Building Cultural Intelligence One of the most frequently cited reasons for failure in mergers and outsourcing engagements is culture. Often, organizations underestimate the power of culture to influence decision making, problem solving, and collaboration. To build partnerships and relationships, we need to improve our cultural intelligence: our capability to move fluidly and work successfully with different countries and more...
Global Sourcing This 1-day Global Sourcing program completely describes the aspects of purchasing internationally. Differences between domestic sourcing will be analyzed. The major steps and risks will be identified and the process to arrive at a reasonable sourcing strategy will be developed. Supplier management techniques will be covered as will the development of the proper organization and competencies to more...
Supply Management Negotiations This 1-day Supply Management Negotiations program teaches what is negotiable, purchasing ethics and how to participate in and lead negotiations. As a result of attending this program, participants will learn how to manage a step by step negotiation process; establish objectives; manage contracts and suppliers, and develop a comprehensive negotiation plan to reduce costs and improve productivity. more...
Working With International Vendors If you want to gain a competitive edge through global sourcing and creating value from global alliances then this is a good course for you. In this 1-Day program, you ll learn how to effectively lead virtual teams, cross-border supply management, and all facets of business partnerships. Specific topics include how to: understand terms unique to international purchases; develop productive and more...