Trending the Industrial Revolution 4.0 through Supply Chain Excellence

An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Trending the Industrial Revolution 4.0
through Supply Chain Excellence

The Challenge for the Millennium with the New Normal

UPCOMING SESSIONS

Classroom sessions
DateVenueFee
12-16 May 2025Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
11-15 Aug 2025Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
27-31 Oct 2025Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
09-13 Feb 2026London - UK$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
Online sessions
DateVenueFee
23-27 Jun 2025Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT
25-29 Aug 2025Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT
05-09 Jan 2026Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT

Training Course Overview

This Trending the Industrial Revolution 4.0 through Supply Chain Excellence training course aims to empower businesses with the tools to effectively monitor their entire supply chain, gain real-time performance insights, and achieve full visibility throughout the process. Focused on the concept of Industrial Revolution 4.0, the course highlights three key areas: user needs, business goals, and technology solutions for optimization. By exploring the application of category management, participants will understand how a strategic approach to procurement can deliver value beyond traditional sourcing methods.

Business partnering, the latest trend in Supplier Relationship Management, emphasizes the ability to negotiate and finalize successful deals, which is a key competency for aligning better with stakeholder needs. This training course equips organizations with the knowledge to develop long-term strategies for managing expenses effectively.

This training course will feature:

  • Identification of new supply opportunities to allow the buyers to challenge their current sourcing strategies
  • improving strategic sourcing activities, moving the process beyond cost saving
  • Understanding stakeholder priorities and joint annual planning of category management and supplier management projects
  • Managing of supplier performance, ongoing value improvement and supplier relationship quality through business partnering
  • Demonstrate the Negotiation Skills are crucial to good deals

Training Course Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:  

  • Relate People, Process and Technology in Supply Chain Intelligence
  • Evaluate the importance of Supply Chain Intelligence in business strategy
  • Analyze the importance of category management in supplier management
  • Employ the various strategies in negotiation skills to a Better Alternative to Negotiated Agreement
  • Discover the challenges in business partnering with “new normal” operations

Designed for

This Trending the Industrial Revolution 4.0 through Supply Chain Excellence training course is aimed at supply chain management, operations and professionals who want to learn about new trends and technologies that will benefit organization’s growth. 

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Procurement, buyers and purchasing professionals in disciplines such as ICT, operations, marketing, finance, who wish to learn more about supply chain intelligence and procurement management.
  • Those who need to maximize value from procurement and the supply chain
  • Those who need an understanding of the relationships between risk, cost and service in supply chains

Learning Methods

This Trending the Industrial Revolution 4.0 through Supply Chain Excellence training course will utilise Gagne’s nine steps of instructions, a proven adult learning technique to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The training course is highly interactive and will prompt delegates to reflect on current practices and on their team goals. The tutor will guide and facilitate learning using a wide variety of methods including direct input, discussions, and case studies.

The Course Outline

Day One: Analyzing Supply Chain Intelligence 
  • Interpret Supply Chain management mission and vision
  • Interpret Supply Chain Models and Types
  • Relate Blockchain Application in the Industrial Revolution 4.0
  • Apply The Internet of Things (IOT) in supply chain Models
  • Interpret Risks in the Supply Chain
  • Compare current application of Blockchain in the different industries and its benefits
Day Two: Employing the Key Tools for Managing Strategic Procurement through Categorization 
  • Show the stages to effective Purchasing through Procurement
  • Discover the importance of Category Management in Procurement
  • Practice Supplier Positioning for effective performance
  • Use Categorization for efficient Supplier Management
  • Apply the appropriate criteria for Supplier Selection
  • Use Cost Reduction Initiatives to improve the bottom line of the organization
Day Three:  Maximizing Value through Negotiations in effective contracts (Deals)
  • Prepare the steps in Negotiation
  • Interpret the different strategies in Negotiation
  • Apply Better Alternatives to Negotiated Agreements to conclude effective contracts
  • Relate collaborative supplier management
  • Apply important contractual terms in pre-negotiations
  • Develop a Supplier Category Management through negotiation in Procurement
Day Four: Setting the Strategic Direction in Sourcing
  • Discover how strategic sourcing impacts Procurement
  • Apply the steps in strategic Sourcing to improve Supplier selection
  • Categorise the Purchasing Department Strategic Plan
  • Analyze Total Cost Modelling of the Supply Chain
  • Interpret Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Procurement
  • Discover how supplier involvement enhances productivity
Day Five: Supplier Relationship Management through Business Partnering
  • Discover the hierarchy of Suppliers in the supply Channel
  • Relate the suppliers risk management in business partnering
  • Preparing the cost of product for market data gathering
  • Relate RFI and RFP in gathering supplier market information
  • Formulate a supplier partnership relations Management
  • Develop a plan for effective partnership

The Certificate

  • Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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