While the eventual course structure will be determined by a client’s own requirements and circumstances, CRU offers a range of subject areas on which courses can be based.
These include:

Industry and sector understanding – tracing the value chain from raw materials through to semi-fabricated products. Identifying industry structures, material flows, competitive conditions, market drivers and pricing mechanisms.

Supply, demand and price forecasting – sourcing data, developing models and identifying key factors influencing prices.

Competitor profiling and analysis – identifying major and minor players in a sector, their sources of competitive advantage, assessing market shares, cost structures, proprietary technology, dependence on raw material supplies.

Cost and performance analysis – developing cost curves for the industry, reviewing pro-rata and by-product costing, understanding site costs, conversion costs, business operating costs, full economic costs, marginal costs and avoidable costs. Ranking performance.

Strategic and operational planning – locating gaps in markets, identifying areas of high and low growth, impact of technology, substitution. Sourcing raw materials. Optimising production circuits, use of statistics to control variation, identifying major areas for improvement.

Risk management and analysis – understanding metal price risking a variety of production and trading environments. Hedging as a producer and as a consumer. Setting levels of risk for debt and equity funding.

Risk management training

Value-based management – optimising use of assets and maximising value of production. Differentiating between areas for cost and value management. Management Reporting. Use of benchmarking. Approaches to implementing change.
 
The topics you choose are up to you – select from the list above or talk to us today about your individual needs.