Overview
The effective application of practical cost reduction tools and techniques, enabling organisations to successfully implement a low-cost paradigm, thus eliminating cost and non-value adding activities.
- Identify relevant cost pools and drivers and thus be able to focus on the key areas of spend
- Reduce costs and NVA and thus add directly to the bottom line
- Sell the new paradigm to all stakeholders, including internal customers and contractors.
- Influence and shape a culture of ongoing cost management
- Understand the impact on our relationships with contractors and suppliers and ensure a fit for purpose result
Expert trainer
Dr Ray Carter runs his own international training and development consultancy, specialising in procurement. A prolific author, his books include Practical Procurement, Practical Supplier Selection and Relationship Management (with Sharon Croome), Practical Contract and Commercial Negotiations (with Kenny Campbell) and Practical Contract Management (with Steve Kirby, Alan Oxenbury and Geoff Kontzle). He has also had numerous articles and papers published in journals such as Supply Management and the Centre for Advanced Procurement’s Praxis publication. Ray is Chairman of the Procurement Best Practice Forum, which is made up of many large blue-chip organisations, the purpose of which is to identify and disseminate supply chain management best practices. Ray’s now famous ‘10 Cs’ of supplier evaluation model, first published in 1995, has become an accepted model for the evaluation of suppliers and contractors and has been adopted by many organisations. It is also part of the CIPS level 3 syllabus. Ray is an external examiner for Salford University and a Fellow of Leicester University.
