Document Control Across Supply Chains: Reduce Delays in Delivery and Performance – The importance of the Lifetime Record
Are you facing rising COST of operations?
Frustrated with REGULATORY demand putting your business under pressure to get it RIGHT? We all know MISTAKES are costly!
More companies are working COLLABORATIVELY, often forming COMPLEX joint ventures and creating longer SUPPLY CHAINS.
In this increasingly complex business world, how you manage your documents is vital to the SUCCESS and SUSTAINABILITY of your business.
From everyday routine business transactions to highly complex arrangements, having relevant and accurate documentation for all transactions is crucial for traceability, transparency and accountability.
The workshop
Join Cumbria Business Growth Hub on this one-day interactive workshop where participants will be able to develop their knowledge and implement effective document control.
Wednesday 12th September 2018
9.30 to 16.30
ENERGUS, Blackwood Road,
Lillyhall Industrial Estate, Workington
Cumbria, CA14 4JW
Why should I attend?
Effective document control is an important feature for any SME business, but even more so for SMEs supplying products and services to large companies as part of a supply chain. It minimises the risk of errors, associated financial damages, delays in delivery, reputational damage and performance that is what every manager aims to avoid.
How much will it cost?
This workshop is FREE OF CHARGE to *eligible businesses and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund. It would normally cost around £493.
Key Topics
- Understanding the ‘lifetime record’
- Enforcement of controlled processes and practices for the creation, review, modification, issuance, distribution and accessibility of documents
- Importance of standardised documentation and version control from buyer to seller within a supply chain
- Legal and organisational requirements for information security and retention
- How to facilitate information identification and retrieval across an organisation or multiple agencies involved in the supply chain
- What to do when problems arise when storing or retrieving information.
Who should attend:
Records Managers
Document Controllers – Office Managers, Information Managers, Compliance Officers
Supply Chain Managers – Procurement Managers
Departmental Managers
How do I book my FREE place?
Do you meet the eligibility criteria?
Note: One place per business only.
*Eligibility requirements for businesses:
- You must trade business to business (B2B)
- Your business employ 250 or less (full time equivalent)
- Your business must be based in Cumbria
- You MUST commit to TWELVE hours of business support assistance. Attendance of 1 workshop (6 hours) will give you a further 6 hours practical 1-2-1 business support with a specialist business adviser to support your business growth OR attendance a further workshop to complete your 12 hours. This must be completed by Dec 2018.
- Businesses which have not already received at least 12 hours support or £1,000 subsidy through the current ERDF Growth Hub project (since December 2015) will be prioritised
To confirm your eligibility and book a place please email eva@cumbriachamber.co.uk providing information about yourself and your business.
You will receive an email to confirm your place.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
