Tips And Tricks For Taming IT Spend In 2012 And Beyond (SIG) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Tips and Tricks for Taming IT Spend in 2012 and Beyond Presented by A.T. Kearney 

Today’s innovations in technology continue to be game changing. Over the span of 10 years, we have gone from the flip phones to smart phones giving us access to a whole new world of applications at our finger tips and from silo data centers to the “cloud.” Early adopters of new technology are no longer limited to certain age brackets or interest groups. This hunger for new products and services drives significant investment into what was already an intensely competitive industry. When translated to the Enterprise, most organizations constantly find themselves trying to keep up with these evolutions while maintaining legacy technology, technology that often becomes out of date as soon as you switch it on. Managing spend on technology in today’s environment is a daily challenge and one that must be balanced with changing business requirements and new found risks.

This webinar will examine how the dynamic shifts in today’s technology play within the enterprise, exploring the techniques and strategies that leading organizations are deploying to effectively manage spend to drive tangible and sustainable results.

Url: http://sourcinginterests.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=sourcinginterests

10 Ways To Drive Procurement Influence Using Advanced Technology (IASTA) ( 11:00 am - 12:00 - noon )

The journey to becoming a best-in-class, integrated category management company requires you to grow your sourcing pipeline with projects that align with your organization's goals and growth initiatives. Using advanced technology to streamline your strategic sourcing process will help you implement data-driven decisions that earn the support of your executives. In addition, strong user adoption will expand your procurement department’s reach and influence your entire organization.

During this Webcast, you will learn:
?  How to raise your procurement influence and drive corporate growth with proven technology techniques and processes
?  7 reasons to make contract management part of your strategic sourcing process
?  Tips to better serve your internal and external customers through cross-functional collaboration
?  How to maximize your sourcing, supplier and spend intelligence to engage more business and drive additional savings

Url: http://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/326165969

ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference And Educational Exhibit (Baltimore, MD) ( 8:00 am )

Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) is pleased to present the 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference and Educational Exhibit. Join us as we travel to Baltimore for four days of supply management professional development, training and networking.

We'll see you in Baltimore, where the best and brightest in supply management convene to trade ideas and solutions. Workshop pre-senters represent successful practitioners and experts in the field. This is your chance to find out what works, who is best-in-class and how you can gain a competitive advantage.

Learning Tracks

• Track 1: Best Practices in Supply Management
• Track 2: Developing and Leading Impactful Supply Chain Organizations
• Track 3: Essential Skills and Abilities
• Track 4: Global Trends in Supply Management
• Track 5: Manufacturing
• Track 6: Risk Management
• Track 7: Services Procurement
• Track 8: Supplier Development and Collaboration
• Track 9: Talent Management

For a macro view of supply management, customize your selections to cover all components of supply management and return to your organization with a strong foundation for success.

Career Center

Don't miss out on the exclusive Conference Career Center (CCC). Once you register for the complete Conference, be sure to upload your résumé onto our confidential website. World-class organizations will be on hand to interview and recruit potential employees. This is networking at its best. Take control of your future when you take part in the CCC.

Participating in ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference tells the world that you are serious about your profession and committed to making your organization stronger. Take this opportunity to reinforce your skills, follow trends and hear the buzz on supply management. Attend our Conference and find out why this is the place to be if you're a supply management professional.

Url: http://www.ism.ws/confplanner/conf.cfm?confID=36

ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference And Educational Exhibit (Baltimore, MD) ( 8:00 am )

Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) is pleased to present the 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference and Educational Exhibit. Join us as we travel to Baltimore for four days of supply management professional development, training and networking.

We'll see you in Baltimore, where the best and brightest in supply management convene to trade ideas and solutions. Workshop pre-senters represent successful practitioners and experts in the field. This is your chance to find out what works, who is best-in-class and how you can gain a competitive advantage.

Learning Tracks

• Track 1: Best Practices in Supply Management
• Track 2: Developing and Leading Impactful Supply Chain Organizations
• Track 3: Essential Skills and Abilities
• Track 4: Global Trends in Supply Management
• Track 5: Manufacturing
• Track 6: Risk Management
• Track 7: Services Procurement
• Track 8: Supplier Development and Collaboration
• Track 9: Talent Management

For a macro view of supply management, customize your selections to cover all components of supply management and return to your organization with a strong foundation for success.

