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Category Management

Course ID: CAT MAN-EL
Length: 3 days
Credits: CLPs: 24, PDUs: 24
Modality: In-person, Virtual
Pre-Requisites: None
CMBOK™ Competencies: A.1, A.2, B.1, B.4, 1.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0, C.0

Course Description

This three-day elective course will teach you how category management is used to make better acquisition decisions and leverage unified buying power. This course reviews how category management creates efficiencies in ordering, processing, sustainment, and closeout of products and services in the acquisition lifecycle. This course shows you how to perform strategic sourcing as a key component of the category management framework. At the conclusion of this course, you will have a holistic view of agency spending, greater spending habits of the government, and how to leverage that information to make better business decisions.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify core areas of spending in an agency
  • Develop informed levels of purchase knowledge
  • Provide acquisition, supply, and demand management solutions
  • Establish procedures to recognize total cost savings, value, and socioeconomic participation
  • Collaborate with industry to develop optimal solutions

For more information, please contact businessdevelopment@bmra.com or call us at (703) 691-0868 ext. 100.

Course ID: CAT MAN-EL
Length: 3 days
Credits: CLPs: 24, PDUs: 24
Modality: In-person, Virtual
Pre-Requisites: None
CMBOK™ Competencies: A.1, A.2, B.1, B.4, 1.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0, C.0

Course Description

This three-day elective course will teach you how category management is used to make better acquisition decisions and leverage unified buying power. This course reviews how category management creates efficiencies in ordering, processing, sustainment, and closeout of products and services in the acquisition lifecycle. This course shows you how to perform strategic sourcing as a key component of the category management framework. At the conclusion of this course, you will have a holistic view of agency spending, greater spending habits of the government, and how to leverage that information to make better business decisions.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify core areas of spending in an agency
  • Develop informed levels of purchase knowledge
  • Provide acquisition, supply, and demand management solutions
  • Establish procedures to recognize total cost savings, value, and socioeconomic participation
  • Collaborate with industry to develop optimal solutions

For more information, please contact businessdevelopment@bmra.com or call us at (703) 691-0868 ext. 100.

Category Management

Course ID: CAT MAN-EL
Length: 3 days
Credits: CLPs: 24, PDUs: 24
Modality: In-person, Virtual
Pre-Requisites: None
CMBOK™ Competencies: A.1, A.2, B.1, B.4, 1.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0, C.0

Course Description

This three-day elective course will teach you how category management is used to make better acquisition decisions and leverage unified buying power. This course reviews how category management creates efficiencies in ordering, processing, sustainment, and closeout of products and services in the acquisition lifecycle. This course shows you how to perform strategic sourcing as a key component of the category management framework. At the conclusion of this course, you will have a holistic view of agency spending, greater spending habits of the government, and how to leverage that information to make better business decisions.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify core areas of spending in an agency
  • Develop informed levels of purchase knowledge
  • Provide acquisition, supply, and demand management solutions
  • Establish procedures to recognize total cost savings, value, and socioeconomic participation
  • Collaborate with industry to develop optimal solutions

For more information, please contact businessdevelopment@bmra.com or call us at (703) 691-0868 ext. 100.

Course ID: CAT MAN-EL
Length: 3 days
Credits: CLPs: 24, PDUs: 24
Modality: In-person, Virtual
Pre-Requisites: None
CMBOK™ Competencies: A.1, A.2, B.1, B.4, 1.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0, C.0

Course Description

This three-day elective course will teach you how category management is used to make better acquisition decisions and leverage unified buying power. This course reviews how category management creates efficiencies in ordering, processing, sustainment, and closeout of products and services in the acquisition lifecycle. This course shows you how to perform strategic sourcing as a key component of the category management framework. At the conclusion of this course, you will have a holistic view of agency spending, greater spending habits of the government, and how to leverage that information to make better business decisions.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify core areas of spending in an agency
  • Develop informed levels of purchase knowledge
  • Provide acquisition, supply, and demand management solutions
  • Establish procedures to recognize total cost savings, value, and socioeconomic participation
  • Collaborate with industry to develop optimal solutions

For more information, please contact businessdevelopment@bmra.com or call us at (703) 691-0868 ext. 100.

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9817 Godwin Drive, Suite 202

Manassas, VA 20110

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