Background
of the supplier management process
No businesses
can exist completely in isolation without support and assistance from
some form of suppliers. Suppliers can come in many types, supplying
all sorts of products of their own, from intellectual support through
to bespoke high level designed and manufactured products.
Nearly
all businesses will need to be able to work with and manage their
suppliers in order to successfully deliver products and suppliers.
The supplier management process
The process
given in this on-line training describes the methods and deliverables
that should be followed by a business to ensure their suppliers carry
out the tasks required at the right time. The deliverables required
to manage suppliers are aligned to the activities and gateways described
in the product development process.
In essence
these deliverables are targeted at ensuring the supplier follows a
process that dovetails into, and supports the requirements of the
product development process. There is little point in a business operating
a product delivery process internally to ensure their products are
delivered to the highest standards if any bought in parts and materials
are not to the same high standard.
The process
starts from product concept and continues through the product development
activities and ends when the product is in full scale production.
The supplier management training course
This on-line
training course explains how to successfully operate the supplier
management process. The intent of this and all our training
courses is not to tell or show the trainees what to do but to impart
the capability to perform the required tasks.
This course is targeted
at the product design engineers, the manufacturing engineers and the
programme managers delivering new products. This training course is
given in English. All our courses are designed to be informal and
are based around a series of discussions and practical exercises.
Taking
the supplier management training course
Access
to this great on-line supplier management training course is time limited
and not usage limited. Once payment has been received we will issue
a user name and a keycode that gives unlimited user access to the
supplier management training course. This user name and keycode can
be used as many times as needed and by as many individuals as needed.