| Supply Chain Management is the process by which | | | | The NVQ Standards are designed to cover a wide |
| materials, services, information and finances flow | | | | range of management roles and are therefore |
| from supplier to consumer through the various | | | | available at levels 2, 3, 4 and 5 with each level having |
| business networks. This includes planning, | | | | its own clearly defined list of core and optional units. |
| manufacturing, wholesale and retail. The whole | | | | The core units at each respective level of the NVQ |
| process of networks involved, and the management | | | | standards focus on those competencies which are |
| of these stages is crucial to the efficiency of the | | | | deemed to be fundamental to any individual operating |
| operation. | | | | in a supply chain role at that level, and therefore |
| So how do you become top of your game? How do | | | | must be completed by all students as part of their |
| you ensure that you are controlling the chain as | | | | qualification. |
| efficiently as possible?Increasingly over the past 10 | | | | The optional units are contained within the specialist |
| years the National Vocational Qualification in | | | | sections of the NVQ and cover activities such as |
| Procurement has become recognised by both | | | | Supplier and Contract Management, Developing and |
| organisations and individuals, as a valid and robust | | | | Contributing to Strategies, Sourcing, Inventory and |
| alternative to the traditional examination based route | | | | Materials Management Transport and Distribution, |
| to full Corporate Membership of the Chartered | | | | Warehousing and finally, Project Management. |
| Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS). Not only | | | | Whether you are an individual wishing to achieve |
| do Supply Chain Management NVQs provide a | | | | MCIPS or MCMI status, or a Purchasing Manager |
| structured framework for learning, but they are also | | | | wishing to implement a vocational corporate training |
| the ideal solution for measuring the effective | | | | and development programme for your staff, an NVQ |
| implementation of that learning into the workplace. | | | | in purchasing and procurement could be the platform |
| Overview of the Standards | | | | you need to get to the top of your game. |