Career Center

Don't miss out on the exclusive Conference Career Center (CCC). Once you register for the complete Conference, be sure to upload your résumé onto our confidential website. World-class organizations will be on hand to interview and recruit potential employees. This is networking at its best. Take control of your future when you take part in the CCC.

Participating in ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference tells the world that you are serious about your profession and committed to making your organization stronger. Take this opportunity to reinforce your skills, follow trends and hear the buzz on supply management. Attend our Conference and find out why this is the place to be if you're a supply management professional.

Url: http://www.ism.ws/confplanner/conf.cfm?confID=36

BMP Weekly Update On PI Window On Business With Jon Hansen ( 10:00 pm - 10:10 pm )

It was Sir Francis Bacon in his work Meditations which offered the aphorism that “knowledge is power.”

Over the years of course this ubiquitous term has probably been attributed to many others besides Bacon, however Sir Francis was and is the first to coin the phrase.

Following a similar line of thinking Buyers Meeting Point, which is a procurement resource site that offers purchasing professionals a quick and convenient access to point to information and decision-making tools, are certainly not the first to operate within the realms of similar type web-based “knowledge-oriented services.”  In fact information in all subjects is readily available to the individual who has both the time and the inclination to navigate what Huxley referred to as a “sea of irrelevance,” which is the Internet.

In an effort to make this a less onerous task, each and every Monday I will be joined by Buyers Meeting Point's Kelly Barner, who will provide an update on industry happenings and developments that will help you to keep your fingers on the pulse of a rapidly changing global industry.

-- Jon Hansen, @piblogger1

Url: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen

ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference And Educational Exhibit (Baltimore, MD) ( 8:00 am )

Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) is pleased to present the 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference and Educational Exhibit. Join us as we travel to Baltimore for four days of supply management professional development, training and networking.

We'll see you in Baltimore, where the best and brightest in supply management convene to trade ideas and solutions. Workshop pre-senters represent successful practitioners and experts in the field. This is your chance to find out what works, who is best-in-class and how you can gain a competitive advantage.

Learning Tracks

• Track 1: Best Practices in Supply Management
• Track 2: Developing and Leading Impactful Supply Chain Organizations
• Track 3: Essential Skills and Abilities
• Track 4: Global Trends in Supply Management
• Track 5: Manufacturing
• Track 6: Risk Management
• Track 7: Services Procurement
• Track 8: Supplier Development and Collaboration
• Track 9: Talent Management

For a macro view of supply management, customize your selections to cover all components of supply management and return to your organization with a strong foundation for success.

Career Center

Don't miss out on the exclusive Conference Career Center (CCC). Once you register for the complete Conference, be sure to upload your résumé onto our confidential website. World-class organizations will be on hand to interview and recruit potential employees. This is networking at its best. Take control of your future when you take part in the CCC.

Participating in ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference tells the world that you are serious about your profession and committed to making your organization stronger. Take this opportunity to reinforce your skills, follow trends and hear the buzz on supply management. Attend our Conference and find out why this is the place to be if you're a supply management professional.

Url: http://www.ism.ws/confplanner/conf.cfm?confID=36

Understanding Legal Discovery And Ways To Trim EDiscovery Costs (SIG) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Legal discovery is the process of collecting all records, documentation, and any relevant information in connection with a litigation case. eDiscovery is putting all that in an electronic format so it can be sorted and reviewed cost effectively.

Although it is a high price item reaching millions of dollars, discovery projects are not put through the procurement cost control best practices for many reasons. They fall in the legal professional services category, they usually surface unexpectedly and there is no time to look for suppliers and go through an RFP process.

But, in many organizations, procurement does play a role in discovery sourcing and cost management. In this webcast, we will open up the discovery process and discuss how companies are involving the procurement function to help manage the cost.

You will learn:
• The eDiscovery process
• The cost structure of an eDiscovery project
• Where and how costs can be trimmed
• Measures and strategies companies with continuous discovery projects are using to control the cost.

Url: http://sourcinginterests.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=sourcinginterests

Using EPayables To Enable Trade Finance And Optimize Working Capital (Ardent Partners) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

New research from Ardent Partners reveals that when deployed properly, ePayables solutions, which automate accounts payable processes, have the dual benefit of driving significant process efficiencies across the accounts payable (AP) function while also enabling finance and treasury professionals to gain greater visibility into current and future liabilities. ePayables also support companies' efforts to develop proactive strategies to optimize working capital, including the use of trade financing.

