Course Info

Length: 1 Week

Type: Online

Available Dates

Fees

  • Jan-20-2025

    1,850

  • Feb-17-2025

    1,850

  • Mar-17-2025

    1,850

  • Apr-21-2025

    1,850

  • May-19-2025

    1,850

  • June-23-2025

    1,850

  • July-21-2025

    1,850

  • Aug-18-2025

    1,850

  • Sep-15-2025

    1,850

  • Oct-20-2025

    1,850

  • Nov-17-2025

    1,850

  • Dec-15-2025

    1,850

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal


  • Understanding the time value of money
  • Exploring investment appraisal techniques:


  • Net present value (NPV)
  • Internal rate of return (IRR)
  • Payback period


  • Comparing and selecting the right appraisal technique
  • Discovering the use of sensitivity analysis in evaluating projects risks
  • Discussing strategic considerations in assessing capital projects
  • Guidelines for creating an effective capital budgeting framework

Full Costing, Marginal Costing, and Activity-Based Costing


  • Comparing full and marginal costing
  • Determining direct and indirect costs in budgeting for decision-making
  • Identifying cost’s role and impact on pricing strategies in procurement
  • Defining activity-based costing (ABC) and its role in cost management and control
  • Strategies for effective management of cost fluctuations and variances

Budget Construction and Control


  • Understanding the nature and purpose of budgets for planning and control
  • Discovering different types of budgets and budgeting techniques in procurement
  • Guidelines for creating key performance indicators (KPIs) for procurement:


  • KPIs for financial performance
  • KPIs for non-financial performance


  • Techniques and tools for building a budget in procurement
  • Discovering budgetary control and variance analysis techniques
  • Introduction to the balanced scorecard tool for non-financial measures

Policies and Procedures


  • Understanding the legal framework and ethical considerations in procurement
  • Describing vendor blacklisting process and legalities
  • Strategies for managing risk appetite in procurement decisions
  • Recognizing audit and inspection role in procurement and financial control
  • Guidelines for developing KPIs and SLAs for process development
  • Using KPIs for continuous improvement in procurement management

Implementing Policies and Procedures


  • Techniques for drafting clear and actionable policy statements
  • Exploring action words used for clarity in policy statements
  • Strategies for allocating responsibility and assigning roles in the procurement function
  • Steps for accrediting procurement processes to international standards
  • Guidelines and tactics to plan for effective implementation of policies
  • Developing personal action plans