🚚 Expediting Strategies: Ensuring On-Time Project Delivery

Overview

📘 Course Description

This course equips participants with comprehensive knowledge and practical tools to plan, implement, and manage effective expediting strategies. Timely delivery of equipment, materials, and services is critical to project success—this course covers all aspects of expediting, including pre-production activities, supplier audits, production monitoring, shipping logistics, documentation, and communication strategies. Participants will learn to identify risks, enforce contract milestones, handle delays, and optimize the entire expediting process.

🎯 Learning Objectives

✅ Understand the expediting process and its role in project success
✅ Develop expediting plans aligned with procurement schedules
✅ Conduct supplier pre-production meetings & manufacturing progress inspections
✅ Monitor supplier performance and address deviations effectively
✅ Manage logistics, customs, and final delivery
✅ Communicate proactively with stakeholders to ensure timely completion

👥 Who Should Attend

Procurement & supply chain professionals
Project managers & coordinators
Logistics & materials management staff
Contract engineers & buyers
Quality & inspection personnel
Anyone responsible for on-time delivery in projects

🗂️ Training Format

✅ Instructor-led technical lectures
✅ Group discussions & Q&A sessions
✅ Role-playing supplier meetings & progress reviews
✅ Workshops using real project scenarios
✅ Templates & checklists for practical application

📅 Day-by-Day Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Introduction to Expediting & Planning Strategies

Time	Topic
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome, Introductions & Course Objectives
09:00 – 10:30	Fundamentals of Expediting: Definitions, Objectives, and Types (Desk & Field Expediting)
10:30 – 10:45	☕ Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15	Roles & Responsibilities of Expeditors, Buyers, and Project Teams
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Developing the Expediting Plan & Integrating with Procurement Schedule
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Workshop: Building an Expediting Schedule for a Sample Project

📅 Day 2: Pre-Production Activities & Supplier Kick-Off

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Supplier Qualification & Pre-Award Assessments
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Conducting Pre-Production Meetings (PPMs) with Suppliers
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Analyzing Critical Path Items & Milestone Management
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Workshop: Preparing for a Supplier Kick-Off Meeting

📅 Day 3: Production Monitoring & Progress Tracking

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Techniques for On-Site Expediting Visits & Inspections
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Progress Tracking Tools: Gantt Charts, S-Curves, KPIs
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Identifying & Managing Potential Delays and Deviations
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Workshop: Conducting a Progress Review & Status Reporting

📅 Day 4: Shipping Logistics, Documentation & Expediting Challenges

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Managing Logistics: Shipping Schedules, Incoterms, and Transportation Modes
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Expediting Export/Import Documentation & Customs Coordination
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Handling Expediting Challenges: Supplier Non-Compliance, Force Majeure, & Escalations
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Case Studies: Expediting Delays and Lessons Learned

📅 Day 5: Communication, Reporting & Course Wrap-Up

Time	Topic
08:30 – 10:00	Effective Communication Strategies with Suppliers & Stakeholders
10:00 – 10:15	☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 12:15	Writing Expediting Reports, Dashboards, and Action Logs
12:15 – 13:15	🍽 Lunch
13:15 – 14:45	Aligning Expediting with Project Controls & Risk Management
14:45 – 15:00	☕ Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30	Integrated Case Study, Wrap-Up, Q&A & Certificate Distribution

📦 Materials Provided

✅ Course slides & manuals
✅ Expediting checklists & report templates
✅ Real-life case studies
✅ Critical path tracking tools
✅ Certificate of Completion

Target audiences

Reservoir Engineers, Geologists

$ 5,950

Course Features

Lecture 0
Quiz 0
Duration 5 days
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 40
Assessments Yes

🚚 Expediting Strategies: Ensuring On-Time Project Delivery

Overview

📘 Course Description

🎯 Learning Objectives

👥 Who Should Attend

🗂️ Training Format

📅 Day-by-Day Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Introduction to Expediting & Planning Strategies

📅 Day 2: Pre-Production Activities & Supplier Kick-Off

📅 Day 3: Production Monitoring & Progress Tracking

📅 Day 4: Shipping Logistics, Documentation & Expediting Challenges

📅 Day 5: Communication, Reporting & Course Wrap-Up

📦 Materials Provided

Target audiences

Course Features

TRAINING SOLUTIONS

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🚚 Expediting Strategies: Ensuring On-Time Project Delivery

Overview

📘 Course Description

🎯 Learning Objectives

👥 Who Should Attend

🗂️ Training Format

📅 Day-by-Day Agenda with Time Breaks

📅 Day 1: Introduction to Expediting & Planning Strategies

📅 Day 2: Pre-Production Activities & Supplier Kick-Off

📅 Day 3: Production Monitoring & Progress Tracking

📅 Day 4: Shipping Logistics, Documentation & Expediting Challenges

📅 Day 5: Communication, Reporting & Course Wrap-Up

📦 Materials Provided

Target audiences

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