SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
A Three Part Seminar
The three sections of this seminar are ideally suited for purchasing & material quality professionals, including managers, engineers, technicians and others who are involved in the acquision or evaluation of purchased materials and components. The entire seminar is a 16 hour course with 24 participants maximum. It includes a certificate of completion and all materials are provided.
PART 1: QUALITY SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT
How do we confidently select suppliers of purchased materials to meet our needs for quality, delivery, price and service? How do we assess our existing suppliers to ensure they will continue to produce at a high performance level? What is the financial impact of replacing a supplier? This section of Supply Chain Management will help you find the answer to these questions, using a systems approach to supplier selection and assessment. This proven approach will help you effectively evaluate your key suppliers' management, business, and quality systems, to make a balanced assessment of their overall capabilities.
Workshop Topics:
 | Supplier assessment - what and why |
| Key elements of a supplier assessment system |
| Identifying key assessment parameters |
| Developing your assessment instrument |
| Communicating your intentions |
| Assessment protocol and etiquette |
| Reporting your results |
| Follow up assessments |
Workshop Outcomes:
| Design an assessment instrument that fits your organizational needs |
| Evaluate your suppliers' management, business, and quality systems |
| Create a process to objectively select and de-select your suppliers |
PART 2: DOCK-TO-STOCK PROCESS
Manufacturing organizations often spend up to 80% of their cost of goods on purchased materials. Customers are increasing their demands for on-time shipments, lower prices and part-per-million quality levels. This section of Supply Chain Management will take you through a step-by-step supplier certification process based on sound business practices and proven quality techniques. When fully implemented, this process replaces the traditional inspection and testing of purchased components and materials, enabling you to reduce your dock-to-stock cycle times and cut your appraisal costs dramatically.
Workshop Topics:
| Two-way benefits to a supplier certification system |
| 10 Steps for successful for supplier certification |
| 4 Types of approaches to supplier certification |
| How to select candidates for supplier certification |
| Deciding what elements to include in your assessment & measurement |
| Documenting your supplier certification system |
| Supplier de-certification |
| Documenting your certification process |
Workshop Outcomes:
| Design a supplier certification system that fits your organizational needs |
| Communicate the benefits of certification both internally and externally |
| Prepare your suppliers, inspectors, engineers and managers for certification |
PART 3: SUPPLIER RISK ANALYSIS
This simple yet effective defect prevention tool will help you analyze the causes and effects of variation for every characteristic of each supplied part component, enabling you to reduce risks as well as the total cost of purchased materials. This section of Supply Chain Management demonstrates how to avoid unnecessary inspection and testing by evaluating your product requirements and your suppliers' processes to determine the highest risk priorities.
Workshop Topics
| Benefits of a supplier risk analysis |
| Roadmap for successful implementation |
| Selecting supplier candidates |
| Forming supplier risk analysis teams |
| Assessing design characteristics |
| Evaluating process variables |
| Calculating risk priorities |
| Risk reduction strategies |
Workshop Outcomes
| Establish test and inspection priorities for your purchased materials |
| Communicate the most important characteristics to your suppliers |
| Identify opportunities to reduce the highest risks in each of your components |
