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Capital Equipment Purchasing
Commodity Management
Core Fundamentals
- Advanced Purchasing Techniques: Getting to the Next Level (2-Day)
- Fundamentals of Purchasing: The Building Blocks of World-Class Professionalism (3-Day)
- Supply Management: Tools, Techniques and Strategies for Success (3-Day)
Cost, Price and Finance
- Advanced Cost Price Analysis (2-Day)
- Buyer Analysis of Financial Statements (2-Day)
- Cost Estimation: Applications and Understanding (2-Day)
- Cost-Effective Supply Chain Management (2-Day)
- Driving Down Costs through Cost/Price Analysis (2-Day)
- Finance for the Supply Management Professional (2-Day)
- Reducing and Controlling Cost with Cost-Containment Strategies (2-Day)
- Supply Chain Cost Identification and Reduction Strategies (2-Day)
General Management
- Creative Problem Solving (2-Day)
- Effective Communication (2-Day)
- Effective Time Management (2-Day)
- Improved Communication and Listening (2-Day)
General Purchasing Topics
- Achieving Excellence in Supply Management (2-Day)
- Business Ethics and Supply Management (2-Day)
- Consortium Purchasing (2-Day)
- Measuring and Improving Purchasing Performance (2-Day)
Global Positioning
- Applying Global Concepts to the International Marketplace (2-Day)
- Business and Legal Considerations in a Global Environment (2-Day)
- Essentials of Purchasing from China (2-Day)
- Essentials of Purchasing from Latin America (2-Day)
- Globalization: Its Impact on Supply Management (2-Day)
- The People Side of Global Competency Skills for World-Class Supply Management (2-Day)
Inventory Control
- Achieving and Maintaining Inventory Accuracy (2-Day)
- Basic Principles of Inventory Control (2-Day)
- Inventory Management (2-Day)
Legal Issues and Contract Writing
- Administering Contracts: From Start to Finish (2-Day)
- Contract Writing Basics: What All the Ts and Cs Mean (2-Day)
- Contract Writing for Purchasing and Supply Management: Beyond the Basics (2-Day)
- Legal Considerations of Software Licensing and Other Technology-Related Agreements (2-Day)
- Performance-Based Statements of Work (SOWs): Maximize Supplier Performance (2-Day)
- Purchasing and the Law: The Basics You Need to Succeed (3-Day)
- Understanding the Differences and Similarities of the UCC and the CISG as it Impacts Supply Chains in the Global Economy (2-Day)
Manufacturing / Production
- Demand Flow Applications for Supply Chain and Manufacturing (2-Day)
- Lean Purchasing for Manufacturing (2-Day)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP): Using It Effectively (2-Day)
Materials Management
MRO Management
- Improving MRO Management (2-Day)
- Optimizing the MRO Supply Chain (2-Day)
Negotiations and Collaboration
- Advanced Negotiation Strategies: Advanced Concepts and Techniques for Optimizing Value through Negotiations (3-Day)
- Cross-Cultural Business Negotiations (2-Day)
- Mastering Price Negotiations (2-Day)
- Power Negotiations: Unlock Your Powers of Influence and Persuasion (2-Day)
- Psychology of Influencing and Negotiation (2-Day)
Quality Control
Services Purchasing
- Achieving Peak Performance When Purchasing Services (3-Day)
- Fundamentals of Public Purchasing (2-Day)
- Services Purchasing (2-Day)
- Strategic Services Procurement: Applying Strategic Sourcing Principles (2-Day)
Strategic Purchasing and Supply Management
- Best Practices in Procurement (3-Day)
- Business Continuity and Contingency Planning for Supply Chain Managers (2-Day)
- Developing a Framework of Excellence for Purchasing and Supply Management (3-Day)
- Effective Strategies: Building Purchasing Value for Your Organization (3-Day)
- Supply Management Fitness Review: Developing Best Practices (2-Day)
- Supply Market Intelligence: Integration for Optimization (2-Day)
Supplier Management
Supplier Relations
Supply Chain Management
Technology in Purchasing and Supply Management
Transportation
- Logistics and Transportation Operations (2-Day)
- Transportation Management (2-Day)
Value Analysis
Workshops / Simulations
- P-Strat Supply Management Strategy Simulation: A Hands-On Approach to Creating and Using Supply Management Strategies (2-Day)
- Supply Chain Optimization: Putting It into Practice (2-Day)
- The Power of Business Planning in Supply Management (2-Day)
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Rene A. Yates, C.P.M.
Manager, Onsite and Virtual Education
Telephone: 800/888-6276 or 480/752-6276 Ext. 3080
E-mail:
ryates@ism.ws
Antoinette "Toni" Caserta
Manager, Professional Development Services
Telephone: 800/888-6276 or 480/752-6276 Ext.3095
E-mail: acaserta@ism.ws
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