This one-day leadership programme is designed for procurement and supply chain leaders who want to initiate cognitive procurement in their organisations by enabling self-learning technology to aid the acquisition and procurement of goods and services at all levels. It is facilitated by an expert trainer with extensive experience in procurement and supply chain management leadership positions. The session is interactive and interspersed with exercises on cognitive procurement.
Fees include course materials, breakfast and lunch, and the Certificate of Competency. Members save S$200 on this programme.
What you will be able to do
By the end of this programme you will be able to:
- Match procurement tasks to the appropriate levels of cognitive intelligence
- Develop an intelligent sourcing strategy drawn from cognitive procurement
- Draft an intelligent contracts strategy for the procurement function
- Evaluate blockchain technology for cognitive procurement in your organisation
- Assess the key success factors for implementing corporate cognitive procurement
Programme outline
Cognitive procurement is an emerging trend of digital technology in which crucial decisions are made from many data points around raw materials, goods and services, transportation and delivery, and suppliers. The programme covers the levels of cognitive intelligence that apply to procurement tasks, the intelligent sourcing and intelligent contracts strategies derived from cognitive procurement, and blockchain for cognitive procurement technology. You will leave with a view of where self-learning technology fits the acquisition of goods and services in your organisation, and of the key success factors for implementing corporate cognitive procurement.
- Perspectives of Cognitive Procurement in Artificial Intelligence, NLP, and Data Mining
- Procurement Tasks and Cognitive Intelligence Levels
- Intelligent Sourcing Strategy from Cognitive Procurement
- Intelligent Contracts Strategy from Cognitive Procurement
- Blockchain for Cognitive Procurement Technology
- Key Success Factors for Implementing Corporate Cognitive Procurement
Who should attend
Responsibility for digitalising the procurement function sits with you, and the organisation expects a considered position on self-learning technology before any investment is made. Heads of Procurement, Procurement Managers, Sourcing Managers and Contracts Managers will find the intelligent sourcing and contracts material directly applicable. Digital transformation managers working alongside procurement are equally well placed to attend.
Approving this for your team? The programme is suitable for staff development budgets, and SIPMM can invoice your organisation directly and arrange group registrations.
Your trainer
The session is led by an expert trainer with extensive experience holding leadership positions in procurement and supply chain management, and is interspersed with exercises on cognitive procurement.
This programme awards 1 Certificate of Competency
Certificates of Competency build towards SIPMM's professional designations. ASP™ and AIP™ require three, and Chartered status requires an active designation plus two at managerial or leadership level.
Deliver this programme in-house
This programme can be run for your team at your premises or at SIPMM, tailored to your organisation's categories and operations.