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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

Supply Chain Management Principles and Practice, provides a framework for subsequent, more detailed study in various aspects of supply management. This course reviews the evolution of supply chain management concepts and discusses trends in procurement and strategic competitiveness. It then focuses on the major issues involved in managing a competitive supply chain including: forecasting, inventory management, distribution, dealing with uncertainty, reverse logistics, and customer service. Delegates will be better equipped to conceptualize the management of supply chains, identify primary and secondary value chain processes; distinguish between the umbrella term, ‘supply chain management,’ and its component functions; and understand the basic tools of forecasting and the need for accurate data and forecasts on which to base supply chain management decisions.

THE WORKSHOP OUTCOME

INTRODUCTION TO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

  • Understanding procurement
  • Discussing the impact of procurement to the supply chain
  • Getting a strategic fit for purchasing
  • Differentiating between reactive and pro-active procurement

LEARNING PROCUREMENT STRATEGY AND STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT

  • Introducing Strategic planning for the purchasing manager
  • Acquiring the Pareto Principle
  • Analyzing the risk, value matrix
  • Knowing Tactical acquisition, tactical profit strategic security and strategic critical
  • Sourcing strategies

EXAMINING THE NEW SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

  • Comparing the traditional procurement policy and supply chain management
  • Handling demand management
  • Mastering acquisition and disposal management
  • Logistics management
  • Taking different Acquisition routed

GOVERNMENT STRATEGY FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND THE REGULATORY

FRAMEWORK

  • Relating the Public Finance Management Act and the PPPFA
  • Preferential supply chain policy and the short to medium  terms targets for preferential procurement policy
  • Supply Chain Management Framework and regulatory requirements
  • Supply Chain Management in the financial management

UNDERSTANING THE BID COMMITTEES, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES

  • Bidding commitee members and their roles, Bidding policies and procedures

 INTERNAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTORS

  • Setting up supply chain management unit
  • Implementing a strategy
  • Preparation, implementation, support and monitoring phases

ENCOURAGING SUPPLIER PARTNERING AND LONG TERM SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS

  • Handling the supplier qualification process
  • Road to improved supplier performance
  • Managing suppliers, supplier partnering and strategic alliances
  • Implementing incentives and penalties
  • Accounting officers

 DRAFTING AND MANAGING SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS

  • Mastering contracts, commercial terms of sale
  • Relationships management
  • Discussing supplier management teams, roles and approaches

 COMBATING CORRUPTION WITHIN TENDERING, PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

  • Common trends and fraud indicators
  • Implementing anti fraud programme
  • Tips on prevention and Investigative techniques

 MANAGING RISK THROUGH GOOD GOVERNANCE

  • Identifying, assessing, allocating, risk
  • Cost of risk
  • Insurance and guarantee
  • Creating uniformity in documentation
  • Maintaining honesty, integrity, fairness, objectivity and efficiency
  • Availability of information for procurement
  • Supporting competition by avoiding discrimination

 NEGOTIATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

  • Examining the importance of negotiating
  • Discussing why everything is negotiable
  • Total cost of ownership

 PROCUREMENT CONTROLLING – HOW TO MEASURE THE PROCUREMENT FUNCTION

  • Benchmarking
  • Re-engineering and procurement
  • Employee selection, qualification, training and retention
  • World class supply management

UP-DATING PARTICIPANGS ON LEGISLATIVE UP-DATES

  • Sampling policy documents
  • Discussing your organisational policies
  • Unique division, unique function

THE ROLE OF BID COMMITTEE IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND PROPER DOCUMENTATION

  • Understanding the role of proper document storage in the supply chain
  • Discussing elements of document storage and disposal withing supply chain

MANAGING THE OPERATIONS OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT UNIT

  • Role play and discussions on who responsibility
  • How your organisation functions
  • The role of a supply chain personnel in operations management

 OBTAIN AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO THE BID COMMITTEE PROCESS

UNDERSTAND THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BID COMMITTEES

 Examine the constitution, functions and responsibilities of each committee: 

The Bid Specification Committee

  • The Bid Evaluation Committee
  • The Bid Adjudication Committee
  • The Disposal Committee (Recommended)

With our In-house Training, you SAVE on transport and accommodation and you enjoy the liberty of your venue and having the training at your time.
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