Establish what evidence would demonstrate that internal purchasing marketplace is under control.
Building Internal Electronic Marketplace Platforms for Self-Service Purchasing
Turn internal purchasing marketplace from a stated policy into a practice your organisation can evidence.
📍 Abu Dhabi🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
A supply chain is only as reliable as the least visible link inside internal purchasing marketplace. Most procurement disputes about the wider procurement and supply operations agenda originate in a specification written too quickly. The difficulty is not agreeing that the procurement and supply operations discipline matters — it is deciding what to stop doing to make room for it. Mature organisations treat internal purchasing marketplace as a standing capability rather than a project that finishes. They leave able to brief senior management on the wider procurement and supply operations agenda in terms that support a decision. The course sets out a working method for this part of procurement and supply operations that participants can apply the week they return. Work is grounded in real cases drawn from internal purchasing marketplace, which each participant adapts to conditions in their own organisation. The content is relevant to those who own this area of procurement and supply operations and to those who are held accountable for its results. It ends with a prioritised list of changes to the procurement and supply operations discipline that the participant is prepared to defend internally.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Set inventory policy for internal purchasing marketplace: reorder points, safety stock and review cycles.
Build the approval and segregation controls preventing procurement fraud in internal purchasing marketplace.
Write a specification for internal purchasing marketplace that suppliers can price without guessing.
Build a register of the risks attaching to internal purchasing marketplace and keep it current.
Diagnose whether a problem in internal purchasing marketplace is one of design, resourcing or discipline.
Assess continuity risk in internal purchasing marketplace and build a proportionate mitigation.
Who Should Attend
Logistics and distribution staff moving material in internal purchasing marketplace.
Analysts producing the data on which decisions about internal purchasing marketplace rest.
Warehouse and stores managers operating internal purchasing marketplace.
Risk managers assessing the exposure created by internal purchasing marketplace.
Procurement and category managers responsible for internal purchasing marketplace.
Finance staff reviewing spend and working capital in internal purchasing marketplace.
Course Modules
Internal purchasing marketplace: supplier evaluation, award and contract terms
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Reviewing internal purchasing marketplace when nothing has gone wrong
- Name a single owner for each element of internal purchasing marketplace.
- Confirm that those complying with internal purchasing marketplace understand why it exists.
- Write the specification for internal purchasing marketplace so two suppliers would price it the same way.
- Set escalation thresholds for internal purchasing marketplace that work out of hours.
Session 2The paperwork for internal purchasing marketplace that is actually needed
- Close out actions on internal purchasing marketplace rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
- Build the internal briefing that explains internal purchasing marketplace to those affected.
- Review whether inventory policy on internal purchasing marketplace still matches actual demand.
- Set out how exceptions to internal purchasing marketplace are requested and approved.
Internal purchasing marketplace: specification, requirement and demand
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Writing a specification for internal purchasing marketplace suppliers can price accurately
- Set the review interval for internal purchasing marketplace and who attends.
- Agree the smallest change to internal purchasing marketplace that would be visibly useful.
- Verify six months later that changes to internal purchasing marketplace have held.
- Segment spend on internal purchasing marketplace by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
Session 2The single point of failure inside internal purchasing marketplace
- Collect evidence on the present handling of internal purchasing marketplace before proposing changes.
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in internal purchasing marketplace.
- Agree the escalation route when supply of internal purchasing marketplace is disrupted.
- Arrange the handover of internal purchasing marketplace so capability survives staff changes.
Internal purchasing marketplace: measurement, savings validation and reporting
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Setting reorder points and safety stock for internal purchasing marketplace
- Verify segregation between requisition, approval and receipt in internal purchasing marketplace.
- Apply ethical and environmental criteria to supplier selection in internal purchasing marketplace.
- Map the physical flow of internal purchasing marketplace through receiving, storage and dispatch.
- Negotiate payment terms on internal purchasing marketplace without pushing suppliers into distress.
Session 2Proving the savings claimed on internal purchasing marketplace were real
- Evaluate internal purchasing marketplace on total cost of ownership across the full life.
- Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in internal purchasing marketplace.
- Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for internal purchasing marketplace.
- Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock inside internal purchasing marketplace and decide its fate.
Internal purchasing marketplace: customs, documentation and cross-border movement
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Laying out the warehouse around how internal purchasing marketplace actually moves
- Assess supplier financial health for critical elements of internal purchasing marketplace.
- Test the procedure for internal purchasing marketplace against a realistic scenario.
- Draft the minimum viable sourcing procedure for internal purchasing marketplace.
- Identify the data already collected that bears on internal purchasing marketplace.
Session 2Moving internal purchasing marketplace from approval to execution
- Identify single-source dependencies in internal purchasing marketplace and cost the alternatives.
- Set the stock count cycle for internal purchasing marketplace and act on discrepancies.
- Review whether internal purchasing marketplace is aligned with the objectives of the supply function.
- Validate claimed savings on internal purchasing marketplace against actual invoiced spend.
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- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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