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The Certified International Supply Chain Professional

Supply Chain Best Practices: Concepts, Application & Risk Management

Classroom Sessions

24-28 Feb 2025
London
$6,250

Course Overview

The Certified International Supply Chain Professional training course delves into crucial concepts and strategies for optimizing the balance between supply chain responsiveness and the associated costs to achieve business objectives. Supply chain professionals face ongoing pressure to enhance operational performance while simultaneously reducing costs. To position their organizations as industry leaders, they must effectively manage their supply chains to lower costs and improve service levels.

However, the pursuit of cost reduction in supply chains involves inherent risks, exacerbated by the complexities of global trade. This course emphasizes that while risks are an inevitable part of all supply chains, they can be mitigated through careful analysis, preparation, and proactive management.

This COPEX training course will feature:

  • Apply a thorough understanding of supply chain activities
  • Managing and optimising your inventory to deliver financial results
  • Identity, analyse and evaluate supply chain risk
  • Use risk management tools and techniques
  • Make supply chain organisational improvements

Training Objectives

By the end of this COPEX training course, participants will be able to:

  • Analyse the effectiveness of your firm’s supply chain practices
  • Create an inventory strategy that speeds cash flow
  • Evaluate and work with suppliers to deliver tangible business results
  • Use analytical tools to identify supply chain risk
  • Make cost and service improvements

Who should Attend?

This exciting and innovative training course is suitable for those in the organisation, and not just in the supply chain, who have a responsibility to make improvements and save costs across the functions.

This COPEX training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Supply chain professionals
  • Sourcing, procurement, and supplier management professionals
  • Production and manufacturing professionals
  • All of those who need an understanding of supply chain concepts that can deliver lasting value for their business
  • All of those who need an understanding of the relationships between risk, cost and service in supply chains

Training Outline

Day One: Understanding the Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Definitions
  • Supply Chain Models and Types
  • Types of process frameworks
  • Defining performance gaps
  • Customers, competitive advantage and demand
  • The Global Supply Chain
Day Two: Unlocking your Cash: Inventory Management and Optimisation
  • Types of inventory
  • Applying procurement strategies that maximise inventory turns
  • Speeding the cash-to-cash cycle time
  • The financial justification for change
  • Supplier relationship management: strategies, approaches and tools
Day Three: A New Paradigm for Outsourcing
  • Is your relationship transactional or outcome-based?
  • Defining desired outcomes that are measurable
  • Developing an effective outsourcing contract
  • Designing a pricing model that incentivizes desired behaviours
  • Evaluating cost/service trade-offs
Day Four: Identifying Supply Chain Instabilities and Risks
  • Internal supply chain risks
  • PESTLE and external risks
  • Risk management principles
  • Evaluation and prioritisation of risks
  • Contingency and risk management planning
Day Five: Rethinking the Supply Chain and Improving your Results
  • Rationale and approach to performance management
  • Identifying, defining, and tracking your metrics
  • Incentives and continuous improvement
  • Re-engineering supply chains end to end to minimise risk
  • Organisation development
Accreditation

COPEX delivers Professional Certificate Programmes and Certified Training Courses  to individuals and organisations around the world. The Certificate Programmes and Certified Training are personally developed by COPEX's Senior Consultants with expertise in a wide range of topics, including Purchasing and Supply Chain Mangement, Project Management, Contracts Management, and more.

This Course is COPEX Professional Development Certification (CPDC®) Certified Training Courses .

Certificates

  • COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
  • Delegates who fully attend this course, and successfully pass the CPDC assessment, will receive a certificate from COPEX Professional Development Certification (CPDC)® 

We can customize this
training course for you!

At Copex Training, we offer customizable courses designed to fit your specific needs. whether it's refining procurement practices or enhancing leadership and management skills, we tailor our programs to meet your unique goals and challenges. Let us create a training solution that delivers real results for your team.
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When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.

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