Makeitalia: 100 new hires planned by the next three years

Fare News by Confindustria Emilia – “Makeitalia: 100 new hires planned by the next three years

Makeitalia, a Modena-based consulting company, founded in 2008 and which has identified its core business in supply chain management, is growing and expects to hire one hundred new people for the next three years.

The growth of Makeitalia is also underlined by a particularly significant transition moment for the company: the acquisition of a larger office which led to the recent transfer of the company from Castelfranco Emilia, the place of origin of Makeitalia, in Modena. This transfer also marks the company’s strong desire to be increasingly rooted in the Modena fabric.

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Makeitalia participates in the Ucima Assembly Conference on June 29th

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On 29 June 2022 Makeitalia will be a guest at the Ucima Assembly Conference – Union of Italian manufacturers of automatic packaging and packaging machines.

The conference, entitled “Business today: flexible strategies for possible futures“, will be an opportunity to deepen the scope of the Supply Chain, in its various aspects.

On the occasion of the event, Makeitalia will present a preview of the survey conducted on the purchasing area, in collaboration with UCIMA. The survey, submitted to the companies registered with the Association, had the aim of investigating some aspects of the purchasing area of ​​the companies involved: purchase turnover, structuring of the area of ​​each, centralization of the purchasing office, number of employees, activities and other aspects.

During the conference, Marcello Carretta – Partner of Makeitalia – and Matteo Montecchi – R&D Manager of the company – will be the speakers of the speech “Supply Chain Management in the sector. Background and highlights of the 2022 Survey on the Purchasing Area“.

In fact, a preview of the results of the survey conducted will be presented, which will then be shown in more detail in an event to be held after the summer.

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QUALITY OF SUPPLIES

Start: October 2025 (the course will be activated only when the minimum number of participants is reached)

Online Course

This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

REGISTRATIONS BY

7 days before the course

TARGET

Quality Managers, Quality Control Operators at the entrance, Suppliers to supervise suppliers and anyone in the company who needs to know the supplier quality monitoring and management processes.

OBJECTIVES

The aim of the course is to illustrate the principle methods and techniques used to guarantee the quality (compliance with the specifications) of purchased components (inbound supplies)

PROGRAMME

  • Quality Start: identification of customer requests, special features
    • Identification of customer requests: standard, special and critical features of product and process
    • How to identify special features
  • Manufacturer-supplier relationship
    • The producer/supplier relationship, in terms of agreement and responsibility between the parties
    • Focus on the general conditions of agreement
    • Disegni/specifiche di prodotto e gestione dei relativi aggiornamenti
    • Product drawings/specifications and management of related updates
    • Procedures and KPIs
  • Acceptance of arrivals
    • The acceptance area and its functions
    • Control planning, methodology to define control frequency and quantity
    • 100% sampling and control check
    • Evaluation of the outcome of the check: compliant and non-compliant product
    • Non-compliance management method
    • Monitoring of supplier performance

     

    TEACHER

    Makeitalia Senior Consultant

    WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

    The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

    Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

    DURATION

    1 dy – 9.00/18.00

    VENUE

    Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

    COURSE DISCOUNT

    “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

    REGISTRATION INCLUDES

    Attendance certificate

    Teaching material

    Lunch

    Coffee Break

    Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

    Contact us without obligations

    Subscribe to Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy Newsletter

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    1st Makeitalia Supply Chain Challenge, qualifications concluded, running towards the September Finals

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    Fare News – Confindustria Emilia – “1st Makeitalia Supply Chain Challenge, qualifications concluded, running towards the September Finals

    The Supply Chain Challenge was born from an idea of ​​Makeitalia, an Emilian company that has been dealing with Supply Chain Management for 14 years.

    Since its foundation Makeitalia has collaborated with the main Italian Universities, with a double objective: to increase the culture of Supply Chain Management and generate professional opportunities for students, those who will manage the supply chains of companies tomorrow.

    Continue reading the article, published on Fare News – Confindustria Emilia, by clicking here!

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    BREAKDOWN ANALYSIS

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    Start: 30/10/2025 - 31/10/2025 (2 days)

    This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

    This course can be also provide at the customer’s company headquarters

    Duration: 2 days

    REGISTRATIONS BY

    7 days before the course

    TARGET

    Supply chain manager, Purchasing Manager, buyers and personnel assigned to cost analysis projects.

