SCM PROCESSES, REPORT WRITING AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE MINUTE TAKING

Overview of Supply Chain Management (SCM)

• Background to Supply Chain Management
• The concept ‘Supply Chain management’
• The process of Supply Chain Management
• Objectives of Supply Chain Management
• Principles underlying Supply Chain Management

Components of Supply Chain Management

• Demand Management
• Acquisition Management
• Logistics Management
• Disposal Management
• Supply Chain Performance
• Supply Chain Risk Management

Understanding the Nature and Role of Meetings

• Types of meetings and the role of the secretary in the meeting
• Organising an Effective and Productive Meeting
• Preparing a Working Agenda

The Procedure during a Meeting

• Check attendance, read previous minutes, motions, discussions and agenda points
• Call in guests or specialists, brain storming and idea generation, voting and decision making,summarising and setting future dates

• Identifying the Type of Minutes, you are expected to take
• Verbatim Minutes word-for-word
• Resolution Minutes formal type meetings
• Narrative Minutes telling the story of the meeting
• Action Minutes for working groups etc.

Aspects of report writing

• Definition of a report
• Purpose of a report
• Readers of a report
• Types of reports
• Aspects of style & tone
• Elements of readability
• Format of a report
• Guidelines to report writing

Bid Specification

• Bid Specification Committee
• Bid Specification Process
• Bid Specification Documentation

Bid Evaluation

• Bid Evaluation Committee
• Bid Evaluation Process
• Bid Evaluation Report

Bid Adjudication

• Bid Adjudication Committee
• Bid Adjudication Process
• Bid Adjudication Documentation