Managing Supplier Performance: Measurement, Certification and Quality Improvement Seminar # 4269

Learn effective supplier management in order to save money, avoid risks, enhance operations—and thrive in today’s business environment.

How You Will Benefit

• Discover the six-step process for evaluating strategies for supplier management and partnerships
  
• Develop a collaborative partnership while managing suppliers
  
• Create a supplier management environment that’s conducive to a productive exchange of ideas
  
• Assure adequate and vigorous bidding—while reducing time, clerical, recording and follow-up costs associated with unrealistic bidders
  
• Do business with only top-notch suppliers

What You Will Cover

• How managing suppliers through target costing and supplier performance work hand-in-hand
  
• When to involve suppliers in designing products and services
  
• Calculate total cost of procurement for performance measurement
  
• How performance measures fit into the strategic supplier management framework
  
• Build a cross-functional team for supply sourcing
  
• How ISO-9000 and QS-9000 can help qualification
  
• The seven steps to supplier certification

Who Should Attend

Those responsible for managing suppliers, including materials managers, purchasing managers, buyers, quality control technicians, quality control managers, plant managers, industrial and operations managers and product managers.

Note: When you attend this seminar, please bring a copy of an annual report and a calculator.

Additional Information

• Extended Seminar Description
• Faculty Info
• Seminar Hours
• Accreditation and Continuing Education Units
• Travel and Accommodations
• Cancellation Policy
• Federal Government Employee Discounts
• On-Site Delivery

Registration Fee

2 days / 1.2 CEUs
Nonmembers $1,895 / AMA Members $1,695 / GSA $1,451

Schedule

We have 6 scheduled sessions located nationwide starting between November 6, 2008 and June 1, 2009.

• Call 1-877-566-9441 for an AMA Training Consultant.
• E-mail customerservice@amanet.org
• Fax AMA Text Registration Form
• Mail AMA Text Registration Form