Instructor Led Purchasing Cycle Training Classes

Fundamentals of Purchasing ' This program is designed for Purchasing department personnel, buyers, and personnel from other departments who need to understand the buying function. This program is worth 25 NASBA CPE?s. Understand the fundamentals and modern principles of the purchasing function. Learn all the required skills to be an effective buyer. Improve the efficiency of buying goods and services. Select  more...

The Efficient Buyer Objectives: By the end of the program, participants will be able to: Learn all the required skills to be an efficient buyer. Understand the basic and modern principles of the buying function. Improve the efficiency of buying goods and services. Select suppliers in a better way. Determine transportation and packaging requirements. Improve total lead-time to speed up the purchasing cycle.  more...

Just-In-Time (JIT) for Purchasing This 1-day Just-In-Time (JIT) for Purchasing provides an overview of the JIT method. While companies attempt to improve their cycle times, quality, cost performance, and supply chain; many are embracing the Just-In-Time (JIT) purchasing method to accomplish improvements in these key areas. JIT is not about suppliers holding inventory or only Kanban, it is the embodiment of the philosophy of  more...

Managing Suppliers This 1-day program provides an understanding of the steps of the entire purchasing cycle. Participants will learn to develop accurate and complete specifications and RFQs; employ the company's purchasing policies and procedures so that more effective purchases are made; select the best suppliers to perform work for and provide services to the company; and more effectively and efficiently manage  more...