Why supply chain trainings are needed by companies

With a strong expertise on Purchasing and Flow Management you can support your company reaching the requested sky high objectives.


A competitive pricing level and guaranteed best money solution can help you to be and to stay ahead of the competition. With a strong Supply Chain you can react very agile upon the changing demands from both your internal as external customers!

However, both walk hand-in-hand with clear synergies or struggles if not done properly.
Read some questions why supply chain trainings can help your company:

• What is the sense of a very low price if you would need to wait years for your delivery?

• How do you secure the right pricing level now and in the future?

• What would be the best way to react flexible upon your customer’s requests?

• How do you anticipate reducing your supplier’s lead times?

• Do you need a golden pump when a bronze one is just good enough?

• How do you balance your business with suppliers tackled by re-sourcing activities?

• Do you have clear key performance indicators measuring inventory and its rotation?

• Which process is required for a make-or-buy decision?

• Did you ever engage various non-competing suppliers into one project?

• How do you communicate and develop and on-line bidding process?

• What is the correct pricing level for transportation from A to B?

• How do you structure excellent vendor contracts?

• What is the ideal way of streamlining your internal logistics?

• Do you consolidate your spend with other partners in industry?

• What should be the ideal lay-out and size of your warehouse?

• Is low cost country sourcing your solution for competetivity?

• How do integrate the aspect of quality into your supply chain?

• What are the golden rules and questions when dealing with suppliers?

Completely impossible for your company to be a real leader when not having clear answers to above questions!

The expected cross-functionality and the need to communicate very openly does not make live easier, emphasizing the complexity.

You could however be well armed by integrating some of below points when selecting your preferred supply chain training company:


• Check out for the right mix between theory and practice

• Make sure to call upon people who have proven field experience

• Avoid the Power-point only syndrome

• Test cases and true examples need to be integrated

• Avoid a monologue but create a dialogue by using questions and answers

• Make sure your trainer understands the business content and context

• Decline typical class-room training

• Select a partner who is well informed on recent business or functional updates

• Motivate and engage your team members for the training sessions

• Explain the clear objectives and needs for the Supply Chain sessions

• Have regular coaching “post-training”


Hope all these are sufficient arguments to make you warm for such kind of practices!

You can go to the beach and explain your friends all the details of Supply Chain Training afterwards! They will be impressed :-)