CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

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Start: 21/03/2025

This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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7 days before the course

TARGET

People with the need to develop and enhance the skills related to continuous improvement and the generation of ideas.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of the course is to provide a constant redefinition of standards to dynamically respond to customer needs and ensure quality improvement.

PROGRAMME

  • Introduction: Features, Concepts underlying continuous improvement, Benefits of continuous improvement, C.I. implementation within the organization
  • Stages of continuous improvement: Assessment, Implementation, Follow-up
  • Philosophies of continuous improvement: Lean thinking, 6 sigma, Theory of Constrainst, World Class Manufacturing
  • Case history: Context of reference, Development, Reflections and curiosities
  • Change management: Definition, Tecniques of the methodologiy, Benefits of change management

 

TEACHER 

Makeitalia Senior Consultant

WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

DURATION

1 day – 9.00/18.00

VENUE

Via Jan Palach, 55 Modena

COURSE DISCOUNT

“More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

REGISTRATION INCLUDES

Attendance certificate

Teaching material

Lunch

Coffee Break

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    QUALITY OF SUPPLIES

    Start: October 2025 (the course will be activated only when the minimum number of participants is reached)

    Online Course

    This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

    This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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    7 days before the course

    TARGET

    Quality Managers, Quality Control Operators at the entrance, Suppliers to supervise suppliers and anyone in the company who needs to know the supplier quality monitoring and management processes.

    OBJECTIVES

    The aim of the course is to illustrate the principle methods and techniques used to guarantee the quality (compliance with the specifications) of purchased components (inbound supplies)

    PROGRAMME

    • Quality Start: identification of customer requests, special features
      • Identification of customer requests: standard, special and critical features of product and process
      • How to identify special features
    • Manufacturer-supplier relationship
      • The producer/supplier relationship, in terms of agreement and responsibility between the parties
      • Focus on the general conditions of agreement
      • Disegni/specifiche di prodotto e gestione dei relativi aggiornamenti
      • Product drawings/specifications and management of related updates
      • Procedures and KPIs
    • Acceptance of arrivals
      • The acceptance area and its functions
      • Control planning, methodology to define control frequency and quantity
      • 100% sampling and control check
      • Evaluation of the outcome of the check: compliant and non-compliant product
      • Non-compliance management method
      • Monitoring of supplier performance

       

      TEACHER

      Makeitalia Senior Consultant

      WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

      The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

      Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

      DURATION

      1 dy – 9.00/18.00

      VENUE

      Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

      COURSE DISCOUNT

      “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

      REGISTRATION INCLUDES

      Attendance certificate

      Teaching material

      Lunch

      Coffee Break

      Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

      Contact us without obligations

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      NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES

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      Start: 24/10/2025

      This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

      This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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      7 days before the course

      TARGET

      Supply Chain Managers, Purchasing Managers and Directors, Buyers, Commercial Managers and Directors.

      OBJECTIVE

      The course propose to identify the structure of a negotiation process necessary to define in detail concepts telating to the negotiation part, the subject of the dispute, yield position and area of convenience.

      PROGRAMME

      • Context and objective: Definition of the negotiation process, Structure of the negotiotion, Origin of the nogotiation processes, Phases of the negotiation process
      • Starting phase: Set the negotiation style; Choice of attitude, Distributive and integrative negotiation, Negotiatior’s dilemma, Protect yourself from opportunistic behavior, Mixed negotiation contexts, Open the negotiation, The cognitive deception, Opening offer
      • Bargaining phase: Communicate, listen and observe; Divergence vs conflict, Conflict management – Negotiation vs Mediation, Cognitive vs Emotional Conflict, Types of conflict, Alternative, distributive, elusory, integrative techniques, Formal and substantial collaboration, Analyze the context; Apply negotiation strategies and techniques
      • Conclusion: The secret of negotiation

       

      TEACHER 

      Makeitalia Senior Consultant

      WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

      The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

      Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

      DURATION

      1 day – 9.00/16.00

      VENUE

      Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

      COURSE DISCOUNT

      “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

      REGISTRATION INCLUDES

      Attendance certificate

      Teaching material

      Lunch

      Coffee Break

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        LOGISTICS CHECK-UP

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        Inizia il: 17/10/2025

        This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

        This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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        7 days before the course

        TARGET

        Managers and Directors of production, plant and logistics, logisticians and everyone is involved in project to introduce lean principles in the company.

        OBJECTIVES

        How to measure the performance of your supply chain. General overview on the supply chain. Design of the logistics system and identification of the state of the art. How to measure the performance of your supply chain and presentation of real cases.

