Supply Chain Management course is built around the work of a junior supply chain coordinator at a European SME: following orders from supplier to customer, reordering stock, reviewing suppliers, organising warehouse counts, choosing transport terms, tracking import filings and reporting KPIs. Module 10 looks at entry-level careers in Europe. The role is coordination and planning, mostly at a desk and on the warehouse floor; it is not about operating vehicles or warehouse equipment.
Do I need a forklift licence or warehouse experience to work in supply chain coordination?
No. A common assumption is that a supply chain coordinator drives forklifts or trucks. The course shows a coordinator's work as matching orders, deliveries and invoices, talking to suppliers, purchasing and customers, and planning stock and transport. You learn how the warehouse works, such as put-away, picking and cycle counts, so you can organise it, not so you operate the equipment yourself.
Which EU rules, standards and methods does the course cover?
The course covers Incoterms 2020, the Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) under ICS2, including the phase for road and rail carriers, CBAM and EUDR, and the Mobility Package: driving and rest times, cabotage, and the tachograph obligation for 2.5–3.5 t vans in international for-hire transport from 1 July 2026. Methods include ABC cycle counting, directed put-away, batch, zone and wave picking, and the fill rate, OTIF and inventory turns KPIs.
What could I do during the internship, and who finds the company?
You find the host company yourself. The school then issues the internship agreement and its annex, and the company signs electronically, usually within 1–2 working days. Suitable placements are purchasing, logistics, warehouse or customer service departments. Tasks could include tracking supplier deliveries, preparing cycle counts, checking Incoterms and freight documents, or building KPI reports. You then write a final project.
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Content updated: 07/10/2026