Warehousing and Procurement

Building Continuous Cycle Counting Strategies

Practical training in continuous cycle counting, grounded in real cases and applied to your own operation.

  • 5training days
  • 4modules
  • 8sessions
  • 32topics
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Building Continuous Cycle Counting Strategies
5days

About the programme

Course Overview

Warehouse performance on continuous cycle counting is decided by layout and discipline long before technology. A supply chain is only as reliable as the least visible link inside the practice within procurement and supply operations. Teams frequently over-invest in documenting this aspect of procurement and supply operations and under-invest in testing it. Mature organisations treat continuous cycle counting as a standing capability rather than a project that finishes. Work is grounded in real cases drawn from this part of procurement and supply operations, which each participant adapts to conditions in their own organisation. The course leaves participants able to diagnose weaknesses in this strand of procurement and supply operations before they become incidents. This programme builds continuous cycle counting from first principles, without padding and without omitting what matters. It is designed for mixed groups, so that this area of procurement and supply operations is examined from more than one functional angle. Participants finish with a short, specific brief on this strand of procurement and supply operations ready to put in front of a decision maker.

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Apply a repeatable review cycle to continuous cycle counting and act on what it produces.

  • Assess continuity risk in continuous cycle counting and build a proportionate mitigation.

  • Test the organisation's response to continuous cycle counting under conditions that are less than ideal.

  • Integrate continuous cycle counting with demand forecasting and production planning.

  • Agree the first three actions on continuous cycle counting that will be taken on returning to work.

  • Set inventory policy for continuous cycle counting: reorder points, safety stock and review cycles.

  • Measure procurement performance on continuous cycle counting beyond savings claimed.

Who Should Attend

  • Internal auditors examining controls over continuous cycle counting.

  • Finance staff reviewing spend and working capital in continuous cycle counting.

  • Team leaders and supervisors who put continuous cycle counting into practice day to day.

  • Logistics and distribution staff moving material in continuous cycle counting.

  • Experienced practitioners formalising an approach to continuous cycle counting that has grown up informally.

  • Contract managers administering agreements covering continuous cycle counting.

Course Modules

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01

Continuous cycle counting: warehouse layout, flow and handling

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1The single point of failure inside continuous cycle counting

  • Prepare the response for the most likely failure in continuous cycle counting.
  • Agree the escalation route when supply of continuous cycle counting is disrupted.
  • Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for continuous cycle counting.
  • Define measurable service levels in the contract covering continuous cycle counting.

Session 2The approval control on continuous cycle counting that prevents fraud

  • Segment spend on continuous cycle counting by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
  • Distinguish symptoms from causes when continuous cycle counting underperforms.
  • Check that continuous cycle counting still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
  • Map the physical flow of continuous cycle counting through receiving, storage and dispatch.
02

Continuous cycle counting: sourcing strategy and market approach

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Evaluating suppliers on continuous cycle counting beyond the lowest number

  • Validate claimed savings on continuous cycle counting against actual invoiced spend.
  • Close out actions on continuous cycle counting rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
  • Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock inside continuous cycle counting and decide its fate.
  • Define the trigger that would require continuous cycle counting to be redesigned.

Session 2Who answers for continuous cycle counting, and to whom

  • Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on continuous cycle counting.
  • Write the specification for continuous cycle counting so two suppliers would price it the same way.
  • Negotiate payment terms on continuous cycle counting without pushing suppliers into distress.
  • Build the internal briefing that explains continuous cycle counting to those affected.
03

Continuous cycle counting: supplier performance and relationship management

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1The cost of continuous cycle counting and how to present it

  • Test the procedure for continuous cycle counting against a realistic scenario.
  • Anticipate the objections continuous cycle counting will raise and prepare the answers.
  • Evaluate continuous cycle counting on total cost of ownership across the full life.
  • Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to continuous cycle counting.

Session 2Contract terms on continuous cycle counting that survive execution

  • Set the consequence for failing service levels on continuous cycle counting, and apply it.
  • Identify single points of dependency in continuous cycle counting and reduce them.
  • Review whether continuous cycle counting is aligned with the objectives of the supply function.
  • Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in continuous cycle counting.
04

Continuous cycle counting: specification, requirement and demand

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1The paperwork for continuous cycle counting that is actually needed

  • Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in continuous cycle counting.
  • Confirm that contractual obligations around continuous cycle counting are understood.
  • Set the stock count cycle for continuous cycle counting and act on discrepancies.
  • Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of continuous cycle counting current.

Session 2Proving the savings claimed on continuous cycle counting were real

  • Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to continuous cycle counting.
  • Agree what will be standardised in continuous cycle counting and what will not.
  • Identify single-source dependencies in continuous cycle counting and cost the alternatives.
  • Draft the minimum viable sourcing procedure for continuous cycle counting.

Choose the package that suits you

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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