        PROGRAMME

        • Logistics flow overview: inbound – internal logistics – outbound
        • Fundamental aspects of logistics: warehouse – transportation – service level
        • Logistics costs: storage- material handling – Transportation
        • Inbound: inventory management linked to service level of suppliers, transportation, service level to internal customer (Production) – Missing
        • Internal Logistics: inventory management around workstations, transportation (Internal Handling), service level to internal customer (final products warehouse)
        • Outbound: inventory management linked to service level of its customers, transport (distribution center), service level to end customer
        • Makeitalia Rapid Assessment: process, template and questions.

         

        TEACHER

        Makeitalia Senior Consultant

        WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

        The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

        Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

        DURATION

        1 day – 9.00/18.00

        VENUE

        Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

        COURSE DISCOUNT

        “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

        REGISTRATION INCLUDES

        Attendance certificate

        Teaching material

        Lunch

        Coffee Break

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          PURCHASING MANAGER

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          Start: 10/10/2025 (the course will be activated only when the minimum number of participants is reached)

          This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

          This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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          7 days before the course

          TARGET

          Purchasing manager and anyone who needs to consolidate the technique for organizational and management optimization.

          OBJECTIVE

          The course aims to provide participants with a concrete framework, offering content for the development of skill related to the function of manager, organization and strategic.

          PROGRAMME

          • Purchases like supply chain management
            • Function evolution: from cost center to strategic element for the company, Sourcing vs Procurement, Transversality and impact of purchases on business processes.
          • The added value of purchasing
            • Total cost of ownership, vendor rating, risk management, it tools to support management processes
            • Functional performance: purchasing budgets, KPI management, supplier qualification
          • The organization of purchases
            • Organizational solutions for a purchasing function, centralization vs periphery, commodity management
          • Check-up of the purchasing department
            • Purchasing check-up techniques to identify potential areas of improvement in the management of the processes and performance of the area

           

          TEACHER 

          Makeitalia Senior Consultant

          WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

          The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

          Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

          DURATION

          1 day – 9.00/18.00

          VENUE

          Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

          COURSE DISCOUNT

          “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

          REGISTRATION INCLUDES

          Attendance certificate

          Teaching material

          Lunch

          Coffee Break

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            MANAGEMENT OF MATERIALS

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            Start: 9/10/2025 (the course will be activated only when the minimum number of participants is reached)

            This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

            This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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            7 days before the course

            TARGET

            Supply Chain Managers and Planners

            OBJECTIVES

            Understanding which parameters need to be followed closely for optimum implementation of the policies employed to manage the planning of production and procurement, choosing between a Push or Pull inventory management strategy.

            PROGRAMME

            • Introduction to planning
              • Illustration of the entire planning process, which includes choices relating to the methods of materials management
            • Definition of planning parameters
            • Management of materials and calculation of parameters
              • Comparison of push and pull inventory management strategies
              • Identification of the conditions that lead to choosing one over the other
              • Methods for calculating the parameters used to implement the chosen management policy
            • Insight
              • Incorrect dimensioning of parameters
              • Analysis and management of lead times
              • Calculation of safety stock
              • Analysis of reorder policies based on cover periods
            • Learning by Doing (practice and simulation)

             

            TEACHER

            Senior Consultant Makeitalia

            WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

            The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

            Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

            DURATION

            1 day – 9.00/18.00

            VENUE

            Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

            COURSE DISCOUNT

            “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

            REGISTRATION INCLUDES

            Attendance certificate

            Teaching material

            Lunch

            Coffee break

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              NEGOTIATION – THE COLLABORATIVE NEGOTIATION

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              Start: 3/10/2025

              Online Course

              This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

              This course can be also provide at the customer’s company headquarters

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              7 days before the course

              TARGET

              Supply Chain Managers, Purchasing Managers and Directors, Buyers, Commercial Managers and Directors.

              OBJECTIVES

              The aim of the course is to illustrate the specific characteristics, methods and phases of the negotiation process, focusing in particular on analysis of the negotiation context and the preparation and drafting of supporting documents.

