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Supply Chain | Warehouse Management 

Supply chain is an integral part of most businesses and can positively or adversely affect cost in terms of material costs, operational efficiency and working capital.   

Effective material handling and control is essential for efficient operation and material flow. Optimising inbound and outbound processes will directly impact the key business performance metrics of cash flow, operational efficiency, and capacity. 

Supply Chain | Sustainability

Overview

This tutorial will provide an introduction on what to consider when beginning your Supply Chain sustainability journey. It will provide practical insights and skills to help implement more sustainable practices and drive better business outcomes.

Key speakers

In this tutorial, Jimmy Moore, Mark Cahill and Stephen Drummond, Senior Supply Chain Advisors from Invest Northern Ireland, discuss sustainability within the supply chain.

Learning objectives and benefits for businesses

Participants will be provided with:

  • An overview of supply chain sustainability
  • Why change? Meeting the needs of the

Supply Chain | Supplier Selection & Performance Management

Suppliers play a critical role in helping companies succeed. In order to find the right ones, businesses need to consider a number of critical factors, including: Price, Reliability, Value for money, Responsiveness, Quality and Flexibility.

The objective of this webinar is to provide you an introduction to key elements of Supplier Selection & Performance Management, the criteria for selecting a supplier and what to look for in a supplier.

Supply Chain | Supplier Negotiation - Preparation and Engagement

Effective supplier negotiations are critical to successful supply chain management, but are little understood by many organisations. For negotiations to work, they require purchasing professionals to develop their engagement skills, and be well practiced in detailed preparation ahead of any supplier interaction.

Our Supplier Negotiation webinar will highlight how you can take action to make your engagement more effective and how you can develop your purchasing team so it delivers value and reduces costs.

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Supply Chain | Sales & Operational Planning

Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) plays a critical role in the Supply Chain function.

This process is key in understanding the impact of changing customer demands. It is fundamental in aligning sales forecasts with operational capabilities and, through better planning and communication, can drive better decision-making within organisations.

Supply Chain | Management Fundamentals

Supply chain is an integral part of most businesses and can positively or adversely affect cost in terms of material costs, operational efficiency and working capital.

Efficient goods management and control is critical for effective operation and material flow. Maximising inbound and outbound processes will directly influence the business performance metrics of cash flow, operational efficiency, and capacity.

Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management is managing the flow of goods and services from the manufacturing of the product right through to the customer or end user. For this process to work successfully, it requires an organisation to have a network of suppliers to successfully move the product through each stage.

Our Supply Chain Management webinar will highlight how you can take action to make your supply chain more resilient and how you can work to develop your supply chain function so it delivers value and reduces costs.
 

Supply Chain | Inventory Management & Forecasting

Inventory management is a set of processes which you utilise to oversee and organise your goods or materials in your facility.

The objective of this webinar is to provide you with an introduction to elements of Inventory Management and how that links into forecasting.

Supply Chain | How to Optimise Logistics in the Supply Chain

Supply chain is an integral part of most businesses and can positively or adversely affect cost in terms of material costs, operational efficiency and working capital.   

Logistics are critical for effective operation and material flow. Maximising inbound and outbound processes will directly influence the business performance metrics of cash flow, operational efficiency, and capacity.

Supply Chain | How to Develop a Supply Chain Strategy

Supply chain and purchasing functions are usually tactically focused within most SME’s - and even some larger organisations - with the priority given to ordering and chasing parts. As companies adapt their sales and production strategies to grow, diversify or respond to external changes, it is vital that long term plans are developed and executed that ensure their supply chains are fit for purpose. This can be achieved through Strategic Supply Chain Management.

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Supply Chain | Effective Supplier Sourcing for Cost Avoidance

Recent disruptions in the global supply chain have caused many uncertainties around the guarantee of supply and planning for predictable costs.  

As a result, many businesses are turning to sourcing to expand their options, and often to bring the supplier base closer to home. As with most new business processes, sourcing can be difficult and time consuming to execute well, but can cause additional disruption if executed poorly.

This supply chain video tutorial will provide an overview of what is considered best practice for sourcing, as well as how it can be implemented within your own

Supply Chain | Effective Negotiation Skills

Effective supplier negotiation skills are critical to successful supply chain management. For negotiations to work, they require purchasing professionals to develop their engagement skills, and be well practiced in detailed preparation ahead of any supplier interaction.

Our Effective Negotiation Skills tutorial will highlight how you can take action to make your engagement more effective and how you can develop your purchasing team, so it delivers value and reduces costs.

