Commodity Strategy

Training Provided by Calyptus Consulting Group This 1-day Commodity Strategy program covers the process of developing the elements of a cross-company commodity strategy. The focus is to develop a strategy of procuring all the requirements for a specific commodity of products or services across the company. The various elements of the commodity strategy will be covered in detail and formats will be provided to guide the participant through the strategy development process. The output of the program will be the partial completion of the aspects of the commodity strategy that can be used in discussions with other supply management team members.

Commodity Strategy Participants in the Commodity Strategy Program will be able to:

Understand the reasons why commodity management strategies are important

Learn the components of the commodity plan

Be able to determine the necessary inputs and outputs pertaining to cross-functional and cross SBU interests

Establish key commodity goals and plans to improve cost, quality, and cycle time positions of the company

Recognize the aspects of the current plans and develop potential improvements based on the formats and tools provided

About The Training Provider: Calyptus Consulting Group

More Training from Calyptus Consulting Group

• Advanced Negotiations
• Advanced Procurement Law
• Applying Benchmarking Principles to Purchasing
• Basics for Buyers
• Budgeting
• Commodity Management
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Conducting Technical Evaluations
• Conflict Management
• Continuous Cost Management
• Continuous Improvement in Purchasing
• Contract Modification Process
• Cost and Price Analysis
• Creating Performance-Based SOWs
• Creating Value for the Organization
• Customer Service Skills
• Cycle Time Improvement
• E-Com Sourcing
• Essentials of Contracts
• Establishing and Maintaining Relationships
• FAR & FASA: Current Issues
• Federal Acquisition
• Federal Appropriations
• Financial Analysis
• Fundamentals of Overhead
• Global Sourcing
• Grants Management Training
• Guiding, Directing and Motivating Others
• Improving Communication in Procurement
• Incentive Contracting
• Intermediate Negotiations
• Inventory Management
• Involving Suppliers in Quality and Cost Objectives
• Just-In-Time (JIT) for Purchasing
• Legal Aspects of Purchasing
• Managing Contracts With The Government
• Managing Suppliers
• Marketing to the Federal Government
• Mastering the Supply Management Tools
• Negotiations
• New Product Purchasing
• Performance-Based Contracting
• Performance-Based Contracting
• Priority Setting in Procurement
• Procurement and the Law, Contracts, and Ethics
• Procurement Team Training
• Purchasing Assessment Seminar
• Purchasing Improvement
• Purchasing Law
• Purchasing Under Government Contracts
• Statements of Work and Specifications (SOW)
• Strategic Sourcing Process
• Subcontract Administration
• Subcontracting
• Supplier Assessment
• Supplier Development
• Supplier Evaluation and Selection
• Supplier Identification
• Supplier Implementation
• Supplier Quality
• Supply Chain Management
• Supply Management Negotiations
• Teaming in Acquisition
• Train-the-Trainer
• Value Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Vendor Selection
• Warehousing and Materials/Inventory Management
• Working With International Vendors
• World-Class Procurement
• Written Communications in Purchasing