Project Management for Supply Chain Professionals

• Organise, plan, launch, track, and close a project
• Create a clear project objective and work breakdown structure
• Master project planning, execution and control skills
• Identify the skills necessary to lead or serve on a project team
• Utilise project management-related techniques
• Create an accurate project timeline
• Incorporate uncertainties in project time and cost plans
• Use various project scheduling techniques
• Plan a project balancing the constraints of scope, time, cost and quality
• Complete project cost estimation and financial evaluations
• Build and maintain effective and efficient project procedures and processes
• Identify improvement opportunities to manage supply chains better
• Demonstrate proficiency in developing project plans and making sound decisions
• List the objectives of inventory management and its impact on cost and customer service.
• Perform proper inventory classification and use best practices for item specification/cataloguing.
• Use forecasting techniques to predict demand and better manage lead times.
• Identify the optimum ordering quantity and determine safety stocks and reorder points.
• Conduct cycle counts, improve inventory record accuracy, and find ways to reduce inventories.
• List various techniques to minimise inventory, including JIT (Just-In-Time).
• Apply Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure and improve inventory performance.

This course is designed for professionals who are interested in supply management, including leaders, managers, supervisors, and persons responsible for evaluating and improving their company's supply management programmes and activities. It is tailored for those seeking ways to improve, enhance and maximise the value they add to their organisations through better management of their supply systems.