Lean Practices For Procurement

Procurement's role is changing, and doing things the way they've always been done, even well, is no longer enough. This 60-minute lean procurement training explains how to transform purchasing practices instead of just tweaking them.

You'll define lean principles, learn to spot non-value-added efforts and practices, and see focused tools including the Theory of Constraints and Kaizen with the five S's. The session then pulls these together into a game plan with measurements.

The aim is to adopt practices with key suppliers that make both sides winners in their markets, including getting suppliers to reduce lead time and building lasting trust.

• Explain lean principles and how to use them in procurement
• Identify non-value-added efforts and practices
• Get suppliers to reduce lead time
• Explain why and how to develop trust with suppliers
• Use Kaizen and 5S in procurement processes
• Build a lean game plan with measurements

• Defining lean principles
• Understanding non-value-added efforts and practices
• Focused tools
• Theory of Constraints
• Kaizen and the five S's
• Putting it all together
• Building a game plan
• Measurements

Procurement teams are expected to deliver more than incremental improvement. Lean principles offer a structured way to cut waste and work with suppliers as partners.

This session suits chief procurement officers, purchasing directors, managers and agents, buyers, planners, supply chain managers and materials managers who want to shorten lead times, develop supplier trust and apply Kaizen and 5S in their work.

• Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
• Purchasing Director
• Purchasing Mgr.
• Purchasing Agent
• Buyer
• Planner
• Supply Chain Mgr.
• Materials Mgr.

Michael W. Gozzo is President and Founder of THE TOTAL BUSINESS CONSULTING GROUP, LLC., a firm specializing in counseling and education of all levels of management in the areas of Supply Chain, Lean Manufacturing, Demand Flow Technology, Just-In-Time, Total Quality Control, Manufacturing Systems Implementation, Inventory Control, and Production/Operations Management. 

Recent involvement with Silicon Valley leaders in Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing practices, and ISO includes Cisco, Infineon, Sunrise Telecom, PerkinElmer, Philips Semiconductor, and SanDisk.  Mike Gozzo went to Germany to train operational personnel at Lufthansa Air Cargo.  He has been associated with Lean practices: pull systems, quick change, 5-S, VMI, cell design, and others.

Mike has traveled and worked extensively in Canada, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand, Bahrain, U.A.E., Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Taiwan.

He has an Executive Program Masters Business Administration Degree from the University of New Haven, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Connecticut. 

He is certified as CPIM & CSCP by the Association of Operations Management (APICS)/Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM).  

Mr. Gozzo is the co-author of "Made In America - The Total Business Concept" and several other books and numerous published articles. He has developed over 50 courses that can be customized for the respective client.