    OBJECTIVES

    The course aims to show an analytical methodology that allows to understand in detail the cost structure of a particular component or product. This analysis will allow us to identify the correct market price. The tools are also provided to identify the correct market price. The tools are also provided to identify the indirect costs that characterize the supplier’s corporate structure and to allocate them to a specific component or product.

    PROGRAMME

    • Breakdown analysis introduction
      • Advantages and strengths of the methodology
      • Scalability and uniform structuring of the analyzes
    • The choice of components to be analyzed
      • Definition of clustering criteria
      • Code classification
      • Choice of the class to focus on
    • Analysis of the cost structure
      • Analysis of the price of the component and assignment of a mark-up
      • Breakdown of the cost of the component in direct costs (material and production process) and indirect/ general structure
      • Calculation methodology description for each cost item
    • Definition of general costs
      • Cost analysis not directly attributable to products
      • Evaluation of different methods for estimating general costs
      • Possible data sources for general costs
    • Allocation of general costs to the single product
      • Definition of the possible allocation drivers: pros and cons evaluation
      • Description of the calculation methodologies with which to allocate the general costs to the single product
    • Practical exercises drawn from real case and discussion

     

    TEACHER 

    Makeitalia Partner

    Makeitalia Senior Consultant

    WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

    The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

    Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

    DURATION

    2 days – 9.00/18.00

    VENUE

    Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

    COURSE DISCOUNT

    “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

    REGISTRATION INCLUDES

    Attendance certificate

    Teaching material

    Lunch

    Coffee Break

      Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

      Contact us without obligations

      Subscribe to Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy Newsletter

      I have read the privacy policy Reg. UE 2016/679 available to the following link

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      NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES

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      Start: 24/10/2025

      This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

      This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

      REGISTRATIONS BY

      7 days before the course

      TARGET

      Supply Chain Managers, Purchasing Managers and Directors, Buyers, Commercial Managers and Directors.

      OBJECTIVE

      The course propose to identify the structure of a negotiation process necessary to define in detail concepts telating to the negotiation part, the subject of the dispute, yield position and area of convenience.

      PROGRAMME

      • Context and objective: Definition of the negotiation process, Structure of the negotiotion, Origin of the nogotiation processes, Phases of the negotiation process
      • Starting phase: Set the negotiation style; Choice of attitude, Distributive and integrative negotiation, Negotiatior’s dilemma, Protect yourself from opportunistic behavior, Mixed negotiation contexts, Open the negotiation, The cognitive deception, Opening offer
      • Bargaining phase: Communicate, listen and observe; Divergence vs conflict, Conflict management – Negotiation vs Mediation, Cognitive vs Emotional Conflict, Types of conflict, Alternative, distributive, elusory, integrative techniques, Formal and substantial collaboration, Analyze the context; Apply negotiation strategies and techniques
      • Conclusion: The secret of negotiation

       

      TEACHER 

      Makeitalia Senior Consultant

      WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

      The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

      Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

      DURATION

      1 day – 9.00/16.00

      VENUE

      Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

      COURSE DISCOUNT

      “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

      REGISTRATION INCLUDES

      Attendance certificate

      Teaching material

      Lunch

      Coffee Break

        Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

        Contact us without obligations

        Subscribe to Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy Newsletter

        I have read the privacy policy Reg. UE 2016/679 available to the following link

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        LOGISTICS CHECK-UP

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        Inizia il: 17/10/2025

        This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

        This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

        REGISTRATIONS BY

        7 days before the course

        TARGET

        Managers and Directors of production, plant and logistics, logisticians and everyone is involved in project to introduce lean principles in the company.

        OBJECTIVES

        How to measure the performance of your supply chain. General overview on the supply chain. Design of the logistics system and identification of the state of the art. How to measure the performance of your supply chain and presentation of real cases.

        PROGRAMME

        • Logistics flow overview: inbound – internal logistics – outbound
        • Fundamental aspects of logistics: warehouse – transportation – service level
        • Logistics costs: storage- material handling – Transportation
        • Inbound: inventory management linked to service level of suppliers, transportation, service level to internal customer (Production) – Missing
        • Internal Logistics: inventory management around workstations, transportation (Internal Handling), service level to internal customer (final products warehouse)
        • Outbound: inventory management linked to service level of its customers, transport (distribution center), service level to end customer
        • Makeitalia Rapid Assessment: process, template and questions.