              PROGRAMME

              • Introduction to the negotiation process
                • Characteristics, evaluation criteria for the negotiation process, negotiation methods: from positional to principled
              • Negotiation of principles
                • Definition of the characteristics, principles and strong points of principled negotiation
                • Detailed analysis of the negotiation process and application of principled negotiation
              • Negotiation support tool
                • Presentation and application of a negotiation support tool which summarises the information available
              • Negotiation Game
                • Simulation of a real negotiation process, for putting into practice the concepts and ideas identified

               

              TEACHER

              Makeitalia Senior Consultant

              WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

              The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

              Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

              DURATION

              1 day – 9.00/18.00

              VENUE

              Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

              COURSE DISCOUNT

              “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

              REGISTRATION INCLUDES

              Attendance certificate

              Teaching material

              Lunch

              Coffee Break

                Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

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                SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTING

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                Start: September 2025 (the course will be activated only when the minimum number of participants is reached)

                This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

                This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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                7 days before the course

                TARGET

                Buyers and personnel assigned to management of the pool of suppliers, Purchasing Manager.

                OBJECTIVE

                The course aims to provide an easy method to manage and use the most frequent contractual models in the purchasing area, allowing participants to understand the main critical points that can be found, from the pre-contractual phase to the contract execution phase.

                PROGRAMME

                • Analysis of the purposes and functionality of company contracts
                  • Presentation of the most frequent contractual types of the purchasing area, with a focus on benefits, goals and costs of each type.
                • Reflections on negotiations and their validity
                  • Deepening of issues related to the validity of pre-contractual agreements (letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, etc …) and the problems related to the breakup of negotiations.
                  • Analysis of the drafting methods of the contractual text
                    • List of practical suggestions for drafting the contract, in the most appropriate way for the specific case.
                  • Analysis of the elements of the contract
                    • Analysis of the elements of the contract in practical terms: examples of of recurring and necessary clauses, with a focus on the self-protection formulas (penalties, down-payments, etc.) and the prevention of problems related to the non-performance.

                   

                  TEACHER 

                  Law Firm De Santi – Capalbo

                  WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

                  The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

                  Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

                  DURATION

                  1 day – 9.00/16.00

                  VENUE

                  Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

                  COURSE DISCOUNT

                  “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

                  REGISTRATION INCLUDES

                  Attendance certificate

                  Teaching material

                  Lunch

                  Coffee Break

                  Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

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                  LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT

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                  Start: 26/09/2025

                  This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

                  This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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                  7 days before the course

                  TARGET

                  People with the need to develop and enhance the skills related to leadership and change management.

                  OBJECTIVE

                  The aims of course is to provide strategies and methods that lead to an effective transformation, supporting people to accept and adapt to change.

                  PROGRAMME

                  • Leadership: Introduction, Definitions, Soft skills and emotional intelligence, Leadership styles,, 5 levels of leadership
                  • Change management: Choosing change, Change generating opportunities, Distruption, Benefits of change management, Resistance to change, The 5 phases of change, The types of resistance, Characteristics of the leader, Kotter’s model, Promoting and managing change, How the CEO, Manager and HR should behave, Tools and supports
                  • Exercise

                   

                  TEACHER 

                  Makeitalia Senior Consultant

                  WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

                  The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

                  Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

                  DURATION

                  1 day – 9.00/18.00

                  VENUE

                  Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

                  COURSE DISCOUNT

                  “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

                  REGISTRATION INCLUDES

                  Attendance certificate

                  Teaching material

                  Lunch

                  Coffee Break

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                    SUPPLIERS AUDIT

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                    Start: 19/09/2025

                    This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

                    This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

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                    7 days before the course

                    TARGET

                    Auditor, Supplier Quality Engineer, buyer and whoever in the company needs to monitor and evaluate the suppliers’ performances.

                    OBJECTIVES

                    The course aims to illustrate the main techniques to define a supplier’s audit process  through the understanding of all the different phases by which it is organized. Moreover, the course underlines all the advantages that this activity provides.

                    PROGRAMME

                    • Target identification
                      • Identification of the monitoring target: reactive approach, proactive approach
                    • Project Structure
                      • Team definition, analysis details, how to use it, workplan definition
                    • Evaluation Survey
                      • Question types, answer types, supplementary elements, complementary documentation, result report
                    • Action Plan
                      • How to create a strategic plan to organize the improvement actions: AS-IS scenario, Gap analysis, effort-benefit matrix, scheduling activities, TO-BE scenario

                     

                    TEACHER

                    Makeitalia Senior Consultant

                    WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

                    The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

                    Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

                    DURATION

                    1 day – 9.00/18.00

                    VENUE

                    Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

                    COURSE DISCOUNT

                    “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

                    REGISTRATION INCLUDES

                    Attendance certificate

                    Teaching material

                    Lunch

                    Coffee Break

                      Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

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