All training is designed specifically to meet the needs of scientific and technical professionals, especially project managers and team members, wishing to make a major contribution to the value adding activities of their organisation. It is also equally applicable to procurement and finance professionals wishing to contribute and work more effectively with technical colleagues throughout the procurement cycle.

• Procurement of outsourced services and materials

  – team roles and responsibilities
  – gathering supply market intelligence
  – supplier conditioning
  – tendering
  – supplier selection
  – agreements
  – relationship maintenance

• Supply planning and logistics for clinical trials

  – mapping the clinical supply-chain
  – demand forecasting
  – inventory control
  – material scheduling
  – capacity planning
  – international distribution
  – GDP and shipping validation

• Planning and logistics for commercial launch

  – mapping the commercial supply-chain
  – risk assessment and mitigation
  – scale determination
  – inventory policy
  – packaging reprographics and origination
  – rapid response on approval

• Helping deliver benefits from information systems, including ERP

  – business needs definition
  – stakeholder management
  – benefits
  – seeking proposals
  – planning
  – implementation