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Passport to supply

Passport to supply: supplier management is an easily accessible and effective way of helping you and your team achieve improved supplier relationships. The short online training programme focuses on practical management tools and skills. It will help you define and monitor levels of accountability and responsibility so that you know the performance of your suppliers at every level of the supply chain.

You will learn how to identify the most important suppliers, recognise how they operate and establish the best negotiation approach to use and when. The programme will also show you how to establish SMART key performance indicators, so that you can make sure your suppliers’ objectives are aligned to your business goals.

To see a demo and find out more about the costs and benefits of Passport to supply: supplier management, complete the online form and one of our team will contact you. Alternatively, contact us directly +44 (0)1780 756777.

Features and benefits

Features:

  • The training is delivered direct to you at your desk, saving you hassle, time and expense
  • Learn at a pace and time convenient to you
  • A series of downloadable tools and templates will support your learning and can be used in your work (including dashboards and scorecards to help you monitor suppliers)
  • Interesting and stimulating study opportunities are provided through audio, a marked case study and multiple choice quizzes

Benefits:

  • Identify your most important suppliers and maximise returns from your relationship with them
  • Define who does what so there’s clarity, accountability and responsibility at every level of the supply chain
  • Establish good practice and reinforce skills to ensure contract compliance
  • Help suppliers focus on what they can deliver rather than restricting themselves to the how
  • Unlock incremental value provided by benefits such as innovation
  • Manage staff and suppliers to encourage behaviour that is consistent, cooperative and collaborative