Foreign trade and customs clearance with purchasing management and logistics and Excel

Free of cost

by funding

The course introduces you to the topic of trade in Europe and global trade. You will also learn about the core topics of operational and strategic purchasing and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in this area. The course also covers spreadsheet calculation with Microsoft Excel.
  • Certificates: Microsoft Excel" certificate
    Certificate "Purchasing Management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification"
    Certificate "Foreign trade and customs clearance"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
    Module examination Microsoft Excel
    Purchasing management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 10 Weeks

Spreadsheet calculation with Microsoft Excel

Spreadsheet calculation with Excel (full-time 10 days/part-time 20 days)

Basics of table editing

Working with formulas and functions

Formatting cells, editing and printing tables

Filling, moving and copying

Calculating with date and time

Creating and editing diagrams

Using individual print settings

Manage workbooks

Using chart templates and chart layouts

Using Excel templates

Sorting and filtering data

Purchasing management and logistics

Purchasing 4.0: What is it and where is it going? (approx. 1.5 days)

Change in procurement in the digital age

Digitalization in purchasing

Centralized vs. decentralized purchasing

Back door selling

Maverick buying

Procurement marketing

Structuring the supply chain

Analysis methods


Basics of supply (approx. 1 day)

Target triangle of modern purchasing within the value chain

Purchasing cards, bullwhip effect

Advanced/Autonomous Procurement


Supplier Management 4.0 - eProcurement (approx. 0.5 days)

Introduction of e-procurement and Procure2Pay, e-invoicing


Strategic analyses (approx. 2 days)

ABC analysis: Procedure and possible applications

XYZ analysis: selection of inventory strategies

Supply strategies: single, global or unit sourcing

Basic data for the development of supply chain and purchasing strategies

Early Involvement

Volume bundling

Supply Chain Reference Model (SCOR)

Balanced scorecard and strategy maps


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Inquiry and tender (approx. 2 days)

Inquiries for goods and services

Inquiry strategies: Price inquiries

Service description

Rules for handling inquiries and tenders

Offer analysis: composition of costs

Simple, partial or weighted multi-factor comparison


Supplier selection and supply chain management (approx. 2.5 days)

Strategic 360° supplier selection

SCOPE supplier selection process

Segmentation of the supplier portfolio

Risk assessment

Supplier certification

Supplier audits

Supplier classification and evaluation

Supplier policy

Supplier homepage

Portfolio analyses/portfolio matrices

Interface management

Supply chain management

Process optimization and design

E-procurement solutions

Electronic catalogs

Electronic order management

Product Information Management (PIM)

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)


Basics of procurement strategies (approx. 0.5 days)

Make-or-buy analyses


Price structure analysis (approx. 1.5 days)

Composition of a price

Price calculation with the "50-25-25" formula

Cost accounting methods

Performance management

KPI

Performance evaluation

Partial cost accounting (contribution margin)

Break-even analysis

Price regression

Best practice

Price structure analysis in the supply chain

Evaluation and methodology


Value management, value engineering, value analysis (approx. 0.5 days)


Contractual agreements (approx. 2 days)

Use of price escalation clauses

Learning curve and bonus agreements

Quality management

Agreements with suppliers

Supplier rating system


Legal issues in purchasing and data protection (approx. 1 day)

Sustainability in the supply chain

Supply chain due diligence law

DSGVO

IT cybersecurity


Agile purchasing organization (approx. 0.5 days)

Strategic and operational purchasing

Lead buying in the supply chain


Purchasing controlling (approx. 1.5 days)

Objectives and tasks of purchasing controlling

Methods for developing key figures

Professional service in the supply chain

Service providers

Hard savings vs. soft savings

Success in purchasing

Design of purchasing reports

Supplier and supply chain controlling


Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Purchasing Management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)

Foreign trade and customs clearance

Foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

Trade in Europe and world trade


Importance of sea freight transportation in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

Advantages and disadvantages of sea freight transportation

Ship types and freight areas


Importance of air freight transport in foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

Known consignor and regulated agent

Advantages of groupage shipments in air freight


Incoterms® 2020 (approx. 1 day)

One-point and two-point clauses

Criteria for a suitable Incoterms® 2020 clause


Risk hedging (approx. 1 day)

Payment and delivery risks in foreign trade

Documentary collection

Documentary letter of credit


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Customs procedure (approx. 5 days)

Import procedure

Customs certificate and release

Import duties

Customs duties and customs value

Electronic customs tariff (EZT)

Export procedure

The Automated Tariff and Local Customs Clearance System ATLAS

Export licenses

EU customs law

The Union Customs Code

Preferences and certificates of origin

Security provisions in the international movement of goods

EU customs security initiative

Customs warehouse


Processing ATLAS customs procedures with Dakosy ZODIAK GE (approx. 5 days)

Create and edit customer data

Create and edit article data

Create import customs declaration

Processing input requests

Processing errors

Creating export declarations

Creating transit procedures in the NCTS system

Creating an import and export customs declaration

Creating a transit declaration

Possible prompts and errors


International Trade (approx. 1 day)

The International Chamber of Commerce ICC

EU legal bases

Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)


Forwarder documents for foreign trade (approx. 1 day)

FIATA-FCR and FIATA-FCT

FIATA-Multimodal Transport

Bill of Lading


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

You understand the concept of spreadsheets and master the use of Excel quickly and confidently in order to achieve optimal and accurate work results.

You also have knowledge of operational and strategic purchasing tools, digital e-procurement, as well as price analysis, calculation and negotiation. You are familiar with supply chain management and supplier selection and know methods for price analysis and calculation.

You will also be familiar with the work processes and legal conditions for foreign trade in Europe and beyond. You will acquire knowledge in the field of customs clearance and will be able to apply this in practice with the ZODIAK software.

The course is aimed at people with training or professional experience in the commercial or administrative field, specialists from the areas of sales, purchasing, materials management and people with a degree in economics or business administration.

Foreign trade and customs clearance specialists are in demand at companies of all sizes in the areas of goods and freight transportation, sea, air and land trade, import and export, as well as in customs clearance and warehousing.

Specialists in the field of purchasing are in demand at companies in all sectors. Your new skills will open up career opportunities in a wide range of fields.

You prove your newly acquired knowledge with a TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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