Material Cataloguing, Specifications & Storage Planning

This unique Material Cataloguing, Specifications & Storage Planning training course is aimed at assisting delegates to develop skills and competence on how to establish and maintain a comprehensive materials and product catalogue to support business and operations covering all operational, maintenance and supporting activities.

• To review, analyse and classify the stock (inventory) line items for its adequacy and completeness of specification, catalogue group, validity, compliance and its linkage of the user’s requirement.
• Know how to gather and assemble data of non-stock materials (direct purchase materials) from various user divisions/departments
• Able to classify and assign appropriate product group and to integrate with master product catalogue
• To understand how to develop unique product/catalogue identification code/part identifications for all products and services in line with International accepted cataloguing system and procedure to ensure technical and commercial integrity of the product and equipment
• Ability to use Configuration Management Systems

• Any Professionals from the Procurement and Purchasing Department/Team
• Cataloguing Engineers
• Materials Engineers
• Configuration Professionals/Engineers/Specialists
• Material Planners/Equipment and Storage Specialists
• Requirements Specialists/Executives

• Essentials of Material Cataloguing, Specifications & Storage Planning
• To review materials catalogue to ensure it is in the specified templates/format
• Configuration Management System
• Technical Integrity of the Materials Cataloguing & Storage Planning
• Change Management System dealing with change request
• Review, monitor and follow up the updates of incoming change request proposal and non- compliance records
• How to ensure completeness of equipment and materials data in the Materials Management System
• Commercial Integrity of the Materials Cataloguing & Storage Planning
• Payment approval process – Supervision and checks of suppliers/vendors invoices
• Commercial Configuration process to improve interchangeability and deliverability
• Physical verification process, onsite visits in coordination with Inventory Control, Warehouse Operations and User’s requirements.
• Enhancing Materials Catalogue Management and Optimum Storage Planning
• How to deal with Obsolete and Substitute Offers
• Materials & Storage Standards and Specifications
• Alternative Specification and Alternative Sources with acceptable material specification
• Multisource approaches to reduce monopoly by single source supplier (achieving economies of scale)
• Coordination with end-users, technical departments and manufacturers to facilitate in identifying all hazardous substances

• Presentation & Slides
• Audio Visual Aids
• Interactive Discussion
• Participatory Exercise
• Action Learning
• Class Activities
• Case Studies
• Workshops
• Simulation