Project Management for Supply Chain Professionals

Why Attend

Supply Management is the process of managing relationships, information, and materials flows across organisational boundaries to deliver enhanced customer service and economic value. Supply managers aim towards synchronizing and amalgamating these flows through the implementation of a specific ordering of work activities across time and place, with a beginning, an end, clearly identified inputs and outputs, as well as a structure for action.

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

Instructor-led training that uses interactive learning methods, including class discussion, small group activities, and role-playing

Course Objectives

Organize, plan, launch, track, and close a project; Create a clear project objective and work breakdown structure; Master project planning, execution and control skills; Identify the skills necessary to lead or serve on a project team; Utilize project management related techniques; Create an accurate project timeline; Incorporate uncertainties in project time and cost plans; Use various project scheduling techniques; Plan a project balancing the constraints of scope, time, cost and quality; Complete project cost estimation and financial evaluations; Build and maintain effective and efficient project procedures and processes; Identify improvement opportunities to better manage supply chains; Demonstrate proficiency in developing project plans and making sound decisions

Target Audience

Target Competencies

n/a

Day One

Setting up the Scene

Project management terminology and life-cycle project phases
Overview of the Project Management Process
Key areas of Project Management Body of Knowledge
Supply management and project management: similarities and differences
Types of integration
Impact of early decisions on project success
Classical project phases
Project scope – parameters & constraints
The concept of Value-for-Money project delivery
The project supply chain

Day Two

The Project Environment – Objective Parameters

Opportunities and Problems
Identifying, analyzing and managing project stakeholders
Project Charter Development
Beyond SMART Objectives
Introduction to project planning
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Task characteristics and duration assessment
Planning and scheduling methods, including critical path scheduling
The importance of schedule updating
Incorporating planning in planning and scheduling
Principles of project estimating
Understanding resource estimating in projects
Cost estimation techniques
Implementing cost control
Contingency and escalation

Day Three

The Project Environment – Subjective Parameters

Project quality and reliability issues
Project information management
Project communication management
Project risk management
Risk vs. uncertainty
Risk mitigation strategies
Contingency planning
Performance measures and indicators
Project process maturity
Root cause analysis

Day Four

Effective Project Relationships Management

Suppliers/contractors selection
Project manager skills
Building and sustaining professional relationships
Trust and trust-building
Principled negotiations
Leadership skills
Dealing with professional disagreements

Day Five

Project Execution and Closure

Change control processes
Identifying measurements of project success
Project monitoring
Integrating project scope, time and cost
Leading and lagging indicators
Project plan update
Project reporting: to whom and to what level?
Closing and evaluation of the project
Project success factors
Application of lessons learned

$3875

Cairo

Country: Egypt

Duration: One week

Date: 08–12 Sep 2025

$4475

Istanbul

Project Management for Supply Chain Professionals

Overview

Course Outline

Schedule & Fees

Course Methodology

Course Objectives

Target Audience

Target Competencies

$3875

Country: Egypt

Duration: One week

Date: 08–12 Sep 2025

$4475

Country: Turkey

Duration: One week

Date: 30 Mar–03 Apr 2026