Introduction

This comprehensive course demonstrates how customized supply chain management can be applied to project management, ensuring project resources are delivered as required, reducing delays and costs and promoting a successful outcome.

On completion of this course you should be able to: 

• Identify the basic concepts of supply chain management (SCM)
• Appraise the need for total supply chain management approach
• Discuss the concept of building blocks
• Explain the importance of each building block
• Define quality in supply chain management and in project management
• Gain a broad understanding of supply chain management planning, methodologies, and methods to ensure that project resources arrive as required.

Course Outline

The Role Of Supply Chain As A Value Driver

• What is supply chain management?
• Supply chain in manufacturing
• Supply Chain in Services
• Supply Chain in Not-for-profit Organizations
• Supply Chain in Projects

Case Example: Airbus A380

Logistics And Supply Chain Management

• What about Logistics Management?
• What Are Inbound and Outbound Logistics?
• What Is The E-Supply Chain?
• How Do You Balance The Voice Of The Customer (VOC) And The Voice Of Business (VOB) In Supply Chain Management?
• What Is ERP?
• How Do You Deliver Value In Supply Chain Management?
• Supplier Partnership
• Total Supply Chain Management Within Projects

The Building Blocks Of A Project Supply Chain

• Total supply chain management model
• Customer Focus and Stakeholders
• Resources and Time Management
• Procurement and Supplier Focus
• Supply Management
• Building and Installation Management
• Handover and Closure
• Systems and Procedures
• Regular Reviews
• Quality and Performance Management
• Are all the Building Blocks Suited to all Projects?
• Project Supply Chain Building Blocks and Project Life Cycle

Project Planning Chain

• Scope Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Supply Chain Management Awareness
• Resources and Time Management
• Supply Chain Organization
• Business Case: Contents
• Objectives and benefits
• Scope of the project
• Deliverables
• Timescales
• Quality and HSE plan
• Risks (threats and opportunities)
• Assumptions and constraints (PESTEL)
• Project strategy
• Options considered
• Supply considerations
• Costs and appraisal
• Project organization
• Change control
• Information system and reporting
• Resources and Time Scheduling
• Procurement and Supplier Focus
• Procurement Strategy
• Procurement Process
• Requisitioning of outsourced items
• Approving of vendors
• Issuing enquiries and tenders
• Evaluating vendor offers
• Awarding contracts and issuing purchase orders
• Procurement Schedule

Project Delivery Chain

• Supply management
• Supply of Organization and People Management
• Supply of Facilities Management
• Supply of Equipment and Materials Management
• Building and Installation
• Handover and Closure

Supply Chain Integration: Systems And Procedures

• External Regulatory and Internal Quality Standards
• Financial and Accounting Procedures
• Achieving Financial Objectives
• Earned Value Management
• Information and Communication Technology
• Project and Portfolio Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning

Supply Chain Integration: Quality And Performance Management

• What is Quality in Supply Chain Management?
• Garvin’s product quality dimensions
• Parasuraman et al. service quality dimensions
• Basu’s organization quality dimensions
• Hierarchy of Quality
• Quality Inspection
• Quality Control
• Quality Assurance

Total Quality Management

• What is quality in project management?
• Performance management

Supply Chain Integration: Regular Reviews

• Why reviews?
• Which Reviews and When and by Whom?
• Review processes
• Lean and agile project supply chain
• Implementation: making it happen