Advanced Course for Category Leaders
17.-19. October 2011Scandic Simonkenttä, Helsinki
Improve your organization´s Supply Management!
This top training offers comprehensive and practical knowledge for enhancing your organization´s supply management processes. Using state of the art cases (MBA level), best practices and discussions on strategic supply management issues, it´s not just about learning concepts, but also how to implement them!
The training enables you to benchmark your company against others and to determine areas where there might be room for improvement. Also you can further develop your skills as a supply professional.
The training is perfect for strategic purchasers and (current and future) purchasing managers with relevant commercial experience. Strategy and managerial focus are the key words for this exciting program.
Program Overview
Starting point of this course is the participants´ self-assessment on the World Class Excellence processes. Based on the outcome of the participants´ survey, they will go through several MBA cases related to companies with certain state-of-the-art processes. This will provide benchmarking opportunities to identify improvement opportunities in participants´ own working environment. Participants will furthermore receive the knowledge and the skills to support improvement projects.Key topics included in the program:
Supply Management Excellence- Strategy
- World class excellence
- Self Assessment
- Lean manufacturing
- Supply chain management
Strategic Processes
- Outsourcing
- Commodity Strategy Development
- Manage Supplier Relations
- Supplier Development & Quality management
Implementation / change management
- Stakeholder involvement / relationship management
- Force Field Analysis
- Sustainable Change Management process
- Constructive Change Management communication
Program Outcomes
As a result of attending this program, participants will be able to:- Understand the key elements of Supply Management Excellence
- Know how other organizations have organized state-of-the-art Supply Management processes
- Understand how to look at (potentially) supplying factories in terms of Operations Excellence
- Recognize improvement opportunities within their own organization and build a business case for improvement
- Facilitate a change management process to implement and anchor on a sustainable basis improvement opportunities in their own organization
Prework
The e-learning modules give participants an introduction in the World Class Excellence model and lead them through a self assessment. This will be a starting point for the classroom training and will enable them to apply the learnings in their own practice.Besides this participants will receive one or two business cases as pre-reading, to encourage them to think on the subjects at hand and prepare them for an effective training course.
Trainer:
Anil Joshi, PurspectiveThe quality of a training program is to a large degree determined by the quality of the trainer. This is why this advanced program will be led by a highly skilled trainer, experienced in the business context of the category leaders.
His role will not be limited to building participants´ competences and supporting them to relate the learnings to their own practice. By challenging the group and motivating them to think beyond their borders, the trainer will ensure participants will get the most out of these three days.
Additional information:
Marie Gästrin-Aarvala, LOGY Competence Oy, email: marie.gastrin-aarvala(at)logy.fi.
Fee and registration
Registrations by 26 September 2011.Fee:
Participation fee is 2.300 euro.
Members of the Finnish Association of Purchasing and Logistics (LOGY) 2.150 euro.
VAT will be added to the price.
Price of the training includes training materials, lunch and coffee. The participation fee will be invoiced before the training, after the last registration date.
Registration possible by:
- Filling the form here
- Email: koulutus(at)logy.fi
- Telephone: +358 9 6963744
Accommodation:
Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. If you wish to book accommodation from hotel Scandic Simonkenttä, please contact the hotel directly.
Cancellation policy:
Cancellations need to be given in writing. We will charge an office cost of 15% (+Vat.) of the participation fee for cancellations received no later than two (2) weeks prior to the event. If we do not receive a cancellation or if we receive it after the last registration date, the total amount of the event will be charged. However, participation can be handed over to a colleague. All changes have to be given before the start of the training. In case of illness the participation fee will be refunded in exchange for a doctor’s note.
We reserve the right to change or omit event features. In case of changes, the organizers are not responsible for covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by delegates. In case an event is cancelled, the participation fee is refunded, but the above mentioned costs are not.
