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Product Selection and Procurement Specialist Training Focuses


Occupational Code: 24-03-07-09

 

(2024 Edition)

 

Formulated by Hong Kong Supply Chain Management Certification Association

Certification 1

Training Focuses

Class Hour

Analyze the core role of merchandisers in enterprise procurement and supply chain management, clarify the close relationship between merchandising work and enterprise development strategy, and let trainees recognize the strategic value of merchandisers through excellent enterprise merchandising cases.

3 class hours

Introduce the main contents and methods for merchandisers to carry out market research and trend analysis, including consumer demand research, competitor analysis, industry trend judgments, etc., and demonstrate the application of market research in merchandising decisions through case studies. 

4 class hours

Emphasize the importance of product knowledge learning, systematically sort out the product knowledge system that merchandisers need to master, including product classification, brand knowledge, materials and craftsmanship, product functions, etc., and introduce the main ways to acquire product knowledge. 

5 class hours

Analyze the impact of economic globalization on merchandising, discuss how to seize the opportunities of globalization, establish diversified supply channels, develop overseas markets, and enhance global supply chain management capabilities to cope with opportunities and challenges. 

4 class hours


Chapter-level Focuses

Class Hour

The strategic position of merchandisers in enterprises

3 class hours

Market research and trend analysis

4 class hours

Solid product knowledge foundation

5 class hours

New opportunities for merchandising under economic globalization

4 class hours

 

 

 


Certification 2

Training Focuses

Class Hour

1. Master the basic concepts of supply chain such as definition, objectives, processes, etc.;

2. Understand supply chain strategic planning methods, network design elements, and supply chain strategic transformation paths. 

4 class hours

1. Build S&OP process to achieve supply chain plan coordination;

2. Recognize the strategic position of procurement, master key points of procurement negotiation, supplier development and management;

3. Calculate inventory cost, formulate optimal order strategy and safety stock level.

12 class hours

1. Carry out warehouse location selection and layout, optimize warehouse operation;

2. Design distribution network, optimize distribution routes, improve distribution service;

3. Select transportation mode, plan transportation channels, control transportation risks. 

12 class hours

1. Design supply chain KPIs, build an end-to-end performance evaluation system;

2. Identify supply chain risk points, develop risk control solutions;

3. Apply process optimization methods to build a lean supply chain.

9 class hours

1. Grasp the characteristics of digital supply chain, assess the maturity of enterprise digitalization;

2. Explore the application of artificial intelligence in supply chain demand forecasting, plan optimization, intelligent execution and other fields. 

3 class hours


Chapter-level Focuses

Class Hour

The connotation and extension of supply chain 

4 class hours

Strategic planning of supply chain operation

Plan coordination: the art of multi-dimensional game

12 class hours

Procurement management: the integration and driving force of external resources

Inventory management: the pursuit of certainty in uncertainty

Warehouse management: taming the space-time black hole

12 class hours

Distribution management: relay of the last mile

Transportation management: smooth and orderly logistics arteries

Constructing an end-to-end supply chain performance evaluation system

9 class hours

Supply chain risk management: surviving in uncertainty

Supply chain process optimization and reengineering: the unremitting pursuit of "zero inventory"

Digital supply chain: from automation to intelligence

3 class hours

Application of artificial intelligence in supply chain

 


 

Merchandiser Training Focuses


Occupational Code: 24-03-07-09


(2024 Edition)


Formulated by Hong Kong Supply Chain Management Certification Association


Training Focuses

Class Hour

Analyze the core role of merchandisers in enterprise procurement and supply chain management, clarify the close relationship between merchandising work and enterprise development strategy, and let trainees recognize the strategic value of merchandisers through excellent enterprise merchandising cases.

3 class hours

Introduce the main contents and methods for merchandisers to carry out market research and trend analysis, including consumer demand research, competitor analysis, industry trend judgments, etc., and demonstrate the application of market research in merchandising decisions through case studies. 

4 class hours

Emphasize the importance of product knowledge learning, systematically sort out the product knowledge system that merchandisers need to master, including product classification, brand knowledge, materials and craftsmanship, product functions, etc., and introduce the main ways to acquire product knowledge. 

5 class hours

Analyze the impact of economic globalization on merchandising, discuss how to seize the opportunities of globalization, establish diversified supply channels, develop overseas markets, and enhance global supply chain management capabilities to cope with opportunities and challenges. 

4 class hours


Chapter-level Focuses

Class Hour

The strategic position of merchandisers in enterprises

3 class hours

Market research and trend analysis

4 class hours

Solid product knowledge foundation

5 class hours

New opportunities for merchandising under economic globalization

4 class hours

 

 


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