SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

Entry Requirement: Grade 12 or NQF Level 4

Duration: 1 year

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.

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

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
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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
  •  Dicussing 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 whos 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)

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