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  • Procurement
    • Definitions and concepts
    • Planning procurement
    • Planning resources
    • BRC procurement processes
    • Sourcing for procurement
    • Managing procurement
    • Procurement of special items and services
  • Warehousing
    • Definitions and concepts
    • Building a stock strategy
    • Sourcing a warehouse
    • Setting up a warehouse
    • Managing a warehouse
    • The ERU stock management
    • The RLU stock management
    • Releasing stock
    • Stock takes and reconciliation
    • Disposing of and writing off stock
    • Health and safety in the warehouse
  • Transport
    • Types of movements
    • Modes of shipment
    • Procuring and sourcing
    • Sourcing inspection services
    • Planning, tracking and reporting
    • Shipping instructions
    • Special considerations
    • Security and incident reports
    • Transport documentation
    • Transport data analysis
    • Shipping ERU kits and RLU stocks
  • Assets
    • Definition of an asset
    • Categories of assets
    • Items not managed as assets
    • Procuring assets
    • Registering and reporting assets
    • Asset donations
    • Asset disposal
    • Asset management and partnerships
  • Fleet
    • Definition of fleet
    • Defining fleet needs
    • Fleet management resourcing
    • Vehicle usage
    • Managing fleet
    • Fleet disposal
    • Fleet audit trail
    • Domestic fleet management
  • RLU stocks & ERUs
    • BRC’s stock pre-positioning
    • Stock management principles
    • What are the ERUs?
    • ERU human resources
    • Deploying an ERU
    • Replenishing the ERU kits

Welcome to the Logistics Manual

A complete guide to British Red Cross logistics processes.

Procurement

  • What's covered in this chapter?
  • Definitions and concepts
  • Planning procurement
  • Planning resources for procurement
  • Procurement processes in the British Red Cross
  • Sourcing for procurement
  • Managing procurement
  • Procurement of special items and services

Warehousing

  • What's covered in this chapter?
  • Definitions and concepts
  • Building a stock strategy
  • Sourcing a warehouse
  • Setting up a warehouse
  • Managing a warehouse
  • The ERU stock management
  • The RLU stock management
  • Releasing stock
  • Stock takes and reconciliation
  • Disposing of and writing off stock
  • Health and safety in the warehouse

Transport

  • What's covered in this chapter?
  • Types of movements: local and international
  • Modes of shipment
  • Procuring and sourcing for transport
  • Sourcing inspection services
  • Planning, tracking and reporting on transport
  • Shipping instructions
  • Special considerations
  • Safety, security and incident reports
  • Transport documentation
  • Transport data analysis
  • Shipping ERU kits and RLU stocks

Assets

  • What's covered in this chapter?
  • Definition of an asset
  • Categories of assets
  • Items that are not to be managed as assets
  • Procuring assets
  • Registering, tracking and reporting assets, and filing
  • Asset donations
  • Asset disposal
  • Note on asset management and partnerships

Fleet

  • What's covered in this chapter?
  • Definition of fleet
  • Defining fleet needs
  • Resourcing for fleet management (budget, procurement, HR)
  • Vehicle usage
  • Managing fleet
  • Project closure: fleet disposal options
  • Fleet audit trail
  • British Red Cross domestic fleet management systems and procedures

RLU stocks & ERUs

  • What's covered in the RLU stocks chapter?
  • British Red Cross global stock pre-positioning
  • Stock management principles
  • What's covered in the ERUs chapter?
  • What are the ERUs?
  • ERU human resources, ERU equipment and financial responsibilities
  • Deploying an ERU
  • Replenishing the ERU kits

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