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Being competitive means meeting customers’ needs by offering them the right product at the right time at the right price… and at the lowest possible cost to your company so that it makes a fair profit. Enterprises – which often spend more than 60% of their revenue covering the cost of their supply chain operations – can greatly enhance their competitiveness and customer delivery performance through improved supply chain management.ITC’s Modular Learning System in International Purchasing & Supply Chain Management (MLS-IPSCM) is the most important training tool offered by ITC in this key area. It helps enterprises to improve all aspects of managing their supply chains through its 12 core modules and several supplementary modules. The training it supports can lead enterprises to become more competitive by:
Ensuring continuity and flexibility of supply.
Reducing supply lead-times.
Optimising their supply quality.
Promoting supply innovation.
Reducing supply and inventory costs.
The MLS-IPSCM has been built upon ITC’s extensive field experience with its partner countries and on requests from beneficiaries for a comprehensive set of training support materials in purchasing & supply chain management.
The MLS-IPSCM uses an interactive and participative approach to support group training and/or individually-based open learning. Each Module comprises a trainee’s Coursebook, a Workbook & Answerbook, and a pack of trainer’s presentation Slides.
The MLS-IPSCM is offered to partner institutions through an Agreement with ITC under which they must provide regular feedback on the use of the materials. These local partners must ensure that the training services that they offer are delivered professionally and are accessible and affordable to their country’s business community.
LearningNet
When acquiring the MLS-IPSCM, partner institutions may automatically become members of ITC’s worldwide IPSCM Learning Network, supported by a web portal (www.ipscm-learningnet.net). In this network web portal, you will be able to find more information on the MLS-IPSCM (including the standard Agreement, sample pages of MLS-IPSCM materials and other documentation) in both English and Spanish.
An increasing number of ITC’s local MLS-IPSCM partner institutions are actively involved in developing complementary country- and/or sector-specific modules as well as additional materials and training aids such as cases and exercises, to be used as part of their MLS-IPSCM training programmes. These are being shared across the IPSCM Learning Network.
The Module Coursebooks that make up the MLS-IPSCM are also available to individuals through ITC's e-shop. For further information on acquiring these Coursebooks, please click on the corresponding module in the figure below.
ITC also invites its MLS-IPSCM partner institutions, where applicable, to participate in its IPSCM Professional Certification Programme. Under this programme, candidates may qualify – by taking the relevant exams and carrying out required project work – to receive an international certificate, an advanced international certificate or an international diploma in purchasing & supply chain management.More information on this programme is also available at the previously mentioned IPSCM Learning Network web portal or by sending us a message here.