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Course Overview

The role of Procurement is changing significantly. Purchasing
departments are moving at last from REACTIVE to PROACTIVE, responding to leadership demands that they add value to the organization, rather their typical role as cost centers.
  • Why do we experience the same issue repeatedly?
  • Why can't the supplier improve delivery/lead time -all the time rather with just a financial incentive?
  • How come Finance violates terms & conditions ofpayment with suppliers?
  • Why are we experiencing quality issues from our suppliers?
These and many more issues plague our best efforts - why? Apparently you haven't found the answers/solutions to apply.
This program will provide the insight, understanding, skills and desire to change, improve and achieve measurable results.

Learning Outcomes
  • Learning from others - avoiding pitfalls
  • What the opportunities missed in service based enterprises
  • What studies have noted as leaders characteristics for supply management
  • Performance criteria needed
  • How to manage customer and supplier relationships
  • What is "Proactive Procurement"
  • How to perform "gap analysis"
  • What is strategic sourcing - and how it interacts infacets of SPM
  • What are the approaches used to achieve SPM
  • Able to identify the interfaces impacting SPM
  • What are the various techniques within the Quality area and how they influence SPM performance
  • What role does logistics play in the SPM and how can we change them
  • What are the negotiating principles and practices
  • What is "soft negotiations" and where to employ such
  • Employing Categorization Model as a tool to specifically drive Strategic Sourcing
Updated on 20 January, 2023

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