         

        TEACHER

        Makeitalia Senior Consultant

        WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

        The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

        Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

        DURATION

        1 day – 9.00/18.00

        VENUE

        Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

        COURSE DISCOUNT

        “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

        REGISTRATION INCLUDES

        Attendance certificate

        Teaching material

        Lunch

        Coffee Break

          Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

          Contact us without obligations

          Subscribe to Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy Newsletter

          I have read the privacy policy Reg. UE 2016/679 available to the following link

          Enter the result of the operation to check:

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          PURCHASING MANAGER

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          Start: 10/10/2025 (the course will be activated only when the minimum number of participants is reached)

          This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

          This course can be also provide online or at the customer’s company headquarters

          REGISTRATIONS BY

          7 days before the course

          TARGET

          Purchasing manager and anyone who needs to consolidate the technique for organizational and management optimization.

          OBJECTIVE

          The course aims to provide participants with a concrete framework, offering content for the development of skill related to the function of manager, organization and strategic.

          PROGRAMME

          • Purchases like supply chain management
            • Function evolution: from cost center to strategic element for the company, Sourcing vs Procurement, Transversality and impact of purchases on business processes.
          • The added value of purchasing
            • Total cost of ownership, vendor rating, risk management, it tools to support management processes
            • Functional performance: purchasing budgets, KPI management, supplier qualification
          • The organization of purchases
            • Organizational solutions for a purchasing function, centralization vs periphery, commodity management
          • Check-up of the purchasing department
            • Purchasing check-up techniques to identify potential areas of improvement in the management of the processes and performance of the area

           

          TEACHER 

          Makeitalia Senior Consultant

          WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

          The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

          Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

          DURATION

          1 day – 9.00/18.00

          VENUE

          Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

          COURSE DISCOUNT

          “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

          REGISTRATION INCLUDES

          Attendance certificate

          Teaching material

          Lunch

          Coffee Break

            Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

            Contact us without obligations

            Subscribe to Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy Newsletter

            I have read the privacy policy Reg. UE 2016/679 available to the following link

            Enter the result of the operation to check:

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            NEGOTIATION – THE COLLABORATIVE NEGOTIATION

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            Start: 3/10/2025

            Online Course

            This course can be financed through Inter-professional Funds!

            This course can be also provide at the customer’s company headquarters

            REGISTRATIONS BY

            7 days before the course

            TARGET

            Supply Chain Managers, Purchasing Managers and Directors, Buyers, Commercial Managers and Directors.

            OBJECTIVES

            The aim of the course is to illustrate the specific characteristics, methods and phases of the negotiation process, focusing in particular on analysis of the negotiation context and the preparation and drafting of supporting documents.

            PROGRAMME

            • Introduction to the negotiation process
              • Characteristics, evaluation criteria for the negotiation process, negotiation methods: from positional to principled
            • Negotiation of principles
              • Definition of the characteristics, principles and strong points of principled negotiation
              • Detailed analysis of the negotiation process and application of principled negotiation
            • Negotiation support tool
              • Presentation and application of a negotiation support tool which summarises the information available
            • Negotiation Game
              • Simulation of a real negotiation process, for putting into practice the concepts and ideas identified

             

            TEACHER

            Makeitalia Senior Consultant

            WHY CHOOSE MAKEITALIA SUPPLY CHAIN ACADEMY

            The courses of Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy are characterized by a strong practical connotation. During the course are offered exercises, concrete examples of projects carried out with client companies and practical simulations.

            Supply Chain Academy is the result of the experience of Makeitalia, a company that, for over 10 years, has its core business in Supply Chain Management.

            DURATION

            1 day – 9.00/18.00

            VENUE

            Via Jan Palach, 55 – Modena

            COURSE DISCOUNT

            “More participants” discount: 10% discount, in the case of two or more participants.

            REGISTRATION INCLUDES

            Attendance certificate

            Teaching material

            Lunch

            Coffee Break

              Do you want to receive informations about the courses or register?

              Contact us without obligations

              Subscribe to Makeitalia Supply Chain Academy Newsletter

              I have read the privacy policy Reg. UE 2016/679 available to the following link

              Enter the result of the operation to check:

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              Supply Chain Challenge Stage at the University in view of the finals

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              La Nazione – Siena – “Supply Chain Challenge Stage at the University in view of the finals

              Makeitalia conceived and launched the Supply Chain Challenge with the students of the Master’s degree courses in Management Engineering of the University. An initiative that also involved the students of the University of Siena.

              Continue reading the article, published in “La Nazione – Siena”, by clicking here!

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