Category Management


OBJECTIVES

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

  • Apply a thorough understanding of category management in procurement
  • Identify, analyze, and evaluate procurement opportunities
  • Understand the keys aspects in category management
  • Use tools and techniques to improve organization’s competitiveness
  • Apply the knowledge in procurement and supply chain in organizational improvements

Outline

Understanding Procurement and Category Management
  • Definition and understanding procurement and purchasing
  • Definition of category management
  • The evolution of category management
  • Models used in category grouping
  • The aspects to be considered in category groups
  • Managing selective inventory control
 
Maximising Value and Procurement Excellence using Varied Routes
  • The Procurement Excellence Roadmap (PER)
  • The importance of category management in procurement
  • Value improvement using category management
  • Value adding from categorization
  • Class exercise on category management in procurement
 
Understanding the Supplier Sourcing and Selection Routes
  • Traditional purchasing revisited
  • Value and risk analysis
  • The model in identifying inventory classification
  • Best price evaluation
  • Understanding collaborative supplier management
  • Supplier Portfolio Analysis (SPfA)
 
Recognising and Overcoming the Barriers to Category Management
  • Common barriers and challenges
  • Overcoming such barriers
  • Best practice in the implementation of new ideas
  • Managing price sensitive products
  • Economic order quantity
  • Criticality analysis
  • Class work on Selective Inventory Control (SIC)
 
Category Management and Rethinking the Supply Chain
  • Supply chain futures, predictions and what needs to be done
  • The improvements for re-engineering end to end supply chains
  • Supply chain excellence and shareholder value
  • The steps to supply chain excellence
  • Developing the supply chain strategy
  • Supply chain strategy best practice

المواعيد المتاحة

دبى
من 19-05-2025    الى 23-05-2025
دبى
من 07-07-2025    الى 11-07-2025
دبى
من 15-09-2025    الى 19-09-2025
جاكرتا
من 10-11-2025    الى 14-11-2025