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Resilient Supply Chains: How Procurement Builds Resilience
Building supply chains that withstand crises in a VULCAIN world
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- 16 lessons
- 36 quiz questions
- 1 certificate of achievement
Course programme
Every module ends with a validation quiz. The certificate is issued once all modules are completed.
01The new risk landscape30 min
Understanding the forces reshaping supply chains and why traditional approaches are no longer enough.
Objectives
- Analyse your purchasing portfolio with the VULCAIN framework
- Build a risk taxonomy and a continuous monitoring system
Lessons
- The VULCAIN world - a new analytical framework
- Mapping modern supply chain risks
- Building your risk taxonomy and monitoring system
02Strategic sourcing for resilience40 min
Rethinking sourcing strategies to balance cost, risk, and adaptability - from 'lowest bidder' to 'best positioned'.
Objectives
- Arbitrate a sourcing decision with a TCO model that prices in risk
- Design a dual-source strategy with volume allocation
- Size strategic stocks and reserved capacity to complement dual-sourcing
Lessons
- From 'lowest bidder' to 'best positioned' - rethinking sourcing
- TCO, dual-sourcing, and contractual flexibility
- Redundancy: strategic stocks and reserved capacity
03SRM as a resilience driver25 min
Transforming transactional supplier interactions into strategic partnerships that withstand pressure.
Objectives
- Segment your supplier base and define the relationship-investment model
- Co-build a continuity plan with a strategic supplier
Lessons
- From transactional to strategic - segmenting for better collaboration
- Joint continuity plans, scorecards, and supplier innovation
04Sustainable procurement as a resilience strategy25 min
Demonstrating that sustainability and resilience reinforce each other - responsible procurement reduces risk, not margins.
Objectives
- Build the sustainability-as-risk-reduction business case
- Prioritise your categories by Scope 3 contribution
Lessons
- Sustainability as a risk reducer - not an extra cost
- Scope 3, circular economy, and deep due diligence
05Supply chain visibility & digital tools30 min
Leveraging technology and data to see further, react faster, and decide better.
Objectives
- Select and sequence the digital visibility building blocks (mapping, alerting, data)
- Structure a procurement data architecture and an adoption plan that scales
Lessons
- See further - multi-tier mapping and real-time alerting
- Decide better - data architecture, AI and adoption
06Contract design & legal resilience30 min
Designing contracts that protect the business, enable flexibility, and enforce sustainability commitments.
Objectives
- Draft the 4 clause families of a resilient contract (force majeure/hardship, CSR, price/volume, exit)
- Design the exit strategy and bonus/malus mechanisms at signature
Lessons
- Force majeure, hardship and flexible pricing mechanisms
- CSR clauses, cascade and exit strategy
07Organizational transformation & procurement leadership30 min
Positioning procurement as a strategic function and driving the organizational change needed for resilience.
Objectives
- Defend a procurement balanced scorecard in an executive committee
- Structure cross-functional risk governance
- Measure resilience with TTR/TTS metrics and an annual stress test
Lessons
- Strategic positioning, governance and resilience metrics
- Talent, change management and your roadmap