Join Andrew Bartolini, Chief Research Officer with Ardent Partners, and Cedric Bru, Global Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development with Syncada, in a lively presentation, where you will be the first to hear research findings from Ardent Partners about ePayables, as well as practical advice on how your organization can implement best-in-class working capital optimization strategies. From this Webcast, you will:

• Gain a clear view into the benefits that an automated accounts payable department can provide to the larger enterprise, and to treasury and finance leaders in particular;
• Understand how best-in-class finance departments utilize ePayables technology to develop cash management strategies based on the enterprise's specific needs; and
• Learn how leading AP departments are moving from being back-office operations to partnering with Treasury and Finance to produce working capital optimization strategies.

If you are a finance, treasury, or accounts payable professional who has responsibility or interest in managing cash, driving efficiencies, and developing a world-class finance department, you will not want to miss this Webcast. Those who attend the Webcast will receive an advance copy of Ardent Partners' report, ePayables 2012: State of the AP Market, which Ardent Partners will publish later in May 2012.

Url: http://www.cfo.com/webcasts/index.cfm/l_eventdetail?webcast_id=14633483

ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference And Educational Exhibit (Baltimore, MD) ( 8:00 am )

Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) is pleased to present the 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference and Educational Exhibit. Join us as we travel to Baltimore for four days of supply management professional development, training and networking.

We'll see you in Baltimore, where the best and brightest in supply management convene to trade ideas and solutions. Workshop pre-senters represent successful practitioners and experts in the field. This is your chance to find out what works, who is best-in-class and how you can gain a competitive advantage.

Learning Tracks

• Track 1: Best Practices in Supply Management
• Track 2: Developing and Leading Impactful Supply Chain Organizations
• Track 3: Essential Skills and Abilities
• Track 4: Global Trends in Supply Management
• Track 5: Manufacturing
• Track 6: Risk Management
• Track 7: Services Procurement
• Track 8: Supplier Development and Collaboration
• Track 9: Talent Management

For a macro view of supply management, customize your selections to cover all components of supply management and return to your organization with a strong foundation for success.

Career Center

Don't miss out on the exclusive Conference Career Center (CCC). Once you register for the complete Conference, be sure to upload your résumé onto our confidential website. World-class organizations will be on hand to interview and recruit potential employees. This is networking at its best. Take control of your future when you take part in the CCC.

Participating in ISM's 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference tells the world that you are serious about your profession and committed to making your organization stronger. Take this opportunity to reinforce your skills, follow trends and hear the buzz on supply management. Attend our Conference and find out why this is the place to be if you're a supply management professional.

Url: http://www.ism.ws/confplanner/conf.cfm?confID=36

The Conference Board Supplier Relationship Management Conference (Chicago, IL) ( 8:00 am )

Suppliers are a source of knowledge, expertise and assets that can be leveraged to gain competitive advantage when the proper relationship is put into place. If your success can be directly tied to your suppliers, shouldn’t you look to invest in those relationships? Through Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) you will have the platform to realize the true benefits of collaboration in a structured and measured way and be able to have access to resources or knowledge that you would not by operating independently. SRM is particularly important in a challenged global economy when there is a critical need to reduce costs, enhance productivity, spur innovation, maintain quality and realize growth opportunities with limited resources. When managed effectively relationships nurtured and strategically enhanced through SRM during turbulent times will set the foundation for real value and growth opportunities in the recovery.

Url: http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conferencedetail.cfm?conferenceid=2382&utm_source=print&utm_med

Implementing A Sales And Operations Planning (S&OP) Rudder... (S&DCE) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Decades of growth in globalization and consumption have driven dramatic changes in companies' supply chains. Today, these supply chains are more complex and demand-driven. Companies source, make, and sell shorter lifecycle products "anywhere in the world", requiring longer, more fragmented supply lines. These trends combined with the current uncertain global economy require S&OP processes to be more responsive to demand-supply volatility and complexity. The Demand Management Council at MIT develops the strategies that top companies use to overcome these challenges. In this free webinar, MIT's Dr. Larry Lapide, in partnership with John Galt Solutions and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, will discuss the success factors and advanced planning practices that can help companies navigate today's turbulent business environment. With this knowledge, your business will be ready to turn your planning process into a competitive advantage. This session will cover: S&OP's evolution from its humble beginnings in the mid-1980s; Ways to overcome the organizational challenges that S&OP presents; Balancing demand-sensing & shaping and upstream supply-sensing; Planning techniques that can be used to mitigate supply chain risks.

