Building Supply Continuity Plans Against Global Chain Disruption

Course Overview

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.