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Strategic Cost & Value Management in Supply Chain

Strategic Cost & Value Management in Supply Chain

1 Weeks
Professional Level
Certificate Included
Course Content

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Available Events
CityDatePriceStatus
LisbonPortugal
September 13, 2026
€4,800
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TunisTunis
September 27, 2026
€4,400
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IstanbulTurkey
October 13, 2026
€4,900
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ParisFrance
October 25, 2026
€5,200
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OnlineOnline
October 27, 2026
€4,300
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SingaporeSingapore
October 31, 2026
€5,100
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AmsterdamNetherlands
November 3, 2026
€4,900
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LondonUnited Kingdom
November 5, 2026
£4,800
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GenevaSwitzerland
November 23, 2026
€4,900
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Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Category

Supply Chain Management

Level

Professional Level

Certificate

Included

INTRODUCTION

Organizations increasingly require supply chain professionals to control costs while maintaining quality, continuity, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction. Traditional price-focused purchasing methods often overlook hidden expenses generated by transportation, inventory, quality failures, delays, maintenance, and supplier risks. Strategic cost management provides a broader framework for understanding the financial impact of supply chain decisions. This course helps participants connect operational activities with cost behavior, profitability, and long-term organizational value. Participants examine methods for analyzing expenditures, identifying cost drivers, and prioritizing improvement opportunities. They also learn how sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, process redesign, and demand planning can generate measurable benefits. The program integrates financial concepts with practical supply chain management tools suitable for complex organizational environments. Case studies and applied exercises strengthen participants’ ability to evaluate alternatives and communicate business recommendations. The course ultimately supports better decisions that reduce avoidable costs and maximize sustainable value across the supply chain.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will achieve the following objectives by this course:

  • Understand strategic cost and value management principles across integrated supply chain activities.
  • Identify major cost drivers affecting procurement, inventory, logistics, operations, and supplier performance.
  • Apply total cost of ownership and lifecycle costing to sourcing decisions.
  • Develop structured cost models for products, services, suppliers, and supply chain processes.
  • Use value analysis to improve functionality while reducing unnecessary expenditure.
  • Evaluate cost reduction opportunities without compromising quality, resilience, or customer service.
  • Strengthen supplier negotiations through cost breakdowns, benchmarks, and financial analysis.
  • Measure cost savings, cost avoidance, value contribution, and financial performance accurately.
  • Build effective cost improvement initiatives supported by data and stakeholder engagement.
  • Align supply chain cost strategies with organizational objectives and long-term value creation.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This program targets a professional audience seeking to improve knowledge and skills:

  • Supply chain managers responsible for cost optimization, performance improvement, and value delivery.
  • Procurement managers leading sourcing, supplier negotiations, category strategies, and expenditure control.
  • Finance professionals supporting budgeting, cost analysis, profitability, and investment decisions.
  • Logistics managers overseeing transportation, distribution, warehousing, and delivery cost performance.
  • Inventory managers responsible for stock investment, availability, obsolescence, and working capital.
  • Operations managers seeking efficiency improvements across processes, resources, and service delivery.
  • Contract specialists managing commercial terms, pricing structures, claims, and supplier obligations.
  • Category managers developing cost strategies for high-value goods and services.
  • Project managers evaluating costs, benefits, risks, and commercial alternatives.
  • Professionals preparing for strategic supply chain and procurement leadership responsibilities.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1: Strategic Cost Management Fundamentals

  • Understanding cost management within modern supply chain strategy.
  • Distinguishing price reduction, cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation.
  • Mapping supply chain activities and their financial impact.
  • Identifying direct, indirect, fixed, variable, and hidden costs.
  • Understanding cost behavior across products, services, and processes.
  • Linking supply chain decisions with profitability and working capital.
  • Assessing cost management maturity within an organization.
  • Establishing strategic cost reduction priorities and governance.
  • Defining financial and operational performance indicators.

Day 2: Cost Analysis and Modeling Techniques

  • Applying total cost of ownership to sourcing decisions.
  • Evaluating lifecycle costs for products, assets, and services.
  • Developing supplier and product cost breakdown structures.
  • Identifying material, labor, overhead, logistics, and risk costs.
  • Using activity-based costing for supply chain processes.
  • Applying cost-to-serve analysis across customers and channels.
  • Comparing internal costs with market benchmarks.
  • Conducting sensitivity and scenario analysis.
  • Building practical cost models for decision support.

Day 3: Value Analysis and Strategic Sourcing

  • Understanding value from customer and organizational perspectives.
  • Applying value analysis and value engineering techniques.
  • Challenging specifications and unnecessary cost requirements.
  • Aligning category strategies with cost and value objectives.
  • Segmenting expenditure and prioritizing sourcing opportunities.
  • Evaluating make, buy, outsource, and insource decisions.
  • Using demand management to reduce avoidable consumption.
  • Developing should-cost models for supplier negotiations.
  • Selecting sourcing strategies based on value and risk.

Day 4: Supplier Negotiation and Collaborative Cost Reduction

  • Preparing negotiations using cost data and supplier intelligence.
  • Analyzing supplier margins, cost structures, and commercial positions.
  • Identifying negotiation levers beyond unit price.
  • Structuring volume, payment, delivery, and service agreements.
  • Developing gain-sharing and cost-sharing arrangements.
  • Collaborating with suppliers on process and design improvements.
  • Managing supplier resistance to cost transparency.
  • Protecting quality and continuity during cost reduction.
  • Measuring supplier contribution to value improvement.

Day 5: Implementation, Measurement, and Sustainable Value

  • Building practical supply chain cost improvement programs.
  • Prioritizing initiatives by value, effort, risk, and feasibility.
  • Establishing baselines for accurate benefits measurement.
  • Tracking savings, avoidance, cash flow, and value contribution.
  • Preventing double counting and unsupported savings claims.
  • Communicating financial results to senior stakeholders.
  • Integrating resilience, sustainability, and innovation objectives.
  • Managing organizational resistance and implementation challenges.
  • Preparing an actionable strategic cost management plan.

COURSE DURATION

Duration: 1 Weeks

This intensive program is delivered over five consecutive training days through expert presentations, practical cost analysis exercises, case studies, group discussions, supplier negotiation simulations, financial modeling activities, and applied workshops designed to transform strategic cost management concepts into measurable supply chain improvement initiatives.

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

The course is delivered by an internationally certified expert with extensive practical and consulting experience in procurement, supply chain management, cost optimization, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, financial analysis, and organizational value improvement across complex corporate and industrial environments.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

No, the financial concepts are explained through practical supply chain applications.

CONCLUSION

Strategic cost and value management enables organizations to improve profitability without weakening quality, resilience, or customer service. This course provides participants with practical tools for analyzing costs, evaluating value, and prioritizing improvement opportunities. It strengthens their ability to support sourcing, supplier, inventory, logistics, and operational decisions with reliable financial evidence. Participants gain the confidence to design and communicate cost improvement initiatives that deliver measurable organizational benefits. The program ultimately supports sustainable value creation and stronger supply chain performance.

Strategic Cost & Value Management in Supply Chain

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