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Mastering Emerging Procurement Trends: Digitalisation, CSR, Agility and Collaboration
Your purchasing decisions influence your organisation's costs, risks and commitments. Incorporate responsibility and evolving practices into your procurement approach. Develop criteria and collaborative practices that make supplier choices more consistent and well-founded.
- Duration
- 2 days 14 hours
- Code
- ACHA010FR Code
Presentation
Procurement is undergoing profound change. New technologies, environmental concerns and growing customer expectations are reshaping your practices and strategies. To remain competitive, procurement professionals need to master these developments. This 2-day course provides a comprehensive exploration of the latest trends shaping the future of procurement, giving you the tools to anticipate change and optimise performance.
From digitalisation to social and environmental responsibility, through agility, collaboration and blockchain, the programme explores essential topics for today's and tomorrow's procurement professionals in depth. You will discover how artificial intelligence, e-procurement and robotic process automation can transform your processes. You will also learn to integrate sustainable development principles into your sourcing strategy and build effective supplier relationships.
This highly practical course combines theoretical input, real-world case studies and interactive quizzes to support rapid, lasting skills development. By the end of the two days, you will be able to implement procurement best practices, optimise your processes and contribute actively to your organisation's overall performance.
Objectives
By the end of this course on emerging procurement trends, you will be able to:
- identify and explain how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming procurement, and master the main procurement digitalisation tools;
- evaluate the benefits and challenges of implementing e-procurement platforms to optimise procurement;
- determine which procurement processes can be automated and analyse the benefits and limitations of robotic process automation (RPA);
- define CSR principles and implement responsible procurement, circular economy and local procurement strategies;
- establish strategic supplier partnerships and apply collaboration and co-creation principles in procurement;
- incorporate agility and flexibility concepts to establish an agile procurement organisation;
- implement dynamic sourcing strategies and use the associated tools;
- use procurement personalisation techniques and simplify the process with appropriate tools and approaches;
- understand blockchain principles and their value in procurement.
Program
Module 1: exploring procurement digitalisation and automation
AI and machine learning
- The main procurement digitalisation tools.
- Benefits of procurement digitalisation.
- Key steps in digitalising procurement.
- Challenges to address.
- Next steps.
E-procurement platforms
- Different types of e-procurement platforms.
- Benefits of e-procurement.
- Key features of an e-procurement platform.
- Challenges in implementing an e-procurement platform.
Robotic process automation
- Processes that can be automated.
- Benefits of RPA in procurement.
- Challenges and limitations of RPA.
- Keys to success.
Module 2: integrating social and environmental responsibility
CSR fundamentals
- Definition of CSR.
- The pillars of CSR.
- The importance of effective CSR.
- Current CSR issues.
Responsible procurement
- Reasons to adopt a responsible procurement policy.
- The pillars of responsible procurement.
- Implementing a responsible procurement process.
The circular economy
- Definition of the circular economy.
- Fundamental principles.
- Benefits of a circular economy.
- Challenges to address.
Local procurement and short supply chains
- Definition of local procurement and short supply chains.
- Benefits of local procurement and short supply chains.
- Steps to develop local procurement and short supply chains.
- Challenges to address.
Module 3: developing collaboration and co-creation
Strategic supplier partnerships
- Benefits of strategic partnerships.
- Keys to a successful strategic partnership.
- Challenges to address.
Co-creation
- Benefits of collaboration and co-creation.
- Challenges to address.
- Ways to make collaboration and co-creation successful.
Module 4: adopting agility and flexibility
Agility and flexibility fundamentals
- Definition of agility and flexibility in procurement.
- The importance of agility and flexibility.
- Putting agility and flexibility into practice.
An agile procurement organisation
- Redefining roles and responsibilities.
- Adopting an agile methodology.
- Digitalising processes.
- Fostering a culture of innovation.
- Continuous measurement and improvement.
Agile transformation challenges
- Resistance to change.
- The complexity of procurement processes.
- Measuring performance.
- Organisational culture.
- Tools and technologies.
- Challenges to address.
Best practices for training procurement professionals
- Identifying training needs.
- Choosing suitable teaching methods.
- Developing key skills.
- Encouraging continuous learning.
- Measuring training effectiveness.
- Benefits of continuing training.
Dynamic sourcing
- Benefits of dynamic sourcing.
- Stages of dynamic sourcing.
- Tools for implementing dynamic sourcing.
- Benefits of dynamic sourcing for procurement professionals.
Module 5: incorporating other significant procurement trends
Personalising procurement
- The importance of personalisation.
- Implementing personalisation.
- Different types of personalisation.
- Personalisation challenges.
Simplifying the procurement process
- Ways to simplify the procurement process.
- Tools that support simplification.
- Benefits for the business.
Blockchain
- Key blockchain characteristics.
- Blockchain use cases.
Audience
This course is intended for:
- anyone working or seeking to work in procurement, including:
- buyers;
- supply planners;
- procurement managers;
- contract managers;
- procurement project managers;
- anyone involved in acquiring goods and services.
Prerequisites
This course requires the following prerequisites:
- knowledge of fundamental procurement concepts, including sourcing processes, negotiation techniques and supplier management principles;
- familiarity with common office software for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations;
- an understanding of general business challenges, particularly in strategy, performance and profitability.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Quiz / multiple-choice questions
- Case study
Course highlights
- Up-to-date procurement training: the course addresses the latest trends and key procurement issues, preparing participants to perform effectively in a constantly changing environment.
- Comprehensive coverage: sessions cover a broad range of topics, from digitalisation and automation to CSR, collaboration, agility and blockchain.
- Practical focus: participants receive tools and strategies that can be applied directly in their professional context.
- Varied teaching methods: the programme combines multiple-choice quizzes to validate knowledge with case studies for practical application.
Dates and sessions
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