Reduce the working capital tied up in order cycle time reduction without creating stock-outs.
Building Strategies to Reduce Order Cycle Time from Receipt to Dispatch
Develop the judgement and the documentation needed to run order cycle time reduction properly.
📍 Tunis🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
Warehouse performance on order cycle time reduction is decided by layout and discipline long before technology. Inventory tied up in time reduction is capital the organisation cannot use elsewhere. Ambition around this part of procurement and supply operations outruns capacity unless the sequencing is deliberate. Post-incident reviews keep identifying weaknesses in order cycle time reduction that were visible long before the incident. The course leaves participants able to diagnose weaknesses in the procurement and supply operations capability before they become incidents. It is appropriate for those preparing to take on wider responsibility for time reduction. The course covers order cycle time reduction at the level of detail needed to act, and stops there. Exercises escalate in difficulty, ending with the ambiguous situations that make time reduction hard in practice. The course ends by identifying what the participant will stop doing to make this aspect of procurement and supply operations sustainable.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Apply sustainability and ethical sourcing criteria to time reduction.
Document decisions about order cycle time reduction in a form that remains useful after the people change.
Negotiate payment terms on time reduction that improve cash without damaging supply.
Set a realistic target state for order cycle time reduction and a defensible route to it.
Design a training and briefing approach that sustains competence in time reduction.
Evaluate suppliers for order cycle time reduction on total cost of ownership, not unit price.
Who Should Attend
Supply chain planners forecasting demand for order cycle time reduction.
Inventory controllers managing stock within time reduction.
Business partners who must understand order cycle time reduction well enough to challenge it.
Members of committees that take decisions affecting time reduction.
Engineering and maintenance staff specifying requirements for order cycle time reduction.
Public sector tendering officers applying time reduction under procurement regulation.
Course Modules
Order cycle time reduction: warehouse layout, flow and handling
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Comparing order cycle time reduction with recognised practice
- Identify the data already collected that bears on order cycle time reduction.
- Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on time reduction.
- Negotiate payment terms on order cycle time reduction without pushing suppliers into distress.
- Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for time reduction.
Session 2Making supplier performance on time reduction mean something
- Rank the weaknesses in order cycle time reduction by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- Map the handovers in time reduction between functions and secure them.
- Rehearse the briefing on order cycle time reduction that would follow an incident.
- Confirm that those complying with time reduction understand why it exists.
Time reduction: measurement, savings validation and reporting
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Where time reduction typically breaks, and why
- Identify single-source dependencies in order cycle time reduction and cost the alternatives.
- Agree what will be standardised in time reduction and what will not.
- Set out the decisions in order cycle time reduction that require sign-off and by whom.
- Set escalation thresholds for time reduction that work out of hours.
Session 2The single point of failure inside time reduction
- Set the consequence for failing service levels on order cycle time reduction, and apply it.
- Write the specification for time reduction so two suppliers would price it the same way.
- Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock inside order cycle time reduction and decide its fate.
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in time reduction.
Time reduction: continuity, risk and single points of failure
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The approval control on time reduction that prevents fraud
- Estimate the resource order cycle time reduction requires to run as designed.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around time reduction are understood.
- Assess supplier financial health for critical elements of order cycle time reduction.
- Verify segregation between requisition, approval and receipt in time reduction.
Session 2Contract terms on order cycle time reduction that survive execution
- Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to order cycle time reduction.
- Remove steps in time reduction that add effort without adding assurance.
- Evaluate order cycle time reduction on total cost of ownership across the full life.
- Map the physical flow of time reduction through receiving, storage and dispatch.
Time reduction: customs, documentation and cross-border movement
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Documentation and customs treatment for time reduction
- Build the competence framework that supports order cycle time reduction.
- Arrange the handover of time reduction so capability survives staff changes.
- Define measurable service levels in the contract covering order cycle time reduction.
- Validate claimed savings on time reduction against actual invoiced spend.
Session 2The decisions in time reduction that cannot be delegated
- Segment spend on order cycle time reduction by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
- Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in time reduction.
- Check that order cycle time reduction still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
- Close out actions on time reduction rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
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- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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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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