Strategic Supply Chain Management
This course is developed to address the “research-based” needs of logistics managers, directors and CEOs for supply chain management skills. This comprehensive five-day training workshop will ensure the effective and efficient use of tendering skills.
Suppliers are key stakeholders to determine quality and outcome. Strategic management of supply chain can ensure you to work with supportive suppliers . Implementing supply chain management produces the right output, requiring major commitment of your own management team
· Practice effective logistics and supply chain management
· Conduct analysis and examination of current operations
· Bring about organizational improvements in supply chain
· Compare in-house versus outsource hiring
· Understand the legal framework
· Manage vendors; monitoring and evaluation
· Relate costs to milestones
· Understanding what Supply Chain Management
· Definitions of logistics and Supply Chain management
· The interrelations and connections of Buying, Making, Moving, and Selling activities
· Key Aspects of Supply Chain Management
· The cost/service balance
· Customer service principles
· Adding value
· Production options/changes
· Trade off opportunities
· Understanding the sub functional conflicts
· How we currently manage the supply chain
· Impacts to the Supplier/Customer relationships
· Reducing costs
· Eliminating internal and external barriers in supply chain
· Implementing a Supply Chain Management Approach
· The changes needed with suppliers and customers
· Breaking down traditional silo/closed management
· Critical Supply Strategies
· Needs assessment and task development
· Selecting the Right Contracting Strategy
· Transforming the Supplier Relationship to a Practical Partnership
· How to be a Good Customer
· Communication Techniques
This course targets top managers who are willing to apply Supply chain management principles in their organizations. It is also a must for procurement professional involved in the planning, creation, issue, receipt or evaluation of tenders.