Url: http://www.johngalt.com/News_&_Events/webinar_registration.asp?webinar=05/10/12&list=webinar_list&cmpid=ema

The Conference Board Supplier Relationship Management Conference (Chicago, IL) ( 8:00 am )

Suppliers are a source of knowledge, expertise and assets that can be leveraged to gain competitive advantage when the proper relationship is put into place. If your success can be directly tied to your suppliers, shouldn’t you look to invest in those relationships? Through Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) you will have the platform to realize the true benefits of collaboration in a structured and measured way and be able to have access to resources or knowledge that you would not by operating independently. SRM is particularly important in a challenged global economy when there is a critical need to reduce costs, enhance productivity, spur innovation, maintain quality and realize growth opportunities with limited resources. When managed effectively relationships nurtured and strategically enhanced through SRM during turbulent times will set the foundation for real value and growth opportunities in the recovery.

Url: http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conferencedetail.cfm?conferenceid=2382&utm_source=print&utm_med

BMP Weekly Update On PI Window On Business With Jon Hansen ( 10:00 pm - 10:10 pm )

It was Sir Francis Bacon in his work Meditations which offered the aphorism that “knowledge is power.”

Over the years of course this ubiquitous term has probably been attributed to many others besides Bacon, however Sir Francis was and is the first to coin the phrase.

Following a similar line of thinking Buyers Meeting Point, which is a procurement resource site that offers purchasing professionals a quick and convenient access to point to information and decision-making tools, are certainly not the first to operate within the realms of similar type web-based “knowledge-oriented services.”  In fact information in all subjects is readily available to the individual who has both the time and the inclination to navigate what Huxley referred to as a “sea of irrelevance,” which is the Internet.

In an effort to make this a less onerous task, each and every Monday I will be joined by Buyers Meeting Point's Kelly Barner, who will provide an update on industry happenings and developments that will help you to keep your fingers on the pulse of a rapidly changing global industry.

-- Jon Hansen, @piblogger1

Url: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen

From Subscriber To Silicon (S&DCE) ( 11:00 am - 12:00 - noon )

It´s a brave new world where "everything technology" is a common denominator for an otherwise uncommon explosion in disruptive innovations, shifting consumer behaviors, and volatile swings in supply and demand that reverberate throughout all technology-consuming markets. Social gaming, digital eBooks, internet radio, streaming video, smart appliances, and mobile apps are witness to insatiable demands from end consumers who want what they want, where they want it, and any way they can get it. Everyone from semiconductor and display technology manufacturers to the established network operators and today´s "virtual" operators fiercely compete to own the subscribers and devices that dictate winners and losers in this ever-changing, connected world. As the downstream battle for subscribers intensifies, the upstream battle for the silicon, intellectual property, and raw materials that are increasingly used within automotive, medical, industrial, and other sectors is just as fierce.

While most savvy organizations understand the interconnected nature of the supply chain, many also lack a very fundamental understanding of the issues that will impact them most. Multi-million dollar strategic investments are made on raw materials, R&D, manufacturing capacity, capital equipment, sales and marketing, channel development, and fulfillment networks that all hinge upon the very real interdependencies of each node in the end-to-end technology value chain. A very weak bond links many companies to first tier suppliers and customers, while disasters like the Thailand floods or Japan crisis can have devastating consequences to their manufacturing and consumption chains. How can cost and risk be minimized while maximizing profitability through insight into the end-to-end technology value chain?

Join Supply & Demand Chain Executive as they host worldwide technology experts from IHS who will share insight into some of the top issues impacting technology, media, and telecommunications value chains. They will raise questions to key issues like the future of pay-TV and how this impacts set-top boxes, software platforms, mobile devices, network operators, and chip production. They will outline the importance of having supply chain intelligence from "subscriber to silicon" by addressing such topics as:

• How do technology adoption trends impact the entire supply chain?
• How is the consumer having such a major impact on operator strategies and subscribers?
• What future opportunities are shaping today’s raw materials, semiconductors, and displays?
• How are themes like higher resolution, touch, or interface adoption driving the supply chain?
• How are pay-TV, smart technology, and other ecosystems disrupting adjacent markets?
• Who are the winners and losers and why should you care?

Rapidly changing upstream and downstream events shape today’s technology landscape, the effects of which can create immediate winners and losers in the supply chain. Don't miss this chance to learn the importance of understanding the end-to-end dynamics influencing your supply chain. Join now.

