Strategy Development Workshop: The Four Cornerstones™

This 3 day (30 hour) workshop covers the development of the foundation of a sourcing strategy for a commodity, category or service. Using The Forefront Group’s Four Cornerstones of Strategy Development, the material and tools presented will assist the participant in framing a strategy and enable completion of a strategy plan within days of completion of the seminar. Sourcing strategy plans accelerate contribution to the business in both cost savings and assurance of supply. Fortune 500 proven.

Managing Remote Global Teams (1day):

Participants will learn how to build and operate global commodity teams and useful techniques for assuring mutual benefits and on-going success of the group. The course incorporates best practices for project management and negotiations and provides metrics to assure success.

Leveraging Low Cost Country Sourcing Opportunities (1 day):

This course covers the differences between Low Cost Country Sourcing and Global Sourcing, and how to optimize your teams approach and results in these practices. Tools and methodologies for assessing opportunities are incorporated in to the class.