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Managing Procurement to Avoid Late Delivery.

CP Training Consortium

Summary

Price
£1,450 inc VAT
Study method
Classroom
Duration
3 days · Full-time
Qualification
No formal qualification

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SW1E 5RS
United Kingdom
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Overview

Cross-functional strategies and tactics that achieve on-time arrival of materials & equipment - the Steps Beyond Expediting....

A 3-day course

Description

Late delivery of equipment and materials creates unnecessary costs. And not just in the short term. Production plans can fail, capital projects can falter and customer deliveries can be delayed. There can also be an impact on the company’s health, safety and environmental performance.

The problem might be more than just choosing a poor supplier. Staff in many functions – Finance, Operations, Marketing – are often unaware that what their decisions can directly affect the chances of your company receiving goods when they’re needed.

The best way to ensure efficient deliveries is to align work practices across the organisation. This course identifies key strategies that you can adopt both within and between departments, all aimed at achieving on-time arrival of the goods that are vital to your operations.

By the End of the Course, participants will be able to:-

  • Understand the effect of decisions early in the procurement process on delivery schedules
  • Identify actions they can take to improve delivery performance
  • Apply a range of tools and techniques to minimise late deliveries

Topics covered will include:-

  • Typical reasons for late deliveries, and examination of their root causes
  • Key procurement and supply concepts, including the procurement process and different procurement strategies
  • Decisions taken in various departments at each stage in the procurement process and how they affect delivery performance
  • Planning for on-time arrival of equipment and materials
  • An overview of the expediting concept
  • The need for Procurement to be involved early in the specifying process

Note: Expediting tools & techniques are addressed in detail in the related course “Effective Expediting”.

Who is this course for?

We have designed this course for middle to senior managers who can implement new working practices in their own departments and influence other company functions, including:

  • Technical staff who specify requirements and help to evaluate suppliers’ bids
  • Procurement staff who place and manage purchase orders
  • Managers who develop plans and projects requiring materials & equipment
  • Logistics staff involved in expediting supplies and arranging deliveries
  • Quality & Finance managers who need to understand the causes and costs of delayed deliveries

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