Full Supply Chain Learning and Development Solutions
Challenges in Procurement and Supply Chain Training
Training Managers face numerous challenges when it comes to identifying needs and devising effective training plans:
Skills Gap and training plans
In specialized fields such as Supply Chain Management, training managers often struggle to provide role-based competencies, making it nearly impossible to develop effective skills gap analyses and training programs.
Measuring impact and ROI
Demonstrating the return on investment for training initiatives can be a significant concern. Training managers may struggle with assessing the tangible benefits of Supply Chain training in terms of improved productivity, employee satisfaction, and overall business outcomes.
Budget Constraints
Managing Supply Chain training programs within budgetary constraints can be challenging. Traditional delivery methods can quickly absorb available budget. Training managers often grapple with finding cost-effective solutions without compromising the quality and impact of the Supply Chain training.
Addressing Challenges in Remote Supply Chain Training
As remote work gains prominence, training managers face the dual challenge of delivering effective Supply Chain training to dispersed teams while navigating the rapid pace of technological advancements. Maintaining consistent learning experiences and using the latest tools pose significant concerns in this dynamic landscape.
Coordinating multiple providers and BBBEE
Training managers face challenges in ensuring content consistency, aligning programs with organizational goals, and managing tracking complexities. Integrating diverse programs raises concerns about cost and time efficiency, with juggling schedules, fostering cohesive experiences and complying to regulatory requirements such as BBBEE adding to the worries. To tackle these issues, managers need clear communication, strong agreements, and streamlined tracking systems, ensuring each provider consistently meets organizational standards.
Solution: Commerce Edge – Your Training Partner
Commerce Edge specializes in comprehensive competency development to overcome these challenges:
Identifying Development Needs
Our comprehensive assessments meticulously identify skills gaps within your supply chain teams using our bespoke data-base of role based SCM competencies. We incorporate your customized needs and produce interactive skills reports at an individual, business unit and organizational level that creates a baseline for competence and can be tracked over multiple years.
Customized development plans
This results in training plans, education plans and personal development plans. Quorums can be identified and groups coordinated based on priorities. Budgets can be developed and progression is tracked over a multi year period.
Deliver High-Impact Training and Education
Our recognised expert trainers and educators use a blend of methods, including face to face workshops, work based implementation, online courses to deliver skills programs, accredited training, learnerships, certifications and qualifications up to NQF 8.
Optimize your budget and comply
Tailor solutions that fit your budget while addressing BBBEE requirements seamlessly. Commerce Edge is accredited with all relevant local bodies and holds international creditations.
Measure and Enhance Performance
Stay Ahead with Ongoing Learning
Partner with Full Service Excellence
With 23 years of experience, Commerce Edge is a credible Full service partner for developing competence in Procurement, Logistics, Transportation, Warehousing within the wider Supply Chain. A “one-stop-shop” for training , learnerships, certifications, formal qualifications and personal development for people within the Supply Chain.
See our comprehensive framework, built on 23 years of expertise:
Commerce Edge
SCM Competence Development Framework
(enhancing end-to-end-supply chain competence development)
Local & international qualifications
- CIPS levels 3 & 4
- CILT level 2 & 3
- QCTO NQF-5
- HC Procurement NQF-5
- Dip. Procurement NQF-6
Entry level into the Supply Chain Profession Tactical
Qualification programmes
- CIPS levels 4, 5 & 6
- CILT levels 5 & 6
- QCTO levels 6 & 7
- Da Vinci BCom NQF-7
- BBA Public Proc. NQF-7
- Adv. Dip. Public Proc. NQF-7
Training programmes
- Procurement
- Logistics & Transport
- Warehousing Operations
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Management
Learnership programmes
- Supply Chain Management
- Generic Management
- Project Management
- Business Management
- Stores and Warehousing
Operational and Managerial level in Supply Chain Profession (Professional designations & CPDs)
Qualification programmes
- PGDip – Public Proc.
- NQF-8 Hons – Public Proc.
- NQF-8 MSc Public Proc. NQF-9
Executive Leadership Programme in Procurement and Supply Chain
in collaboration with the Stellenbosch University- Business School
Master Minds Series In Supply Chain Matters
Professional & Advanced Professional level in Supply Chain (Professional designations & CPDs)
Entry level-tier stream
Local & international qualifications
- CIPS levels 3 & 4
- CILT level 2 & 3
- QCTO NQF-5
- HC Procurement NQF-5
- Dip. Procurement NQF-6
Entry level into the Supply Chain Profession Tactical
Mid-level-tier stream
Qualification programmes
- CIPS levels 4, 5 & 6
- CILT levels 5 & 6
- QCTO levels 6 & 7
- Da Vinci BCom NQF-7
- BBA Public Proc. NQF-7
- Adv. Dip. Public Proc. NQF-7
Training programmes
- Procurement
- Logistics & Transport
- Warehousing Operations
- Supply Chain Management
- Project Management
Operational and Managerial level in Supply Chain Profession (Professional designations & CPDs)
Learnership programmes
- Supply Chain Management
- Generic Management
- Project Management
- Business Management
- Stores and Warehousing
High-level-tier stream
Qualification programmes
- PGDip – Public Proc.
- NQF-8 Hons – Public Proc.
- NQF-8 MSc Public Proc. NQF-9
Executive Leadership Programme in Procurement and Supply Chain
in collaboration with the Stellenbosch University- Business School
Professional & Advanced Professional level in Supply Chain (Professional designations & CPDs)
Master Minds Series In Supply Chain Matters
Accreditations and Academic Partners
Accreditations
Commerce Edge is accredited by the following Academic Governing Bodies
Our Academic Partners
C0mmerce Edge is part of a vast network of academic providers
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Your Future Our Passion
Commerce Edge has established ourselves as the “Gold Standard” by delivering competence in Logistics, Supply Chain, Procurement and Operations Management over the past 21 years.
Procurement
Supply Chain & Logistics
Public Sector
Operations Management
Why Commerce Edge?
Commerce Edge has full accreditation with numerous SETAs within South Africa, offering several locally accredited qualifications in Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics and Operations Management. We also operate as the Supply Chain Faculty for private universities like the IMM and the Da Vinci institute, offering degrees and postgraduate degrees up to an MBL or NQF Level 9.
Commerce Edge is accredited by International Professional Bodies, offering international best practice qualifications in Supply Chain. The company is the largest Procurement and Supply Chain Qualifications Provider in South Africa.
Commerce Edge is part of the UXi education group. UXi comprises institutions like CTU, Belgium Campus, Africa Skills Village, Oxford Professional Education Group, Open Window, IMM Graduate School and Durnacol.
Some of our Case Studies
choose Commerce Edge as your Competence Development Partner
Our courses are designed for the current market
Get the best blended learning content
Latest and up-to-date blended learning courses in Procurement and Supply Chain. Also try our in-house customised short courses in Procurement and Supply Chain.
Flexible start times and 95% online short course completion rate
Start your online short course anytime to fit it in and around your busy schedule.
Recognised and respected certification
Rated among the best online short courses in South Africa; all our short online courses come with a certificate upon completion.
State-of-the-art online support
Unlike most online short courses in South Africa, we allow learners to have direct access to the subject experts for any queries or clarity they require during their online learning process.
We value your time and investment
Part-time courses online are the way to go. In the hustle of our daily lives, we need to save time and money.
