Diagnose whether a problem in supply chain quality assurance is one of design, resourcing or discipline.
Building Comprehensive Quality Assurance Strategies Across the Supply Chain
Practical training in supply chain quality assurance, grounded in real cases and applied to your own operation.
📍 Tunis🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
Most procurement disputes about supply chain quality assurance originate in a specification written too quickly. Single sourcing on quality assurance looks efficient until the day it is not. Ambition around this area of procurement and supply operations outruns capacity unless the sequencing is deliberate. The content is relevant to those who own supply chain quality assurance and to those who are held accountable for its results. Organisations that document this strand of procurement and supply operations properly resolve disputes about it far more quickly. This programme builds quality assurance from first principles, without padding and without omitting what matters. Participants gain a clear basis for measuring what supply chain quality assurance has actually achieved. Participants test their assumptions about quality assurance against scenarios designed to break weak ones. Work concludes with a self-assessment of this aspect of procurement and supply operations that participants can repeat annually.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Prepare the audit trail for every award decision under quality assurance.
Design receiving, storage and picking flows supporting supply chain quality assurance.
Design contract terms for quality assurance that make performance measurable and enforceable.
Apply a repeatable review cycle to supply chain quality assurance and act on what it produces.
Evaluate suppliers for quality assurance on total cost of ownership, not unit price.
Review contracts and agreements for the obligations they create around supply chain quality assurance.
Who Should Attend
Finance staff reviewing spend and working capital in supply chain quality assurance.
Specialists advising senior management on quality assurance.
Procurement and category managers responsible for supply chain quality assurance.
Engineering and maintenance staff specifying requirements for quality assurance.
Supply chain planners forecasting demand for supply chain quality assurance.
Quality staff verifying that quality assurance performs as designed.
Course Modules
Supply chain quality assurance: warehouse layout, flow and handling
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Laying out the warehouse around how supply chain quality assurance actually moves
- Identify single-source dependencies in supply chain quality assurance and cost the alternatives.
- Review whether inventory policy on quality assurance still matches actual demand.
- Reduce the variation in how supply chain quality assurance is carried out between teams.
- Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on quality assurance.
Session 2Getting other functions to support quality assurance
- Set out how exceptions to supply chain quality assurance are requested and approved.
- Distinguish symptoms from causes when quality assurance underperforms.
- Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock inside supply chain quality assurance and decide its fate.
- Confirm that those complying with quality assurance understand why it exists.
Quality assurance: sourcing strategy and market approach
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Writing a specification for quality assurance suppliers can price accurately
- Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in supply chain quality assurance.
- Estimate the resource quality assurance requires to run as designed.
- Define measurable service levels in the contract covering supply chain quality assurance.
- Apply ethical and environmental criteria to supplier selection in quality assurance.
Session 2Documentation and customs treatment for quality assurance
- Set the stock count cycle for supply chain quality assurance and act on discrepancies.
- Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to quality assurance.
- Check that records of supply chain quality assurance answer the questions likely to be asked.
- Set escalation thresholds for quality assurance that work out of hours.
Quality assurance: controls, segregation and fraud prevention
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What to measure in quality assurance and what to ignore
- Agree what will be standardised in supply chain quality assurance and what will not.
- Agree the escalation route when supply of quality assurance is disrupted.
- Set the review interval for supply chain quality assurance and who attends.
- Define acceptance criteria for quality assurance in advance.
Session 2Proving the savings claimed on supply chain quality assurance were real
- Verify segregation between requisition, approval and receipt in supply chain quality assurance.
- Verify six months later that changes to quality assurance have held.
- Agree the indicators that will show whether supply chain quality assurance is improving.
- Segment spend on quality assurance by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
Quality assurance: inventory policy and working capital
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Choosing the right sourcing approach for quality assurance
- Assess supplier financial health for critical elements of supply chain quality assurance.
- Negotiate payment terms on quality assurance without pushing suppliers into distress.
- Test the procedure for supply chain quality assurance against a realistic scenario.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around quality assurance are understood.
Session 2Comparing quality assurance with recognised practice
- Benchmark the organisation's supply chain quality assurance against comparable operations.
- Write the specification for quality assurance so two suppliers would price it the same way.
- Map the physical flow of supply chain quality assurance through receiving, storage and dispatch.
- Arrange the handover of quality assurance so capability survives staff changes.
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Silver Package
At least 3 people
USD1,250
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
USD1,850
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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