Instructor Led Commodities Training Classes

Commodities Trading This course will highlight the key concepts involved in commodity trading with elements drawn from real situations. You will also cover liquidity issues and lightly traded commodities.  more...

Advanced Derivatives: Pricing & Hedging This 4-day intensive workshop is focused on the specific needs of Asian participants to increase your skills in the pricing, risk management, and structuring of global derivatives products. The workshop focuses on forwards, futures, swaps, options, caps, collars, and swaptions in the equity, foreign exchange, commodities, and interest rate markets. The workshop builds on the widely used text  more...

SELLING BRAND VALUE Does it feel like your brand is a "commodity" in a sea of competition? Your brand is the mental and emotional "real estate" held in the minds and hearts of your customers. Communicating your TOTAL BRAND VALUE vs. PRICE alone to current and potential customers drastically improves your ability to compete in a saturated marketplace. When your firm s brand and its products and services are  more...

Applying Benchmarking Principles to Purchasing This 1-day Applying Benchmarking Principles to Purchasing course is highly interactive and applies the process of benchmarking to purchasing. It includes purchasing-oriented case studies and exercises. Topics include the value of benchmarking; what to benchmark; the basic benchmarking process; and the best sources for benchmarking information. This program will trace the process of benchmarking  more...

Continuous Cost Management This 1-day Continuous Cost Management focuses on monitoring and evaluating cost performance. Using concepts such as value analysis, best value, make vs. buy, out sourcing, and lead-time reduction, participants will learn how to develop plans to measure, evaluate, and improve cost management on the commodities they purchase.  more...

Involving Suppliers in Quality and Cost Objectives In this 1-day program, participants will learn how to involve suppliers in continuously monitoring and evaluating cost performance. Using concepts such as value analysis, best value, make vs. buy, out sourcing, and lead-time reduction, participants will learn how to develop plans to measure, evaluate, and improve cost management on the commodities they purchase. This program will highlight a  more...

Value Analysis This 1-day program provides an overview of the opportunities found when using value analysis techniques. These opportunities pertain to both products and services and require cross-functional company involvement and supplier cooperation. The techniques can also be applied to improve supply chain processes and internal processes. Participants will use a proven tool and apply the tool to a case  more...