Warehousing and Procurement

Building Supply Chain Contingency Plans During Geopolitical Crises

A structured, applied course in geopolitical supply contingency — designed to be used the week you return.

  • 5training days
  • 4modules
  • 8sessions
  • 32topics
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Building Supply Chain Contingency Plans During Geopolitical Crises
5days

About the programme

Course Overview

A supply chain is only as reliable as the least visible link inside geopolitical supply contingency. Most procurement disputes about this strand of procurement and supply operations originate in a specification written too quickly. Across sectors, teams that rehearse the procurement and supply operations capability outperform teams that only plan it. It is designed for mixed groups, so that geopolitical supply contingency is examined from more than one functional angle. The method assumes participants will be challenged on their handling of this area of procurement and supply operations and prepares them for it. Participants develop a defensible line of reasoning for the choices they make about this aspect of procurement and supply operations. Improvement in geopolitical supply contingency stalls when it depends on one capable individual rather than a defined method. This programme builds the practice within procurement and supply operations from first principles, without padding and without omitting what matters. The final session converts the week's work on this area of procurement and supply operations into commitments with owners and dates.

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Apply sustainability and ethical sourcing criteria to geopolitical supply contingency.

  • Integrate geopolitical supply contingency with demand forecasting and production planning.

  • Verify that improvements to geopolitical supply contingency have held six months after they were introduced.

  • Align geopolitical supply contingency with the wider objectives of the supply function rather than optimising it in isolation.

  • Document decisions about geopolitical supply contingency in a form that remains useful after the people change.

  • Plan the disposal or return route for obsolete and damaged stock in geopolitical supply contingency.

  • Set inventory policy for geopolitical supply contingency: reorder points, safety stock and review cycles.

Who Should Attend

  • Those responsible for briefing external stakeholders on geopolitical supply contingency.

  • Logistics and distribution staff moving material in geopolitical supply contingency.

  • Supplier relationship managers developing partners in geopolitical supply contingency.

  • Contract managers administering agreements covering geopolitical supply contingency.

  • Engineering and maintenance staff specifying requirements for geopolitical supply contingency.

  • Analysts producing the data on which decisions about geopolitical supply contingency rest.

Course Modules

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01

Geopolitical supply contingency: inventory policy and working capital

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Making supplier performance on geopolitical supply contingency mean something

  • Evaluate geopolitical supply contingency on total cost of ownership across the full life.
  • Set the consequence for failing service levels on geopolitical supply contingency, and apply it.
  • Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Define acceptance criteria for geopolitical supply contingency in advance.

Session 2The single point of failure inside geopolitical supply contingency

  • Write the specification for geopolitical supply contingency so two suppliers would price it the same way.
  • Assess supplier financial health for critical elements of geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Confirm that contractual obligations around geopolitical supply contingency are understood.
  • Compare the cost of geopolitical supply contingency with the cost of its absence.
02

Geopolitical supply contingency: warehouse layout, flow and handling

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Proving the savings claimed on geopolitical supply contingency were real

  • Set the stock count cycle for geopolitical supply contingency and act on discrepancies.
  • Check the delivery terms and customs classification applied to geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Review whether geopolitical supply contingency is aligned with the objectives of the supply function.
  • Review whether inventory policy on geopolitical supply contingency still matches actual demand.

Session 2The cost of geopolitical supply contingency and how to present it

  • Establish what evidence demonstrates geopolitical supply contingency is under control.
  • Benchmark the organisation's geopolitical supply contingency against comparable operations.
  • Calculate reorder point and safety stock for each item in geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Validate claimed savings on geopolitical supply contingency against actual invoiced spend.
03

Geopolitical supply contingency: continuity, risk and single points of failure

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1The approval control on geopolitical supply contingency that prevents fraud

  • Verify segregation between requisition, approval and receipt in geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Confirm traceability from supplier to point of use for geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Rehearse the briefing on geopolitical supply contingency that would follow an incident.
  • Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to geopolitical supply contingency.

Session 2Escalation and decision rights in geopolitical supply contingency

  • Map the handovers in geopolitical supply contingency between functions and secure them.
  • Negotiate payment terms on geopolitical supply contingency without pushing suppliers into distress.
  • Identify the data already collected that bears on geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Review the audit trail for the last three award decisions on geopolitical supply contingency.
04

Geopolitical supply contingency: supplier evaluation, award and contract terms

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Releasing working capital trapped in geopolitical supply contingency

  • Assign responsibility for keeping documentation of geopolitical supply contingency current.
  • Plan the sequence in which improvements to geopolitical supply contingency will be introduced.
  • Confirm that reporting on geopolitical supply contingency reaches the people who can act.
  • Identify single-source dependencies in geopolitical supply contingency and cost the alternatives.

Session 2Making geopolitical supply contingency work when resources are constrained

  • Map the physical flow of geopolitical supply contingency through receiving, storage and dispatch.
  • Apply ethical and environmental criteria to supplier selection in geopolitical supply contingency.
  • Agree what will be standardised in geopolitical supply contingency and what will not.
  • Confirm that those complying with geopolitical supply contingency understand why it exists.

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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