Purchasing & Inventory Management

The CARAT Purchasing and Inventory Management Course

Purchasing and Inventory Management Course Description

Purchasing and Inventory Management is one of the ten courses developed for the CARAT Technology Training Program (see "CARAT Technology Training Program" below for more information). The Purchasing and Inventory Management course explores the new applications and technologies available to small business for implementing Supply Chain Management practices which drive down costs while simultaneously improving customer service. Today's software-as-a-service (SAAS) and cloud computing phenomenon have made big company Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) functionality available to smaller companies. In addition to Purchasing and Inventory Management, this course will also explore software to automate other supply chain processes, including:

Electronic Commerce (Online Store Integration),
Procurement and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM),
Warehouse Management Systems (WMS),
Point-of-sale (POS) Systems, and
Retail Management Systems (RMS).

Upcoming Purchasing and Inventory Management Webinars

The CARAT Webinars are FREE and open to anyone with a California residence or business address. Note that you will be asked by the training host to complete an intake questionnaire which will ask for among other information a mailing address. The next Purchasing and Inventory Management Webinars are being offered through:

[1] Contra Costa Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on February 16th
9:00 -- 11:30 AM (Pacific) on Thursday, February 16, 2012
Register for this Webinar on the Contra Costa SBDC Website at:
http://contracostasbdc.org/node/10107

CARAT Technology Training Program

The CARAT Technology Training Program, sponsored by the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) will offer several technology topics in both Webinar and live classroom settings from May 2011 -- June 2012. For more information please see the CARAT Website at:
http://www.caratnet.org/tech_trainings.htm