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Certificates: Certificate "Strategic Purchasing"
Change and innovation management" certificate -
Additional Certificates: Certificate "Purchasing Management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification"
Certificate "Process manager with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification"
Certificate "Process optimization with Lean, Kaizen and CIP" -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Purchasing management 4.0 with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Process manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday 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.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 16 Weeks
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)
Process manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Basics of process management (approx. 2 days)
Understanding and terms in process management
Components of processes
Process map and process model
Roles in process management
Strategic and operational process management
Process management, organizational environment and process models
Preparing, conducting and leading process workshops
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Operational process management (approx. 4 days)
Operational process management cycle
Deriving operational process goals
Process-oriented organizational development
Systemic order clarification
Develop target processes
Introducing, executing, measuring and analyzing processes
Change management during process rollout
Dealing with resistance and conflicts
Process model "Introduction of BPM"
Introduction of OPM (practical examples)
Strategic process management (approx. 3 days)
Defining goals
Use process-oriented balanced scorecard
Developing a process map
Plan and control processes strategically
Integrate strategic and operational process management
Process-oriented organization (approx. 4 days)
Challenges in the design of the process-oriented organization
Setting up BPM governance
Forms of the process-oriented organization
Designing a process model
Aligning technology with processes
Integrating existing methods
Leading a process-oriented organization (approx. 4 days)
Challenges in managing the process-oriented organization
Introducing and implementing role concepts for process and line
Deriving competencies from processes
Establishing a learning organization
Accompanying change with process-oriented organizational development
Procedure models for the introduction of the process-oriented organization
Promoting a process-oriented culture
Leadership in the process-oriented organization
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination "Process manager with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
Continuous process optimization with Kaizen
What is CIP/Kaizen? (approx. 0.5 days)
Historical development of the CIP (approx. 1.5 days)
General conditions for CIP
Saturated and unsaturated markets
Supply/demand orientation
Japanese corporate culture
Toyota Production System
Development of quality management systems, ISO 9001
TQM quality awards, EFQM model (2020)
Six Sigma
Philosophy of CIP/Kaizen (approx. 1 day)
The five central principles
Continuous improvement in ISO 9001 (7 principles, PDCA process model) and continuous improvement
Interaction of innovation, standard and kaizen
Internal customer/supplier principle
Process wear and tear
Informal evasive action
Change management
Tasks of management and employees
Worker self-assessment
CIP impulses
Customer requirements and satisfaction (approx. 1 day)
Society and market movements
Integrated management systems
Vuca and agility
Requirements and wishes
Kano model
Stakeholder analysis
CTQ Translation Matrix
CTQ Tree
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Lean in quality management
Process optimization: Efficiency for the benefit of customers - lean management (approx. 0.5 days)
Philosophy: Focus on customer requirements
Productivity - Quality - Availability - Flexibility
Implementation and Kaizen (approx. 0.5 days)
Environment for Kaizen
Corporate culture of improvement and optimization
Visual Management
5S method/5A campaign
Eliminate waste (approx. 1 day)
Value creation/Muda
MIT study
Elimination of the three MU's, the 3-MU checklist
7 types of waste (TIMWOOD)
8V rule
Mura and Muri
Synchronize processes (approx. 0.5 days)
Production in the customer cycle
Cycle time, cycle time, throughput time
Cell logic, omega cell, chaku-chaku principle
One-piece flow
Pull principle (supermarket) and push principle
Just-in-time logistics [JIT]
Customer-oriented, highly efficient value streams (approx. 0.5 days)
Structure of a value stream
Value creation quotient [WQ]
Visualization: benefits, symbols, data box
Production leveling/Heijunka (approx. 0.5 days)
Heijunka versus series
Heijunka box
Batch size 1
Application example
Increasing the number of cycles
Kanban flow system (material and information flow)
Kanban project
Improving production facilities (approx. 0.5 days)
TPM, autonomous maintenance
Key figure OEE
Minimization of set-up times
SMED/EKUV
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Continuous improvement process (CIP)
Standardize processes (approx. 1 day)
Quality policy standardization
Advantages of standards
Standards in the company
Questions about the standard
Defining processes, from the process landscape to the process description
Visualization
Process planning
3 process states
Controlling processes (approx. 2 days)
ISO 9001 requirements (4.4, 8.1, 8.5.1): capable and controlled processes
Customer key figures (Cpk/Sigma level)
Selection of methods: Stacey matrix, Cynefin
