Supply Management is the process of managing relationships, information, and materials flow across organizational boundaries to deliver enhanced customer service and economic value. Supply managers aim towards synchronizing and amalgamating these flows through the implementation of a specific ordering of work activities across time and place, with a beginning, an end, clearly identified inputs and outputs, as well as a structure for action.
Project Management is also a structured process of managing workflow in a specific order across time and place. The close similarities between these two processes provide a firm foundation to expand the supply manager’s world view to adopt project management principles and techniques. This conference focuses on integrating project management principles into the supply management process. In this conference, you will learn how project management concepts could be applied to enhance supply management. You will also gain an understanding of the tools and techniques used to initiate, execute, manage, and control a project. Possible initiatives for the improvement of supply management through the application of project management concepts will be emphasized.
At the end of this conference the participants will be able to:
Organize, plan, launch, track, and close a project
Create a clear project objective and work breakdown structure
Master project planning, execution, and control skills
Identify the skills necessary to lead or serve on a project team
Utilize project management related techniques
Create an accurate project timeline
Incorporate uncertainties in project time and cost plans
Use various project scheduling techniques
Plan a project balancing the constraints of scope, time, cost, and quality
Complete project cost estimation and financial evaluations
Build and maintain effective and efficient project procedures and processes
Identify improvement opportunities to better manage supply chains
Demonstrate proficiency in developing project plans and making sound decisions
Procurement Managers
Inventory Managers
Warehouse Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Professionals
Procurement Professionals
Project management terminology and life-cycle project phases
Overview of the Project Management Process
Key areas of Project Management Body of Knowledge
Supply management and project management: similarities and differences
Types of integration
Impact of early decisions on project success
Classical project phases
Project scope – parameters & constraints
The concept of Value-for-Money project delivery
The project supply chain
Opportunities and Problems
Identifying, analyzing, and managing project stakeholders
Project Charter Development
Beyond SMART Objectives
Introduction to project planning
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Task characteristics and duration assessment
Planning and scheduling methods, including critical path scheduling
The importance of schedule updating
Incorporating planning in planning and scheduling
Principles of project estimating
Understanding resource estimating in projects
Cost estimation techniques
Implementing cost control
Contingency and escalation
Project quality and reliability issues
Project information management
Project communication management
Project risk management
Risk vs. uncertainty
Risk mitigation strategies
Contingency planning
Performance measures and indicators
Project process maturity
Root cause analysis
Suppliers/contractors selection
Project manager skills
Building and sustaining professional relationships
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