Afriex Development Institute

PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

In today’s procurement, where the volume of suppliers is large, decision-makers cannot rely on intuition to make strategic decisions.  Also, as the global marketplace has evolved, the procurement function has moved from being a purely operational purchase order fulfillment department to a more strategic role. The current nature of global business and its increasingly complex supply chain networks demand advanced tools to meet the complexity and accelerating change in procurement.

This training course explores key concepts forming the basis of strategic procurement and supply chain management, and moves modern organizations from typical tactical focus to the strategic  focus needed to successfully implement the  processes and methods needed to reach world-class performance.

DURATION

5 days

TARGET AUDIENCE

The Procurement Contracts & Supply Chain Management training course is beneficial to a large group of audience,  

v Personnel involved in Procurement and Supply Chain Management

v Contracts, Purchasing, and Project personnel

v Engineering, Operational and Maintenance Personnel

v And all others who are involved in the planning, evaluation, preparation, and management of purchases that cover the acquisition of materials, equipment, and services

v End-users involved in setting specifications

COURSE OBJECTIVES

By attending this training course, participants will be able to implement procurement & supply chain measures that will immediately bring improvements. They will:

v Understand the concept of a Supply Chain

v Be able to identify opportunities for cost savings

v Take the necessary steps to implement lasting solutions

v Craft a successful procurement/contract strategy

v Deliver the required results

v Be able to measure performance globally

METHODOLOGY

The Procurement Contracts & Supply Chain Management training course will be interactive and practical. There will be group discussions as well as individual exercises and everyone will get an opportunity to discuss their issues. Each day will end with time to produce an action plan for delegates’ continuing development.

Pre & Post course assessments will be used to measure the effectiveness of this training.

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction

v  Overview of the Supply Chain concept

v  Focus areas of Supply Chain Management

v  Types of Supply Chains

v  The role of Procurement in the Supply Chain

v  Evolution of buying into Supply Management

v  Evolutionary stages To World Class Procurement

v  Objectively measuring the performance of the Supply Chain

Strategic Decisions in Procurement

v  Vertical integration, partnerships, and strategic alliances

v  Involving end-users in the procurement process

v  Developing a successful supplier strategy

v  Crafting a contracting strategy

v  Coordination of purchasing requirements

v  Transfer pricing and inter-company trade

v  Purchasing organization

Tactical Decisions in Purchasing

v  Early Supplier Involvement (ESI)

v  Value analysis

v  Supplier selection

v  Supplier quality assurance & auditing

v  Supplier rating

v  Contract management

v  Purchasing information system

v  Purchasing policies and procedures

v  Staffing issues

v  Commodity teams

Operational Decisions in Purchasing

v  The ordering process

v  Expediting

v  Invoice verification

v  Workload management

v  Document handling

v  Effectively Dealing with small value purchases

v  Developing Spend Profiles and the ABC Analysis

Applying Supply Chain Management Principles to Procurement

v  The four V’s of Supply Chain Management

v  Creating a value proposition

v  SCM Planning process

v  Four different SCM scenarios

v  Using ERP to effectively spare part requirements

Change Management in Procurement

v Why the status quo is no longer good enough

v Determining the readiness of an organization for change

v Implementing a change management project

v Determining what to change

v Determining what to change to

v Determining what is required to implement the change

v Putting forward a business case to top management

TRAINING VENUE, LOGISTICS AND PAYMENT

v Training is residential and will be held at Afriex Training Centre.

v The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

v Accommodation and airport transfer are arranged upon request by the participant.

v This training can also be tailor made for your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our training Centre or at a convenient location.

v For further inquiries, please contact us on training@afriextraining.org

v Payment should be made to Afriex Training Limited bank account before the start of the training and receipts sent to training@afriextraining.org

v Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with an Afriex Training Ltd certificate.