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Learn about the challenges associated with measuring savings, including 'hard' savings, adverse incentives buyers face, how to incentivize buyers to meet business objectives and how to measure improvements in the total cost of ownership (TCO) even when the price has increased.

Explore needs assessment and make-or-buy analysis, as well as how to develop specifications.

Discover tactics used for opening a negotiation and creating a positive climate. Explore why it is important to have a positive negotiation climate, how to understand the supplier's offer, listening skills, standard vocabulary, taking a position and summarizing your conversation.

Gain knowledge on how to influence stakeholders or suppliers by harnessing the power of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). Explore how to resolve conflicts by helping you choose how you respond rather than react. Also, learn the principles of NLP that can help guide your negotiations so that both parties emerge from them feeling satisfied and confident about their choice.

Discover the fundamental tools used for managing operational procurement, including Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), eProcurement, eCatalogues, Consortium purchases, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Blanket Purchase Orders (PO's) and Portfolio analysis. Learn how to use each tool and when is the best time to utilize them.

Learn about Operational Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and how to identify and implement the most effective relationships with each operational supplier, in order to deliver the best overall strategic and operational value for the buying organization.

Gain an understanding of data mining and machine learning. Explore the different types of machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, clustering algorithms as well as other machine algorithms including hierarchical clustering (including K-means clustering).

Explore how to use past data to predict future activity, including regression analysis, statistical demand forecasting, moving averages and smoothing techniques.

Explore what corporate fraud is, why people commit it, warning signs to look out for and actions that all employees can take to help prevent it. Learn how to protect your company from fraudulent activities and make sure everyone stays honest.

Learn strategies to reduce supply disruptions and build proactive resilience. Explore the importance of understanding in detail what types of risks can disrupt your supply chain, and how to have plans prepared to deal effectively with a wide range of different disruptions.

Learn how to assess risk, identify potential threats and problems, create strategies for mitigating risks before they occur, and develop the tools needed to respond quickly when challenges do arise. Additionally, explore how technology can be used to anticipate future disruptions and empower proactive responses.

Explore the four key steps of the Proactive Resilience Cycle: Predict, Prepare, Respond and Review. Discover how to integrate continuous learning into your resilience strategies and become better prepared to face and overcome disruptions. Gain an understanding of how to identify your vulnerabilities and strengthen your capabilities both strategically and tactically.

Learn the 7 principles of quality management, ISO and quality standards, procurement's role in quality, Corrective Action and Preventive Action (CAPA) as well as the costs of quality failure.

Gain an understanding of the concept of Reactive Resilience and learn how it can help your organisation respond quickly and effectively when faced with disruption.

*COMING SOON* Explore how to navigate and comply with global sustainability regulations. This course covers key international laws, standards, and best practices for fostering sustainable development in various industries.