Organising, Controlling and Monitoring Supplies of Materials in the Workplace

1. Analyse operational plans and quantities to assess what supplies of materials will be required and calculate and develop a delivery schedule.

1.4 Explain how operational plans and quantities can be analysed to assess what materials will be required.

1.5 Explain methods that can calculate delivery and lead times for supplies of materials and why they should be calculated.

1.6 Give reasons why it is necessary to analyse operational plans and quantities to assess what materials will be required.

1.7 Explains ways that delivery schedules can be developed.

1.8 Give reasons why delivery schedules and traffic management are required.

2. Identify opportunities to standardise supplies of materials.

2.2 Explain ways that opportunities for standardising supplies of materials can be identified.

2.3 Explain how standardisation of materials can assist projects.

2.4 Give reasons why opportunities for material standardisation should be considered.

3 Check with the delivery schedule and users to confirm what supplies of materials are needed and ensure appropriate orders are prepared.

3.3 Explain methods of checking delivery schedules and with users so that material needs are identified.

3.4 Describe ways that can ensure appropriate orders are prepared.

3.5 Give reasons why checks must be made to ensure appropriate orders are prepared.

4 Conduct negotiations and meetings with suppliers and users so that goodwill and trust is maintained and agreed supply requirements are ensured.

4.3 Explain methods and techniques of conducting negotiations and meetings with suppliers and users to ensure supply requirements are agreed.

4.4 List and describe the factors and issues that determine and affect supply requirements.

4.5 Explain how goodwill and trust can be maintained with suppliers and users.

4.6 Explain how formal and informal meetings with suppliers and users can be conducted.

5 Implement systems, to monitor the delivery schedule and the performance of suppliers, which will identify supply improvements.

5.5 Explain how systems, that cover all necessary factors to monitor the delivery schedules, can be implemented.

5.6 Explain how systems that can monitor the performance of suppliers against the agreed supply requirements can be implemented.

5.7 Describe how identified improvements to delivery schedules can be recorded.

5.8 Give reasons why the delivery schedule and performance of suppliers should be monitored.

6 Identify problems with supply, record them and take action to resolve them.

6.3 Explain methods that can identify problems with supply and supply requirements, how they can be recorded and what actions can be taken to resolve them.

6.4 Explain how the delivery schedule can be modified to minimise disruption to the programme.

7 Identify changes likely to result in over or under supply and modify the delivery schedule to minimise disruption to the programme.

7.3 Explain ways that can identify changes likely to result in over or under supply.

7.4 Explain how to modify delivery schedules that minimises disruption to the programme.