Total Cost of Ownership for Non-Specialists

Procurement and Supply Chain|2 days|Classroom or live online

Total Cost of Ownership for Non-Specialists is built for delegates who need to be useful in this area quickly. It starts at first principles and works through inventory optimisation and strategic sourcing without assuming prior specialist training. The programme exists because procurement decisions are now audited for process as closely as for price, and because capability in this area is usually built on the job with no structure behind it. Delegates leave able to work confidently with supplier development, ethical sourcing and warehouse operations in their own organisation.

What delegates leave able to do

Take ownership of supplier development rather than escalating it, measured against the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act
Review ethical sourcing and say plainly whether it is working
Put warehouse operations on a footing they can defend to a reviewer
Bring supply risk assessment into line with current good practice

What the course covers

Inventory optimisation
Strategic sourcing
Supplier development
Ethical sourcing
Warehouse operations
Supply risk assessment
Total cost of ownership

Who should attend

sourcing specialists
supply chain managers
inventory controllers
supply chain analysts

Fees

South Africa	R10 000
Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf	USD 1 100
Live online	USD 900

Per delegate, for the full 2 days. Covers tuition, course materials and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation. South African courses carry VAT at 15%; on deliveries outside South Africa the VAT position is confirmed on the quotation, because it depends on where your organisation is registered.

Scheduled dates

26 to 27 Oct 2026	Windhoek	USD 1 100
11 to 12 Jan 2027	Johannesburg	R10 000
22 to 23 Feb 2027	Dar es Salaam	USD 1 100
29 to 30 Mar 2027	Online	USD 900
3 to 4 May 2027	Dubai	USD 1 100
7 to 8 Jun 2027	Pretoria	R10 000
26 to 27 Jul 2027	Johannesburg	R10 000
30 to 31 Aug 2027	Johannesburg	R10 000
11 to 12 Oct 2027	Durban	R10 000
15 to 16 Nov 2027	Dar es Salaam	USD 1 100

Dates are the published schedule at the time this page was printed. We also run this programme on request, and in-house for a full team.

How to book

Call 069 221 6943 or email info@isptrainings.co.za with the date and the number of delegates. We reply with a written quotation and an invoice. A registration is not a confirmed booking until we confirm it in writing.

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