Process management
Process analysis
Standard tools
Q7 and M7
Six Sigma tools
Process efficiency analysis
Data analysis, Statistical Process Control [SPC]
Statistical basics
SPC in series production: interpreting the quality control chart [QRK], automation (Jidoka)
Evaluation models (approx. 1 day)
PDCA: Improvement of improvement
Self-assessment maturity level ISO 9004 and EFQM
Management assessment according to ISO 9001
6-W questioning technique
4-M/7-M checklist
Benchmarking and best practice
BSC
Hoshin Kanri, X-Matrix
Measuring customer and employee satisfaction
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Continuously improve processes (approx. 0.5 days)
Customer satisfaction
Avoid mistakes
Error culture and Hansei
Avoiding mistakes (approx. 0.5 days)
Development according to customer requirements: QFD and design thinking
Risk management
Risk landscape
Risk matrix
Failure mode and effects analysis [FMEA]
Poka Yoke
Internal audits
Dealing with defects (approx. 1 day)
Error classification (DIN 55350)
Customer communication: complaint management, 8D report
Corrective actions, the search for root causes: 10 steps to problem solving with tools (Q7, M7)
Problem-solving funnel with 6 W and 5 times Why (Root Causes)
Fault tree, cause map
A3 problem-solving sheet
Empowering employees (approx. 1 day)
Why and how?
Ownership and entrepreneurship
Task of the manager
Employee satisfaction
ISO 9001: Competence and awareness, knowledge management
Idea management (BVW)
Lean: Teamwork
Quality Circle [QC]
Order fulfillment and problem solving in a team: project management and Scrum
Community of Practice [PoC]
Visual Management (approx. 0.5 days)
Purposes, advantages, methods
Visual process control, Andon (traffic light)
Store floor management
Quality controlling - finances (approx. 0.5 days)
The 10 rule of failure costs
Costs for conformity and error costs
Liability cost trap
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Change and innovation management
Industry 4.0 and digital transformation basics (approx. 3 days)
What is Industry 4.0?
Developments from the past to the present
Digital revolution or normal development?
The most important building blocks for a factory of the future
What impact will Industry 4.0 have on the economy and people?
The technical basis - intelligent, digitally networked systems and production processes
What is digital transformation?
Digital transformation as a process of continuous further development of digital technologies
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Personal ability to change within New Work (approx. 5 days)
Work 4.0 - The New Work era
The new world of work - more digitalized, more mobile, more efficient and more networked
The old workplace - a look back
The new workplace - What does the current workplace already look like?
The workplace of the future - video conferencing, working from home and robots
Global teams: the most important building blocks for successful global collaboration and teamwork
Self-organization and self-management in the New Work era
Agile learning and knowledge management in the digital age
An overview of models and tools for modern conflict management
The opportunities inherent in New Work and Work 4.0
Systems and processes (approx. 2 days)
Process analysis with regard to digital transformation
Lean management - management processes rethought
Design Thinking - An insight into the new form of problem solving and idea generation
Scrum - A possibility of agile project and product management
What is change and innovation management (approx. 5 days)
The analysis of change - how a change process begins
Which tools and instruments accompany the change
The design of a change architecture - The "king competence" in change management
The success factors of change management
It doesn't work without change communication
Innovation management - change management as a driver for innovation
The innovation process: planning, implementation and monitoring success
Change monitoring in change processes (approx. 2 days)
Agile reporting - progress monitoring
Communication controlling - planning, management and control of corporate communication
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
After this course, you will have knowledge of operational and strategic purchasing tools, as well as in the areas of price analysis, calculation and negotiation. You will also be familiar with supply chain management and supplier selection and know methods for price analysis and calculation. You are familiar with approaches, process models and systems to make processes even more successful and can recognize the permanent opportunity for improvement. You have the necessary expertise to implement these improvements and the right understanding of a functioning lean philosophy in the company.
You also understand how important change and innovation are for business success and know the impact of changing processes and structures on the working environment. You are familiar with the roles in a modern company, you can develop strategic plans and then evaluate their success.
The course is aimed at purchasing employees who wish to work in strategic functions or in strategic purchasing.
The course is also aimed at business-oriented individuals who are facing the entrepreneurial challenges of digitalization.
Specialists in the field of Strategic Purchasing are in demand at modern companies in all sectors. Your new skills will open up career opportunities in a wide range of fields.
In addition, interdisciplinary knowledge of digital processes is in demand across all sectors.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).