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1: INTRODUCTION TO PROCUREMENT

• BASICS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
• Supply Chain Management Definition
• Supply Chain Flow
• Supply Chain Network

• SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
• Procurement
• Logistics
• Warehouse
• Inventory
• Distribution

• PROCUREMENT AND ITS KEY PRINCIPALS
• Procurement
• Types of procurement
• Key principals of procurement
• Procurement Vs. Purchasing
• Responsible Procurement
• Environmental Procurement

• FUNCTIONS OF PROCUREMENT
• An ideal procurement process
• Sustainable pricing in procurement
  • For Buyers
  • For sellers

• SERVICE PROCUREMENT
• Distinctive features of service
• How to measure service quality
• Monitoring the service levels

2: NEGOTIATION IN PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY

• NEGOTIATION IN PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY:
• Negotiation definition
• Negotiation in Supply Chain Management
• Nature of Negotiation
• Types of negotiation
• Stages of negotiation

• STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATION
• Stakeholders in a commercial negotiation
• Role of stakeholders in the negotiation
• Stakeholders mapping for a commercial negotiation

• STAKEHOLDERS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
• Stakeholders in a commercial negotiation
• Considerable factors for a successful negotiation
• Stakeholder management strategy

• CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN A NEGOTIATION
• Sources of conflict in procurement & supply
• Sources of conflict in relationships & interactions with suppliers
• Cases where negotiation is to be avoided
• Conflict management style

3: CONTRACTING IN PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY

• UNDERSTANDING CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:
• Agreement Vs. Contract
• Essential elements of an agreement
• Terms of a contract
• Procurement & Supply chain terms
• Contents of a model form of contract

• CONTRACT STRUCTURE

     - General contract structure

     - Form of contracts

     - Contract terms for outsourcing

     - Lease or Buy decision

• STANDARD CONTRACT

     - Standard and model form of contract

     - Advantages & disadvantages of standard contract

     - Service contract

     - Service Level Agreement

• OUTSOURCING CONTRACT & ITS PROS. & CONS.
• Outsourcing agreement
• Difference between Outsourcing and agreement
• Key takeaways
• Advantages & disadvantages of outsourcing

• GLOBALIZATION
• Driving factors of globalization
• Impacts of globalization

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4: MANAGING RISKS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• UNDERSTANDING SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS
• Risks and exposure
• Risks events
• Risks Appetite
• The consequences of risks
• The result of uncontrolled risks
• Benefits of effective risk management

• RISK IDENTIFICATION
• Techniques of Risk identification
• Strategic Risks
• Operational Risks
• STEEPLE Framework

• RISK ASSESSMENT

      -  Qualitative Tools

      - Quantitative Tools

      - Risk Probability & Impact Matrix

      - Role of SC in mitigating risks

• RISK MANAGEMENT
• Risk Mgmt. process
• Risk assessment principal
• Risk Mgmt. Cycle
• Risk Mgmt. Strategies
• Promoting Risk awareness

• FRAUD & CORRUPTION RISK
• Categories of Fraud
• Fraud prevention measures
• Conflict of Interest
• Regulating Ethical Behavior in SCM
• Good governance in SCM

5: SUSTAINABILITY IN PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY

• INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY
• Sustainability development & Criteria
• Sustainable production
• Sustainable consumption
• Sustainable Procurement
• Environmental & Responsible Procurement
• Benefits of Sustainable Procurement

• SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
• Globalization
• Drivers for globalized SC
• Competitive Advt. through globalized SCM
• Low-cost country sourcing
• Cultural & Social Sustainability issue

• SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES & STANDARDS
• Codes & Standards
• Improve sustainability through Codes & Standards
• ILO Sustainability Standards
• Ethical Trading Initiatives
• Fair Trade Standards

• RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING
• Power in SC
• Key success factors
• Steps to establish responsible proc.
• Irresponsible use of power in SC
• Responsible purchasing cycle

• SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLIANCE
• Supplier Performance Evaluation & vendor rating
• Supply Chain Audits
• Benefits of Audit
• Drawbacks of Auditing
• Using 3^rd party audit service
• Competencies for auditors

6: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND LIW OPERATION MANAGEMENT

• PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE AND MEASURES
• Balanced scorecard approach
• The perspective of the Balanced Scorecard
• Approaches to setting targets
• Benchmarking
• Benefits of Benchmarking
• Benefits of Benchmarking

• PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROCESS
• Questions before starting measuring performance
• Problems with performance measurement
• Seven deadly signs of performance measurement
• Performance measurement and targets

• WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• Warehouse and warehouse management definition
• Warehouse management policies
• Warehouse management procedures
• Warehouse management features and functions
• Inventory management and distributions

• LOGISTIC OPERATION MANAGEMENT
• Understanding Logistic operations
• Commercial process
• LC and its purpose
• Types of LC
• Parties of an LC
• Required documents to open an LC

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