Assess continuity risk in supplier ethical and environmental audit and build a proportionate mitigation.
Building Supplier Ethical Audit and Environmental Compliance Programmes
Build a working method for supplier ethical and environmental audit that stands up to scrutiny and survives daily pressure.
Course Overview
Most procurement disputes about supplier ethical and environmental audit originate in a specification written too quickly. A supply chain is only as reliable as the least visible link inside environmental audit. The method assumes participants will be challenged on their handling of the wider procurement and supply operations agenda and prepares them for it. The course sets out a working method for supplier ethical and environmental audit that participants can apply the week they return. Field experience suggests that the barrier to better this part of procurement and supply operations is rarely technical. It is designed for mixed groups, so that environmental audit is examined from more than one functional angle. Progress on supplier ethical and environmental audit is usually lost in the gap between approval and execution. The outcome is a practitioner who can hold a position on environmental audit and revise it on evidence. The course ends by identifying what the participant will stop doing to make the wider procurement and supply operations agenda sustainable.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Plan the disposal or return route for obsolete and damaged stock in environmental audit.
Recognise early indicators that supplier ethical and environmental audit is drifting away from its intended design.
Negotiate payment terms on environmental audit that improve cash without damaging supply.
Present the case for investment in supplier ethical and environmental audit in terms that a finance function will accept.
Prepare the audit trail for every award decision under environmental audit.
Set acceptance criteria for supplier ethical and environmental audit before work begins rather than after.
Who Should Attend
Quality staff inspecting incoming material in supplier ethical and environmental audit.
Finance staff reviewing spend and working capital in environmental audit.
Warehouse and stores managers operating supplier ethical and environmental audit.
Coordinators responsible for keeping records and documentation of environmental audit current.
Contract managers administering agreements covering supplier ethical and environmental audit.
Analysts producing the data on which decisions about environmental audit rest.
Course Modules
Supplier ethical and environmental audit: supplier evaluation, award and contract terms
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Releasing working capital trapped in supplier ethical and environmental audit
- Agree the indicators that will show whether supplier ethical and environmental audit is improving.
- Set the stock count cycle for environmental audit and act on discrepancies.
- Review whether inventory policy on supplier ethical and environmental audit still matches actual demand.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around environmental audit are understood.
Session 2The single point of failure inside environmental audit
- Benchmark the organisation's supplier ethical and environmental audit against comparable operations.
- Agree the escalation route when supply of environmental audit is disrupted.
- Compare the cost of supplier ethical and environmental audit with the cost of its absence.
- Set the consequence for failing service levels on environmental audit, and apply it.
Environmental audit: sourcing strategy and market approach
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Contract terms on environmental audit that survive execution
- Negotiate payment terms on supplier ethical and environmental audit without pushing suppliers into distress.
- Reduce the variation in how environmental audit is carried out between teams.
- Segment spend on supplier ethical and environmental audit by value and supply risk before choosing an approach.
- Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for environmental audit.
Session 2Evaluating suppliers on environmental audit beyond the lowest number
- Map the physical flow of supplier ethical and environmental audit through receiving, storage and dispatch.
- Evaluate environmental audit on total cost of ownership across the full life.
- Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for supplier ethical and environmental audit.
- Identify slow-moving and obsolete stock inside environmental audit and decide its fate.
Environmental audit: measurement, savings validation and reporting
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The paperwork for environmental audit that is actually needed
- Prepare the summary of supplier ethical and environmental audit that senior management will read.
- Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to environmental audit.
- Define measurable service levels in the contract covering supplier ethical and environmental audit.
- Review whether environmental audit is aligned with the objectives of the supply function.
Session 2Building the method for supplier ethical and environmental audit step by step
- Set out how exceptions to supplier ethical and environmental audit are requested and approved.
- Map the handovers in environmental audit between functions and secure them.
- Draft the minimum viable sourcing procedure for supplier ethical and environmental audit.
- Write the specification for environmental audit so two suppliers would price it the same way.
Environmental audit: controls, segregation and fraud prevention
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Documentation and customs treatment for environmental audit
- Collect evidence on the present handling of supplier ethical and environmental audit before proposing changes.
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in environmental audit.
- Establish the boundary of supplier ethical and environmental audit and record what sits outside it.
- Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in environmental audit.
Session 2What to measure in environmental audit and what to ignore
- Identify single-source dependencies in supplier ethical and environmental audit and cost the alternatives.
- Anticipate the objections environmental audit will raise and prepare the answers.
- Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on supplier ethical and environmental audit.
- Identify the data already collected that bears on environmental audit.
Choose the package that suits you
Silver Package
At least 3 people
- 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
- 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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