7 Step Strategic Sourcing

The development and implementation of carefully crafted strategies for the acquisition of all goods, equipment, materials, and services has become a critical issue in all organizations wishing to reduce operating cost while improving quality and productivity. This program explores 7 key areas considered critical to the future success of Procurement Organizations and moves today’s supply management activities from its typical tactical focus to the strategic focus needed to successfully implement the processes and methods needed to reach world-class performance now and maintain it in the future.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
At this powerful 7 Step Strategic Sourcing seminar, you will learn how to:
-7 Areas Critical To Future Procurement Success
-4 Stages To World Class Supply Management
-Many Increased Skill Sets In Supply Management
-Category Models And Their Strategies
-3 Categories For Organizing The Spend Profile
-10 Questions For Internal And External Surveys To Enhance Purchasing Performance
-Steps In Improving Internal And External Collaboration
-How To Develop A “Purchasing Coding System”
-How To Get More Time To Work On Strategic Issues
-The Important Sections To Include In A Strategic Sourcing Plan

Materials, Contracts, or Purchasing Managers, Buyers, Contract Administrators, any other Managers or Professionals involved in
Implementing cost reduction initiatives or looking for savings relating to the purchase of goods, equipment, supplies, and services.

The Purchasing & Procurement Center provides hard hitting and top of the range information for purchasing & procurement professionals. The focus of the Center is to help purchasing & procurement professionals to excel in their job functions. Among the services provided by the Center are:

 Purchasing & Procurement Reports
These reports are based on actual practical experience by featuring real life scenarios and case studies. They provide the “how to” of doing things in the Purchasing & Procurement Department.

 Purchasing & Procurement Webinars
Webinars are focused on very specific topics within the procurement function that helpto answer day to day challenges that a procurement professional faces in his job. They are usually short (less than 1 hour) and are best utilised to answer burning questions that a procurement professional needs the answer to.

 Purchasing & Procurement Seminars
These live seminars are of the highest calibre for the procurement professionals. The material and needs are gathered by well-trained researchers. The courses are designed to give our clients the latest practical tools that they need to solve different issues. These seminars provide our clients an opportunity to gain invaluable experience through benchmarking and networking with their peers thru real life case studies and exercises.

 Purchasing & Procurement In-House Trainings/Programs
The in-house trainings are based on requests from clients that prefer specific procurement skills, competencies and situations to be imparted to their employees and senior management.

 Purchasing & Procurement Consultancy Services
Consultancy services are based on requests from clients that prefer skills and consultancy expertise in particular to a company’s procurement functions.

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