Advanced Purchasing Applications- ONLINE CLASS

Purchasing has evolved over the years to a profession which had command of several critical tools and applications beyond those we as buyer’s learned initially. This session will avail new applications and techniques to assist the buyer to advance their levels or professionalism.

A few of the applications include:

·        Understanding of the global marketplace,

·        Evaluating the various quality techniques,

·        Cost estimation techniques,

·        Better methods of forecasting demand,

·        Application involving standardization and simplification,

·        What we require from strategic alliance partners,

·        Understanding supplier relationship management (SRM),

·        Understanding negotiation power leverage,

·        Risk and benefits of buying services,

·        When a purchase falls into the Convention for the International Sale of Goods,

·        What a buyer needs to understand about construction purchasing, and

·        Case examples.

Who should attend: New buyers, sales representatives, sales managers, supply chain managers, warehouse supervisors, contract managers, operations managers and other general managers and supervisors.

Cancellation Policy -
Student must attend both day 1 & 2 of class consecutively. Once student attends day 1 no refunds will be issued - no moving registration to another class offering. Student is not allowed to take 1 day of class and then another on another class offering.

If student registers and has not attended day 1 of class - the registration can be moved to another offering if one is available.