Supplier Development & Lean Supply Chains

In order to optimise their performance, lean organisations need lean supply chains. This course explores practical ways of developing lean supply chains, measuring and improving supplier performance, and building effective supplier partnerships. The course is based upon a series of lectures, discussions and practical exercises which are designed to stimulate lively debate, and to focus on new approaches which can directly benefit delegates' companies.

Course Content

Supply Chains Developments
- Common supply problems
- Drivers for change
- Critical success factors

Lean Supply Chains
- Objectives of supply chain management
- Creating Lean supply chains
- Supply chain dynamics – the 'bullwhip effect'
- Making supply chains integration & making supply chains flow

Effective Purchasing Management
- Supplier selection
- Supplier relationships
- Multiple and strategic sourcing
- Supplier performance monitoring
- Improving supplier performance

Supplier Development
- Tackling the challenges
- Benefits of supplier partnerships
- Suppliers' needs
- Planning and developing supplier partnerships
- Techniques to support supplier development
- A framework for supplier development
- The way ahead