PUBLIC & IN-HOUSE TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Public and In-House Training Workshops are available and may be tailored to the specific needs of the client organisation.

Workshops may be conducted at varying levels including: Introductory, Intermediate or Advanced.

Not sure about your training requirements? Ask us to conduct a Training Needs Analysis or Customer Service Performance Review.

TELE-COURSES & ON-LINE TRAINING

Tele-Course: Purchasing Performance - View Flyer/Registration Form

Training without leaving your desk! Do you want to increase the efficiency of your purchasing process? The L&SC Strategies Purchasing Performance Tele-Course is a 6 hour training program provided over the telephone [also available via free voice technologies] - delivered over a 3 week period through two x 1 hour sessions provided per week. Your Purchasing Manager/Officer will be trained to implement a Purchasing Performance Improvement Program to address key purchasing challenges, identify and address key performance issues and risks, identify and address under-performing purchasing processes, in addition to covering the fundamentals of Purchasing Management. Cost: $550 including GST. Start Today! Contact Sharyn Grant on 07 4927 5433 or sharyn@lscs.com.au.

On-Line Training

Ask us about completing our workshops via on-line training or register your interest at info@lscs.com.au.

2008 TRAINING WORKSHOPS CALENDAR
Training Workshop	Workshop Descriptor	Location	Date	Workshop Flyer
Purchasing Management			Please register interest


Project Management
	Rockhampton		21-22 October 2008


Warehouse Management
		Rockhampton	9 - 10 September 2008

Strategic Supply Management			Please register interest

Click here to download Registration Form which may be used for all workshops.

Enquiries: 07 4927 5433 or info@lscs.com.au

TRAINING WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

Purchasing Management

Workshop Objectives:

-	Learn how to manage the purchasing cycle from establishing the need to purchase goods and services, to supplying goods and services to the satisfaction of internal users.
-	Understand the role of the purchasing and supply functions in an organisation.
-	Understand the importance of developing accurate, complete purchasing specifications.
-	Learn of the various standard purchasing methods so as to match the purchasing process to the criticality and value of the item.
-	Understand the need to manage supplier performance to maximise the availability of goods and services.

Project Management

Workshop Objectives:

-	Project manage scope, time, cost, quality, people, communications, risk, procurement and integration
-	Plan a Project Schedule, including phases, tasks, steps and milestones
-	Identify and analyse stakeholder needs and required involvement
-	Identify and plan project activities and required skills and resources
-	Identify and report project objectives, progress, risks and issues
-	Identify, register and mitigate project risks and issues.

Warehouse Management

Workshop Objectives:

-	Learn how to critically review the purpose, role, performance and value of existing warehouse facilities in alignment with operational requirements and marketplace demand
-	Understand the warehouse management disciplines and processes required to ensure the availability of secure inventory in quality condition, and to increase inventory records accuracy and system integrity
-	Learn of the various technologies and systems available to maximise warehouse utilisation and to enhance warehouse performance, records accuracy and inventory tracking

Strategic Supply Management

Workshop Objectives:

-	Understand the critical requirements for effective management of the Supply Function.
-	Learn how to implement strategic sourcing methodology to achieve significant spend savings and to rationalise the supplier base.
-	Learn how to establish a supplier performance management system that applies a strong focus on critical goods and services, to ensure availability, to prioritise the monitoring of spend, and to maximise the value of supplier relationships.
-	Understand the role of Enterprise Resource Planning systems and learn to identify which manual Supply processes could be replaced by enabling technology.

Inventory Management

Workshop Objectives:

-	Learn how to identify, analyse and maximise the availability and turnover of critical, high value and fast moving inventories at the least cost to the organisation, applying appropriate stock management strategies
-	Learn how to optimise inventory levels and achieve significant savings through inventory analysis, demand planning and forecasting; preventing overstocking and understocking
-	Learn how to conduct a critical review of existing inventory management systems, to identify system limitations and to maximise the utilisation of appropriate system features in alignment with strategic objectives

Supply Chain Management

Workshop Objectives:

-	Understand how to successfully apply supply chain management principles, practices and planning methods to existing operations by involving key supply chain partners
-	Learn how to identify and address supply chain bottlenecks, constraints and behaviours that prevent the supply chain from operating at optimum capacity
-	Learn how to identify and measure opportunities to improve supply chain performance and how to quantify the benefits to be gained

Value Stream Management

Workshop Objectives:

-	Learn how to establish and facilitate a cohesive value stream management project team, in order to eliminate waste and to address issues impacting on throughput and cycle time
-	Learn how to identify and analyse the current state of value streams within an organisation's operations, including bottlenecks and constraints
-	Understand and identify the eight forms of waste (ie. overproduction, waiting, movement, unused resources, inventory, defects etc) and how they impact on current operations