Sequence improvements to shipment consolidation so that each step makes the next one easier.
Building Shipment Consolidation Strategies to Reduce Transport Costs
A senior-level treatment of shipment consolidation, focused on what changes outcomes.
📍 Istanbul🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
Warehouse performance on shipment consolidation is decided by layout and discipline long before technology. Most procurement disputes about the wider procurement and supply operations agenda originate in a specification written too quickly. Participants apply the procurement and supply operations discipline to their own supply function throughout, so the output is directly usable. Participants develop a defensible line of reasoning for the choices they make about shipment consolidation. A common pattern is strong design of the procurement and supply operations capability paired with weak follow-through. The programme is built to be used, and every section of the procurement and supply operations discipline it covers ends in something applicable. Participants come from operational and oversight roles, and both perspectives on shipment consolidation are used deliberately. Benchmarking exercises repeatedly place this aspect of procurement and supply operations among the areas with the widest performance spread. The closing exercise tests whether the participant's plan for the wider procurement and supply operations agenda survives a hostile question.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Integrate shipment consolidation with demand forecasting and production planning.
Draw practical lessons from failures in shipment consolidation without assigning blame that suppresses reporting.
Reduce avoidable variation in how shipment consolidation is carried out across teams.
Negotiate payment terms on shipment consolidation that improve cash without damaging supply.
Build a supplier performance regime covering shipment consolidation with real consequences.
Design contract terms for shipment consolidation that make performance measurable and enforceable.
Who Should Attend
Newly appointed managers taking on shipment consolidation for the first time.
Inventory controllers managing stock within shipment consolidation.
Engineering and maintenance staff specifying requirements for shipment consolidation.
Public sector tendering officers applying shipment consolidation under procurement regulation.
Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on shipment consolidation.
Contract managers administering agreements covering shipment consolidation.
Course Modules
Shipment consolidation: specification, requirement and demand
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Making supplier performance on shipment consolidation mean something
- Define measurable service levels in the contract covering shipment consolidation.
- Segment spend on shipment consolidation by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
- Plan the sequence in which improvements to shipment consolidation will be introduced.
- Confirm that reporting on shipment consolidation reaches the people who can act.
Session 2Building the method for shipment consolidation step by step
- Agree the escalation route when supply of shipment consolidation is disrupted.
- Negotiate payment terms on shipment consolidation without pushing suppliers into distress.
- Assess supplier financial health for critical elements of shipment consolidation.
- Define the trigger that would require shipment consolidation to be redesigned.
Shipment consolidation: warehouse layout, flow and handling
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Writing a specification for shipment consolidation suppliers can price accurately
- Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to shipment consolidation.
- Benchmark the organisation's shipment consolidation against comparable operations.
- Apply ethical and environmental criteria to supplier selection in shipment consolidation.
- Identify single-source dependencies in shipment consolidation and cost the alternatives.
Session 2Proving the savings claimed on shipment consolidation were real
- Rank the weaknesses in shipment consolidation by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- Estimate the resource shipment consolidation requires to run as designed.
- Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for shipment consolidation.
- Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for shipment consolidation.
Shipment consolidation: customs, documentation and cross-border movement
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Setting reorder points and safety stock for shipment consolidation
- Set the stock count cycle for shipment consolidation and act on discrepancies.
- Review whether inventory policy on shipment consolidation still matches actual demand.
- Set the consequence for failing service levels on shipment consolidation, and apply it.
- Compare the cost of shipment consolidation with the cost of its absence.
Session 2The decisions in shipment consolidation that cannot be delegated
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to shipment consolidation.
- Verify segregation between requisition, approval and receipt in shipment consolidation.
- Set out the decisions in shipment consolidation that require sign-off and by whom.
- Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on shipment consolidation.
Shipment consolidation: supplier performance and relationship management
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Building lasting competence in shipment consolidation
- Validate claimed savings on shipment consolidation against actual invoiced spend.
- Map the physical flow of shipment consolidation through receiving, storage and dispatch.
- Set the review interval for shipment consolidation and who attends.
- Name a single owner for each element of shipment consolidation.
Session 2Laying out the warehouse around how shipment consolidation actually moves
- Record what was learned when shipment consolidation did not go as planned.
- Review whether shipment consolidation is aligned with the objectives of the supply function.
- Anticipate the objections shipment consolidation will raise and prepare the answers.
- Draft the minimum viable sourcing procedure for shipment consolidation.
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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
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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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