Supply Chain Management Courses
Our training catalog provides a wide range of individual courses that can stand alone or be used as part of a training program or curriculum. In addition to our current off-the-shelf training catalog, Calyptus offers customization services to ensure that training is tailored to the needs of the participating individuals and teams.
Some courses are already available as e-learning modules, which can be found here.
Some courses are already available as e-learning modules, and all classes can be delivered as webinars on request.
Supplier Development
This 1 ½-day workshop guides participants on world-class ways of working with suppliers to improve supply chain performance across all areas that benefit the cross-functional interests of the organization. Resources, setting goals, performance review methods, and communication issues are covered.
As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to:
Manage the performance of external suppliers to meet corporate objectives
Build long-term relationships with key suppliers
Assess the supplier’s changing needs and capabilities
Create continuous improvement plans for supplier development
Work with suppliers to improve supply chain efficiency
Supplier Diversity:
5-Year Strategic Planning
The 1-day Supplier Diversity workshop explains how to develop a supplier diversity program and integrate diverse suppliers into the organization's work. We will provide examples of best practices for you to look over. Participants will learn how to establish goals and action plans for supplier diversity programs.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
Understand why Supplier Diversity is important
Define Supplier Diversity program goals and expectations
Articulate how to integrate supplier diversity into the strategic sourcing process
Work through the analysis for a specific commodity to determine:
A realistic supplier diversity goal for the commodity
Where and how to position minority/women-owned businesses in the supply chain
Identify available corporate resources
Supplier Quality & Business Audit
This 2-day program discusses how to develop supplier certification programs. It will distinguish among various inspection techniques, drawing on the work of Deming and Juran. ISO and Baldrige, as well as other best-in-class supplier evaluation and audit programs, will be considered. Supplier quality measures and management techniques will also be discussed.
As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to:
Undertake an audit as a whole team member
Understand the key elements of a quality and business system audit
Assist the supplier in identifying and managing a continuous improvement program
Support the objectives to lower your organization’s total costs of supply management
Provide accurate feedback to suppliers on quality and business performance
Supply Chain Cost Identification & Reduction
This 2-day program focuses on the four key cost and price analysis techniques: price analysis, cost analysis, total cost analysis, and best-intrinsic value. Participants will learn various methods for evaluating costs and developing plans to reduce total costs. Supplier proposals will be evaluated, and participants will build negotiation plans.
As a result of attending this course, participants will:
Learn key cost and price analysis techniques
Be able to conduct a financial analysis of the supplier’s proposal
Understand how to evaluate the total cost of ownership
Apply concepts to commodities and daily work
Supply Chain Management
In this 2-day program, participants will review their individual supply chains and identify the costs, lead times, and risks associated with them. Demand management, supplier management, transformation and distribution processes, and fees will also be assessed. Action plans will be developed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of each supply chain.
As a result of attending this program, participants will be able to:
Understand the structure and costs of specific supply chains
Be able to anticipate and establish programs/projects to counteract future problems/issues in specific supply chains
More effectively deal with demand and schedule fluctuations
Develop action plans to restructure supply chains to lower overall costs and to improve market responsiveness
This 1-day course focuses on selecting a supplier for an audit. Also included is guidance on introducing self-assessments into the process. The process of conducting desk audits and on-site audits using a proprietary framework will be included.
As a result of attending this course, participants will be able to:
Identify the key cost drivers of their respective product/service supply chain
Plan follow-up activities for managing those cost drivers
Evaluate the profitability and market drivers for their respective products and/or services
Establishing and managing team negotiation plans
Develop objectives that are consistent with the clients and other stakeholders
Leverage the perspective they bring to the negotiation table to add value during the negotiation process
Learn how to improve the way you work with suppliers
Develop key metrics to measure the quality of working relationships, and track performance improvement activities
Idenfity aspects of the supplier management process requiring improvement
Conduct more effective supplier reviews, with cross-functional participation
Conducting a Supplier Audit
While companies aim to improve cycle times, quality, cost performance, and their supply chains, many are embracing the Just-In-Time (JIT) purchasing method to achieve these improvements. JIT is not about suppliers holding inventory or only Kanban; it embodies the philosophy of reducing non-value-added activities. A complex area, JIT involves assessing complex computer systems, the order release process, total costs, and establishing genuine, close working relationships with suppliers and sub-suppliers. A self-test will be administered to measure their division's performance in establishing or implementing JIT.
The objectives of this 1-day program are to:
Learn the application of JIT to Purchasing
Understand how to work with suppliers to implement JIT solutions
Develop internal processes to interact with the supplier JIT program