Inventory tied up in agile supply chains is capital the organisation cannot use elsewhere. Warehouse performance on this area of procurement and supply operations is decided by layout and discipline long before technology. Comparative studies of the practice within procurement and supply operations across sectors find the same handful of failure points recurring. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of agile supply chains and supervised application. Participants leave with a method for the procurement and supply operations discipline, not a set of opinions about it. The programme suits teams tackling this strand of procurement and supply operations together as readily as individuals attending alone. What blocks progress on agile supply chains is usually unclear ownership rather than unclear intent. They acquire practical criteria for judging when this aspect of procurement and supply operations is working and when it is only appearing to. The closing exercise tests whether the participant's plan for the procurement and supply operations discipline survives a hostile question.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Establish escalation routes for agile supply chains that work outside normal hours.
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Set the minimum documentation for agile supply chains that is genuinely necessary, and stop there.
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Set acceptance criteria for agile supply chains before work begins rather than after.
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Build a supplier performance regime covering agile supply chains with real consequences.
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Evaluate suppliers for agile supply chains on total cost of ownership, not unit price.
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Plan the disposal or return route for obsolete and damaged stock in agile supply chains.
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Integrate agile supply chains with demand forecasting and production planning.
Who Should Attend
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Managers with direct responsibility for agile supply chains within the supply function.
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Procurement and category managers responsible for agile supply chains.
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Officers preparing reports on agile supply chains for boards or oversight committees.
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Engineering and maintenance staff specifying requirements for agile supply chains.
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Internal auditors examining controls over agile supply chains.
