Utilizing Procurement Best Practices
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Speaker : MICHAEL W. GOZZO
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When : Friday, June 07, 2024
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Time : 01 : 00 PM EST
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Michael W. Gozzo is President and Founder of THE TOTAL BUSINESS CONSULTING GROUP, LLC., a firm specializing in counseling and education of all levels of management in the areas of Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, Demand Flow Technology, Just-In-Time, ISO Certification, Total Quality Control, Manufacturing Systems Implementation, Inventory Control and Production/Operations Management.
His involvement with Silicon Valley leaders in Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing practices, Procurement Application and ISO include Cisco, Infineon, Sunrise Telecom, PerkinElmer, Philips Semi-conductor and SanDisk and Intuitive Surgical as well as smaller enterprises.
Mike Gozzo went to Germany to train operational personnel at Lufthansa Air Cargo. He has been associated with Lean practices: pull systems, quick change, 5-S, VMI, cell design and others.
Mike has traveled and worked extensively in Canada, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman and Taiwan.
He has an Executive Program Masters’ Degree (MBA) from the University of New Haven, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Connecticut.
He is certified as CPIM & CSCP by the Association of Operations Management (APICS). ISO Assessor Training and registration per IQA Standards (#QM1344/17)
Mr. Gozzo is the co-author of "Made In America - The Total Business Concept" and several other books and numerous published articles. He has developed over 50 courses which can be customized for the respective client.
Customers are demanding more from their suppliers. A recent “Industry Week” communication cited “This cold reality of the unforgiving customers who demand on-time delivery, flawless order accuracy, comprehensive traceability and unmatched quality”.
Are you ready to take the necessary action? This presentation includes a ten (10) point assessment that will measure a company’s posture for addressing growth.
Procurement’s role in the supply chain is most significant. It is a common denominator existing within each of the chain links.
The program includes practical methodology needed to enhance performance within procurement and throughout the supply chain. This includes Lean Thinking and practical principles as noted below:
- The key to providing a quality product/service is having suppliers who provide consistent quality along with timely delivery. Anything less will not only reduce your performance but will increase the cost, wasting time and materials and result in losing customers.
Find out how you can improve the performance currently get from your suppliers. Explore proven strategies to develop workable and effective supplier relationships.
Areas Covered
- Why Improve Performance?
- Purchasing as a profit center - Collaboration
- Performance potential
- Application of Lean practices - Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
- Identifying sourcing requirements
- What is SRM? - The Impact of Quality
- The practicality of the ISO template - Qualifying the Supplier
- Performance attributes - Performance Evaluation
- Report card
Course Level - Intermediate
Who Should Attend
Buyer, Purchasing Agent, Purchasing Manager.
Why Should You Attend
- Fear of being outpaced by competition.
- How to employ the process for Procurement Practices in the Supply Chain?
- What are the success guidelines for implementing Lean Thinking?
- Be able to converse with suppliers on how to achieve the desired results
- How to keep costs down?
- How to address and resolve cost and respective quality issues?
- How to employ the steps to attain a supplier certification relationship?
- How to address the (8) eight wastes?
Topic Background
Many organizations desire to see what others are doing – to help them develop new practices – with their thinking being “Why reinvent the wheel”
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$160.00
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