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Course: Evaluating
Outsourcing Alternatives
Duration: 2 days;
registration at 8:00 AM day one, class begins at 8:30 AM; class ends
at 4:00 PM final day.
Overview: The
majority of organizations now outsource at least one product or
function; unfortunately, many outsourcing decisions are based solely
on price/cost and fail to deliver the expected results. This course
shows how to examine strategic, process and vendor capability factors
in defining outsourcing candidates, evaluating vendors and
constructing shared-win agreements.
Who should attend:
Operations managers, process improvement champions,
systems analysts, materials and distribution
managers, low cost sourcing managers
Agenda:
Defining the case for
outsourcing
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Determining internal
strategic skills, processes, products and core competitive
advantages
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Defining outsourcing
advantages: leverage supplier technology and competencies, reduced
cycle time, focus internal resources, other
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Challenges in
identifying true cost savings and impacts
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Functional areas:
design, operations, information systems, finance/HR, distribution,
logistics, fulfillment, other
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Individual operations
or products vs. families, systems, processes
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Typical
industry-specific considerations and examples
Evaluating vendor
candidates
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Defining key vendor
technical, product, company competencies and advantages and
abilities to grow
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Considerations with
offshore partners and trade programs
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Impacts of increased
reliance on key vendors
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Subjective and
objective vendor characteristics: quality certifications and
improvement programs, use of best practices, culture, other
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Vendor supply chain and
tier 2/3 supplier capabilities
Implementing
shared-win partner agreements and systems
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Defining
the hard numbers: price, delivery performance, quality levels,
service level agreements (SLA), other
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Building in
flexibility: volume, timing, product requirement changes
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Security and
confidentiality parameters
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Rewards, penalties and
avoiding adversarial relationships
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Examples of typical
outsourcing agreements
Each area includes:
Typical policy issues, glossary, case study or exercise.
Fee: $955 US for 2
days; $785 per person when 2 or more attend from same company.
Includes materials and handouts, continental breakfast, lunch and
coffee service but not dinner, lodging or transportation.
Registration options:
registration form
Bridgefield Group Inc.
Attn: Registration
270 Lakeview Ridge East
Roswell, GA 30076
For
additional information or questions contact:
education@bridgefieldgroup.com
