Establish and monitor projects to develop the supply chain
Overview
This standard is about establishing and monitoring projects to develop the supply chain. It involves deciding the aims and objectives of the project and the ways in which the project will be managed. It also involves costing the project, supporting colleagues, monitoring achievements and resolving obstacles to achievements.
* *
This standard is for supply chain practitioners. They could, for example, be in purchasing, freight logistics operations or transport management roles.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
research potential projects to deliver changes and improvements to develop the supply chain
agree the aims and objectives of the project to develop the supply chain
- establish the way the project should be managed
- establish the costs of undertaking the project to develop the supply chain
- commission the project in accordance with organisational procedures
- establish a project manager
- support colleagues to achieve the project's aims and objectives
- monitor the achievements of the project's aims and objectives
- identify and monitor any challenges in achieving the aims and objectives of the project
- resolve any obstacles in achieving the aims and objectives of the project
- present reports on the results and outcomes of the project to develop the supply chain
- confirm that the project to develop the supply chain complies with all the relevant legal, regulatory, environmental, health and safety and organisational requirements
- promote responsibility for the environment and sustainability within the organisation and communicate and implement these factors when establishing and monitoring the project to develop the supply chain
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
your organisation's strategic aims, objectives and activities in relation to the supply chain
how to establish the aims and objectives of the project to develop the supply chain
- the types of supply chain management theories, models and practices
- the types of financial analysis methods and procedures for establishing costings for projects to develop the supply chain
- the types of planning methods and procedures for projects
- the types of risk analysis methods and procedures
- how to identify and monitor any challenges in achieving the aims and objectives of the project
- how to resolve any obstacles in achieving the aims and objectives of the project
- the organisational procedures for commissioning projects
- the methods of monitoring the achievement of the project's aims and objectives
- the organisation's presentation and reporting methods for recording results and outcomes of the project to develop the supply chain
- the relevant legal, regulatory, environmental, health and safety and organisational procedures required for establishing and monitoring projects to develop the supply chain
- yours and the organisation's responsibility for protecting the environment and working sustainably when establishing and monitoring projects to develop the supply chain
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
- Colleagues: permanent, temporary, agency staff, external
- Supply chain: procurement, purchasing and supply, logistics, transport and operations management within and between international boundaries
- Project: a planned activity, with agreed objectives, a timeline and resources intended to achieve an agreed outcome