Are we doing the right things? Despite all our efforts, deliveries are late, over budget and below performance. The way that we approach our procurement has a marked effect on the result; therefore we have to ensure we use the right processes and criteria to select our suppliers. This seminar will use the system approach to demonstrate the optimal method in vendor qualification, enhance performance, and ensure contract compliance
This Tendering Procedures & Bid Evaluation training will examine all the input that has influence and direct impact on tendering procedures and bid evaluation. The key elements include understanding business need, market analysis, supply chain cost modeling, contracting strategy, and contract award up to and including contract initiation. It introduces a methodology in classifying the 3rd party goods or services for an organization based on supply risk to spend value. Then a methodology will be introduced to help assign the best-fit market approach to a particular category or its sub-category. All of these will lead to best-fit tendering procedures and bid evaluation. When should we play it safe by only allowing experienced and proven suppliers to bid? When and how can we develop new suppliers? What is a fit-for-purpose suppliers selection process? How best to master a tender negotiation? How to handle (or avoid) contract award disputes? How to meet the increasingly aggressive local content requirements in developing countries? What is the unwanted by-product of chasing for localization targets?
This Tendering Procedures & Bid Evaluation training will examine all the input that has influence and direct impact on tendering procedures and bid evaluation. The key elements include understanding business need, market analysis, supply chain cost modeling, contracting strategy, and contract award up to and including contract initiation. It introduces a methodology in classifying the 3rd party goods or services for an organization based on supply risk to spend value. Then a methodology will be introduced to help assign the best-fit market approach to a particular category or its sub-category. All of these will lead to best-fit tendering procedures and bid evaluation. When should we play it safe by only allowing experienced and proven suppliers to bid? When and how can we develop new suppliers? What is a fit-for-purpose suppliers selection process? How best to master a tender negotiation? How to handle (or avoid) contract award disputes? How to meet the increasingly aggressive local content requirements in developing countries? What is the unwanted by-product of chasing for localization targets?
PPP projects are very `involved with large financial outputs and results. The projects cover infrastructure, power generation, utilities all of which should be performed efficiently and in a sustainable manner. Hence these projects involve major challenges that need to be overcome to deliver a successful project. The achievement or failure of a project will depend on many determinants and the study of case studies included in this training will help guide participants on the dos and don’ts of successful PPP project performance and implementation. Good project development is fundamental to a successful PPP project. The concept of PPP obligates a more collaborative connection between both sectors, fostered by openness and trust. This presents a major shift from the traditional arms-length approach to procuring services and executing projects. Well designed, feasible projects attract greater interest amongst potential investors and demonstrate the potential benefits of taking the project forward to the procurement phase. Therefore, PPP projects critically require specially trained personnel who possess a deep understanding of the many different constraints involved and who display extensive knowledge of how to prepare and commence a PPP project.
The late delivery of projects has become the scourge of project professionals worldwide. Countless numbers of projects undertaken by organizations in the private and public sectors significantly overrun the project schedule and budget, and as a consequence fail to achieve the organization's financial and strategic objectives, often with sizable increases in costs and with substantial financial losses to the organization. Why? This is due mainly to the failure of many project professionals to successfully apply the tools and techniques of modern project planning, scheduling, and control to their projects. Likewise, the development of reliable cost estimates during the design and early conceptual stages of a proposed project is of critical importance to the success of the project. The decision to proceed with a project is often based almost exclusively on early conceptual cost estimates, and these estimates provide the basis for the cash flow projections and forecasts used during the project feasibility study. Unreliable cost estimates can result in significant cost overruns later in the project life when it is too late to contain them. In addition to the potential financial losses suffered by the organization, many such projects subsequently fail to deliver the required quality of outcomes intended for the project as a direct consequence of poor estimating. Budgeting inaccuracies inevitably result in lower quality workmanship and materials. The estimating techniques and processes covered in this conference will provide delegates with the necessary skills to forecast accurately the anticipated costs of projects with a focus on budget estimates, estimates for pre-construction services, estimating contractor and sub-contractor work, estimating general conditions, pricing self-performed work, estimating negotiated contracts, and performing lump sum and unit-price estimates. This course will significantly enhance the skills and knowledge of delegates and improve their ability to properly plan and schedule their projects, as well as perform estimates at both the conceptual and detailed levels, and to compare feasible alternatives quickly and efficiently.
Develop a solid foundation of project management tools and techniques with this comprehensive program. Discover a wealth of valuable, flexible, and easy-to-use tools and techniques that you can use immediately to help ensure the success of any project in any type of organization. This course covers the entire project life cycle and is structured after the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). It incorporates practices that are critical to project success.
Project leadership, management, and communication are essential skills for successfully guiding a project from start to finish. This course will provide participants with an understanding of the key concepts and best practices in project leadership, management, and communication, as well as hands-on exercises and case studies.
This Managing & Negotiating with Consultants & Contractors conference aims at equipping the hiring (line) managers, procurement, and recruiters to maximize the return on investment in the “recruit to contract termination” process of external consultants and contractors for the hiring organizations. Organizations want to enjoy the flexibility of a contractor’s workforce instead of internal staff, but would there be conflicts when contractors and internal staff have to work together? How to ensure seamless team effort among contractors and internal staff? The trend of outsourcing and the continuous interest of shareholders to want organizations to have fewer and fewer headcounts and governments should become smaller and smaller; the importance and popularity of external consultants and contractors keep increasing. How to identify and attract the best contractors/consultants? How to accelerate the onboarding time for contractors/consultants? How to retain them? How to get the most out of them within a flexible contract period? It is quite similar to the case with internal employees, yet there is a significant difference too.
A project is a task that is time-limited and has defined scope and resources. In getting this job done, a project manager faces new challenges all the time. These challenges can be overcome with an organized process, a good and cooperative team, and careful planning. In this course, participants will learn the fundamentals of project management to enable them expertly manage to deliver the on-time, on-budget results, learning, and integration that organizations need.