Savings claimed on supply continuity planning at signature are frequently lost during execution. Most procurement disputes about the practice within procurement and supply operations originate in a specification written too quickly. What blocks progress on the procurement and supply operations discipline is usually unclear ownership rather than unclear intent. The level assumes working familiarity with the supply function but no prior formal training in supply continuity planning. The programme converts this part of procurement and supply operations from an area of general awareness into a set of repeatable practices. They leave able to brief senior management on the wider procurement and supply operations agenda in terms that support a decision. Work is grounded in real cases drawn from supply continuity planning, which each participant adapts to conditions in their own organisation. Field experience suggests that the barrier to better the practice within procurement and supply operations is rarely technical. The final session converts the week's work on this part of procurement and supply operations into commitments with owners and dates.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Build the approval and segregation controls preventing procurement fraud in supply continuity planning.
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Design contract terms for supply continuity planning that make performance measurable and enforceable.
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Design receiving, storage and picking flows supporting supply continuity planning.
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Set acceptance criteria for supply continuity planning before work begins rather than after.
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Compare the organisation's handling of supply continuity planning with recognised practice, and close the material gaps.
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Integrate supply continuity planning with demand forecasting and production planning.
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Set the minimum documentation for supply continuity planning that is genuinely necessary, and stop there.
Who Should Attend
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Finance staff reviewing spend and working capital in supply continuity planning.
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Logistics and distribution staff moving material in supply continuity planning.
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Experienced practitioners formalising an approach to supply continuity planning that has grown up informally.
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Supply chain planners forecasting demand for supply continuity planning.
