Why internationalise your purchasing portfolio?
- The company's new challenges.
- The new purchasing challenges.
- The main organisations used to deploy international purchasing.
Hands-on work
Work to identify issues in sub-groups.
Identify the main risks inherent in international purchasing
- The risks relating to the country's economic environment.
- The risks associated with the expression of needs.
- The risks associated with the supplier.
- The risks relating to the supplier relationship.
Case study
Based on a real-life situation, participants identify the risks inherent in international purchasing.
Mastering the international purchasing legal framework
- Legal systems and international conventions.
- The specific and sensitive case of suppliers in low cost countries.
- Understanding the issue of intellectual and industrial property.
- Settling disputes: the arbitration procedure and its cost.
- The main clauses of an international contract.
Exercise
Based on a given purchasing situation, draw up an international purchasing contract.
Incoterms
- The different families of Incoterms.
- How to choose the right incoterm The consequences on the cost price and supply chain.
Exercise
Calculating the purchase price followed by a quiz.
International logistics
- Understanding customs mechanisms.
- Choosing and organising transport.
Exercise
Calculating customs duties.
International payment methods
- The main payment methods and security. Documentary remittance. Documentary credit. Standby letter of credit.
- How to choose them. Advantages and disadvantages. Costs. Associated transport documents.
How to internationalise your purchasing portfolio
- Selecting the products and services to be internationalised.
- The different steps in the deployment and key success factors.
- Calculating the overall acquisition cost.
Case study
Deployment of an import action.
