Professional Development

Programs

Lead & Serve Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Technical & Financial Proposal

24 July 2019

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 1. What is ISM-India?

ISM-India is an affiliate of ISM, USA and is the center of excellence on Procurement &
Supply Chain Management issues. In addition it has also entered into partnership with ITC
Geneva (A UN Organization) and World Bank to professionalize Supply chain Management
activities in India. We design and deliver executive management development programs and
professional certification that aim to upgrade the skills and knowledge necessary for career
development and advancement and enable organizations to leverage the competitive advantage of
their workforce.

Our programs help supply professionals deliver real strategic and sustainable value to their
organizations. World class training and development of modern professional is ISM-INDIA core
strength. Best practices, trouble shooting and strategic thinking are key elements in all our
professional development programs. All our courses are balanced combination of lectures, case
studies and workshops. A key differentiator of our approach is our commitment to transferring
knowledge so your organization can sustain and build improvements on its own.

2. What ISM-India does?

The key activities of ISM-India are:

2.1.
Competency Assessment Test:
ISM-INDIA conducts wide range of tests to analyze the competency gap in the area of
Supply Chain Management (SCM). These could be used for capacity development, training and
recruitment.

2.2.Capacity Development / Training:

ISM-INDIA assists the individual and companies in building professional capacity in
Procurement and Supply Management. ISM-INDIA has developed wide range of professional
development program. These can be tailor-made to suit the needs of the client.

2.3.Professional Certifications:
ISM-INDIA facilitates individuals/companies in getting International Certification in
Procurement and Supply Management from world renowned organizations.

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 2.4.
Procurement & SCM Consultancy:
ISM-INDIA provides consultancy in procurement and SCM with the major focus on
optimizing procurement and supply chain.

2.5.
Virtual Academy:
ISM-INDIA has set up a virtual academy to facilitate online access to various training sessions,
webinars, Competency Tests. This plays a key role in fast tracking the skill development of
individual.

3. Technical Proposal

The technical overview for the smart public procurement program is as under :

3.1. Smart Public Procurement

Overview:

The program is intended for those personnel who already have practical procurement experience
and helps to develop and practice the skills involved in public procurement.

Program Content :
• Principles & Objectives of Public Procurement.
• Understanding the 4 Ps (Principles, Policy, Procedures, & Practices)
• Threshold Values and Competition Requirements.
• Open, Restricted Tendering/ Bidding & Re-verse Auction.
• Permitted Negotiated Approach.
• Selection and Award Decisions.
• Debriefing.
• Trends in best practices of public procurement.
• Digital procurement cycle.

Duration: 1 Day

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 3.2. Legal Implications of Procurement

Overview:

To provide a detailed exposition of the basic legal principles of contract law in order to high-light
the pitfalls of certain commercial practices in negotiating contracts.

Program Content :
• Formation of Contract.
• Contract Implementation
• Securing Contract Performance
• Termination & Remedies
• UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
• INCOTERMS 2010.
• Conditions of Contract.
• Settlement of Disputes.
• General Issues.

Duration: 1 Day

3.3. Technology Trends in Supply Chain

Overview:
Learn how technology is used in supply chain systems from fundamental concepts to innovative
applications. It will cover the trends and evaluation technologies to digitalize procurement &
supply chain process and thus comply with the need for supply chain 4.0.

Program Content :
• Basics of Supply Chain Management
• Key Trends in Technologies
• Understanding the Concepts and Role of various new Technologies
• Theory behind Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Understanding Intelligent agents
• Problem Solving e.g Adversarial Search
• Decision trees - Clustering
• What is Blockchain?
• How Blockchain Works?
• Practical Blockchain, ML .
• Understanding supply chain 4.0.

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Duration: 1 Day

4. Training Methodology

ISM-INDIA’s methodology and approach to transferring knowledge is

constantly reviewed and updated. We ensure that we bring the most up to
date teaching methods and techniques to our courses. We strongly believe
that actively engaged participants will absorb and retain knowledge far
more successfully than those who attend lecture style courses. Where
material is contextualised and relevant to the participants’ own experiences,
understanding is significantly improved.

The focus of our program is on Knowledge Transfer.

Our training programmes are designed to provide participants with an active and relevant
learning experience. Our resources and methodologies include:

The use of technical

and subject matter
Webinars
experts

Relevant and concise e-learning through our

course material for Virtual Academy
each participant

Interactive group Mentoring – one to

exercises and one and group
discussions

For our professional

Participant led qualification courses;
presentations progress tests, mock
exams, and
personalised feedback
for each student
Customized
casestudies, business Gamification through
simulations & role flash cards &
plays Jeopardy games

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 4.1 Award of Certificate

➢ All the participants will be honored with certificate of participation

after the program.

5. Financial Overview / Program Cost

The cost per program will be as follows:

➢ Face to Face Training: INR 40,000/- per day

➢ Training Material: INR 1500/- per participant
➢ Competency Assessment (Pre-Training): INR 1500/- per participant.
➢ Competency Assessment (Post-Training): INR 1500/- per participant

Note:
• Taxes will be levied as applicable.
• The venue will be arranged by the client at no cost to ISM-INDIA.
• Travel of the trainer will be borne by the client.

6. What Sets Us Apart?

ISM-India is an affiliate of ISM USA which is the first and largest
association in the world to promote professional development of Supply
Managers.

ISM is associated with many industry leaders who are effectively making
use of Supplier Management & Development. We work closely with client’s
leadership and staff, delivering exceptional results in a compressed
timeframe. Additionally, by sharing our proven tools and techniques, we
facilitate the transition of knowledge and ensure that results are sustainable.

Our leader has handled Procurement and Supply Management activities worldwide in most of the
countries amounting to $10 Billion annually covering wide range of goods and services. He has
also led the team for implementing the ERP with the big bang in 166 countries. He is the founder
for developing UNSPSC Coding System for goods and services.

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 7. Trainers & Mentors
We have full time as well as on call trainers with us.
It is the most important resource which keeps us ahead from
others. We have rich experienced, specialized trainers with us.

The name of the Trainer will be provided depending upon the

availability and timing of the program. We do have a pool of trainers and consultants who are
invited depending on area of training. If needed, we can also invite experts from our Headquarter
in USA or other branches in China, Japan and Europe.

8. ISM-INDIA clientele:
ISM-INDIA is pleased to hold the honour for working
with national and international organizations in
public and private sector. To name few, we had
worked with Reliance, DELL, Flextronics, Tata Group,
Genpact, BlackRock, Accenture, Wipro, Flipkart, Delhi
Government, UNDP, USAID, JSI, Bangladesh Government, Mother Dairy and many more.

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 ISM Services India LLP.
1025 A, Tower A, Spaze I-Tech Park,
Sohna Road, Gurugram-122018 (Delhi-NCR)
India
Ph: +91 124 4221353 | +91 9971171220
For additional information please visit our website – www.ism-india.org

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