Supply Chain | Digitisation in the Supply Chain

Supply chain is an integral part of most businesses and can positively or adversely affect cost in terms of material costs, operational efficiency and working capital.

Digitisation in the supply chain can help improve efficiency, visibility, customer experience and reduce costs. This tutorial includes practical tips and examples of how companies have used digitisation to improve their business.

Supply Chain | Cost Reduction Techniques

Supply chain is an integral part of most businesses and can positively or adversely affect cost in terms of material costs, operational efficiency and working capital.

Cost reduction techniques are critical to successful supply chain management. It is therefore crucial that professionals can track business costs and identify opportunities to save money.

This tutorial includes practical tips and examples of best practice on how you can effectively carry out the cost reduction process and ultimately continue to deliver value.

Supply Chain Conference | Navigating Now, Shaping Tomorrow

At this event, industry experts shared insights on navigating current supply chain challenges and how to future proof supply chains.

Local businesses showcased industry learnings and knowledge around the themes of sustainability, digitisation and supply chain improvements. 

This video will also provide key information on:

  • Managing supply chains more effectively
  • Emerging technologies
  • Enhancing productivity within supply chain
  • Industry trends and best practices

STEP Talks – Smart Technology Empowering People Webinar Series | Seagate

In partnership with Manufacturing NI and Enterprise NI, our STEP Talks webinars will introduce and demystify the concept of manufacturing digitalisation with industry leaders sharing their experience and knowledge on the steps they have taken to make things easier, better, faster and smarter.

STEP Talks – Smart Technology Empowering People Webinar Series | SAM NI

In partnership with Manufacturing NI and Enterprise NI, our STEP Talks webinars will introduce and demystify the concept of manufacturing digitalisation with industry leaders sharing their experience and knowledge on the steps they have taken to make things easier, better, faster and smarter.

STEP Talks – Smart Technology Empowering People Webinar Series | O'Neills

In partnership with Manufacturing NI and Enterprise NI, our STEP Talks webinars will introduce and demystify the concept of manufacturing digitalisation with industry leaders sharing their experience and knowledge on the steps they have taken to make things easier, better, faster and smarter.

Spotlight on South & West China

Under the country’s goal to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, China is implementing various national policies and regulations to develop its recycling industry. This tutorial features Derek Deng, Senior Officer of Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering of Invest NI in Asia Pacific. During the tutorial, he will provide insight into the latest market developments, trends, and opportunities in a high-potential region in China within the construction and demolition sector.

Spotlight on South Korea

South Korea is one of the largest economies in the world and has strong trade links with the UK. It is a country with a fast-moving business culture that places importance on relationship building and hierarchy, with opportunities in technology, materials handling, life and health sciences, and renewable energy, offering a plethora of unique opportunities for Northern Ireland businesses to trade in the market.

Focusing on the emerging trends and exporting opportunities in the market for Northern Ireland businesses, and how to approach them, in-market representatives and specialists deliver this

Spotlight on Singapore | An insight into FinTech and Tech opportunities

Recognised as one of the most open and competitive economies, Singapore is currently the world’s fourth-largest global financial centre and a gateway location to business growth in Southeast Asia.

This video tutorial, in partnership with Enterprise Singapore and Orissa International, outlines the export opportunities that are available to Northern Ireland businesses within the technology sector – particularly FinTech – in Singapore. It is a recording of a recent webinar.  

Spotlight on Japan | An insight in to doing business with Japan

This video tutorial, in partnership with the Department for International Trade and Export to Japan, introduces Japan as an export market for Northern Ireland businesses.  It also explores the recent United Kingdom-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership – a free trade agreement between the two countries. As part of the tutorial, local company First Derivatives discuss their export journey in the market. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

Spotlight on Germany

As one of the largest industrial and export economies in Europe, Germany provides a vast spectrum of business opportunities for Northern Ireland businesses across a range of sectors. This tutorial will showcase the latest in-market macroeconomic trends and technological trends, the influence of the new German government and provide insights for those considering entering the market. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

Spotlight on Benelux: Data & Cyber Security

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are open and competitive economies, and are excellent gateway markets for Northern Ireland businesses into wider Europe. Cyber and information security is an identified priority across the Benelux. Despite a steadily increasing security spend, organisations are struggling to address all threats.  This video tutorial highlights the trends and opportunities available in the security, risk and governance space in the Benelux and how Northern Ireland businesses can best approach these opportunities. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.