| Benefit Of Attending |
| Upon completion of this seminar, participants will know: |
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| Course outline |
| Strategic Planning for Purchasing Managers |
| Seminar Outline (For 2 day program) Setting the Direction for World Class Purchasing It is critical to establish the importance of the function and the need for it to emerge as a core competency of the organization. |
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| Purchasing Skill Sets |
| Good managers know that Purchasing Departments cannot perform better than their people and that world class performance in procurement activities requires highly trained competent professionals with high ethical standards. |
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| Relations With Other Functions |
| Integrating with other functions and providing the organization with clear high value added activities is essential for supply management to reach its strategic potential. |
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| Strategic Sourcing |
| Purchasing personnel must move from the tactical focus of most purchasing operations to a much more strategic focus that brings continuous improvement to the bottom line of the organization. |
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| Advancing Supplier Relationships |
| An organization can perform no better than its suppliers so applying the best practices in supplier selection, performance measurement, and developing and maintaining good supplier relationships is critical to the success of any organization. |
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| Degree of Automation |
| Worldclass organization are not asking if they need to improve their process but only how fast can they improve them. |
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| Best Practices in Procurement Process |
| There are many best practices that enable procurement groups to demonstrate that they can be and are much more than just order placers |
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| Making Sure We Obtained Best Pricing |
| High performing procurement departments can proudly point to the fact that the best practices being applied are resulting in the lowest Total Cost of Ownership for their organization. |
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