Robert Braverman - Senior Director, Communications and Consumer, IHS iSuppli

Robert Braverman is a senior director at IHS and leads a team of analysts responsible for tracking the entire communication and consumer electronics value chain – from new product development through end-market consumption. A 25 year veteran of the high-technology industry, Robert brings a diverse background and skills portfolio to IHS. Prior to IHS, he was tenured at Apple for 10 years, at Avnet for six years and served over five years in the software and professional services industry. Robert joined IHS in 2001 and prior to his current responsibility at IHS, he was responsible for regional business development and sales strategies in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. Robert holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Contact Info : event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=455587&sessionid=1&key=14094C430BC7CB28FB94A472C715F5AA&cmpid=email_SDCE120425003&utm_source=Supply%2B%26%2BDemand%2BChain%2BExecutive%2BWebcast%2BRegistration&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=SDCE120425003&sourcepage=register

How Does The Conflict Minerals Provision Of The Dodd-Frank Act Affect Your Company (SIG) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

This webcast will provide an overview of the Dodd-Frank Act and the SEC’s proposed rules for conflict minerals, an overview of what companies are doing in response to this law and KPMG's recommended actions for companies to meet the requirements.

Url: http://sourcinginterests.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=sourcinginterests

SABMiller Gets Control Over Complex Spend Categories With Advanced Sourcing (CombineNet/PLeaders) ( 10:00 am - 11:00 am )


Url: http://view6.workcast.net/register?pak=2897883665384077

Know Your Suppliers - How JTI Ensures Compliance With Regulations And Ethical Principles (Emptoris) ( 10:00 am - 11:00 am )

Recent high-profile cases of supplier failure to comply with anti-corruption, child labor and anti-trust laws have made supplier management a hot topic in today's executive boardroom discussions.

Japan Tobacco International (JTI), a leading international tobacco product manufacturer, cooperates fully with governments, regulators and law enforcers in the fight against counterfeit and illicit trade of cigarettes on a global scale.

Join this webinar with Maria Barros, Compliance Director, as she describes the "Know Your Supplier" program and learn how JTI:

• Established a supplier certification program to manage their supplier base
• Ensures suppliers adherence to JTI's code of conduct, company guidelines and ethical requirements
• Protects their brands against supplier failure to comply

The JTI Supplier Certification Program is an excellent example of how to ensure your company only deals with the most reputable, honest vendors that share the same corporate responsibility and compliance principles. This is a webinar that you will not want to miss.

Url: http://www.emptoris.com/about-emptoris/events/2012/may/20120516

Enabling Social Enterprise Through Sales (TAS Group) ( 11:30 am - 12:30 - pm )

Do you have sales strategy for enabling your Social Enterprise? Building your social enterprise requires that your sales organization to transform the way they work—with coworkers, partners, prospects and customers.

In this TAS Group Webinar, Greg Brush, Vice President of Sales and Customer Success at Insideview will discuss how social selling is impacting how, to whom and where you sell your products and services. 

Url: http://www.thetasgroup.com/webinars/webinar-2012-05-16-Enabling-Social-Enterprise-Through-Sales-4.php?mgs1=

Marketing BPO: Opportunities And Techniques For Increasing Efficiency In The Marketing Supply Chain ( 12:00 - noon - 1:00 pm )

Marketing is critical to unlocking new markets and revenue streams. But in today's economy, even a modest marketing budget can be difficult to swing. How can BP outsourcers market effectively without making an impossible investment?

This webinar will explore how BPO is transforming the marketing operation. This lively discussion will look at how BPO creates opportunities for effective investment while lowering the total cost of the marketing supply chain.

A market overview will profile the latest trends in marketing BPO, covering the following topics:
? Understanding the opportunity for outsourcing while aligning with marketing agenda
? Delivering increased efficiency without affecting quality or service
? Reducing the overall total cost of ownership of the marketing supply chain

Featured Expert Speakers:
Frank Olivieri, President and COO, Marketing Solutions, Williams Lea
Matt Swain, Associate Director, Document Outsourcing, InfoTrends

This interactive webinar will provide the to

Url: http://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/163857362

Reaching New Heights: The Dividends Of Collaboration Between Finance And Procurement (ISM/Ariba) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Finance has traditionally counted on — and valued — the procurement function strictly for its ability to cut costs, giving the bottom line a much-appreciated lift. But in this new report, which surveyed 263 finance executives from North America, Europe, and Asia, almost three-quarters of respondents say that the finance function at their company has grown more strategic-minded over the last three years. In this webcast, we'll delve into the survey results — as well as sharing what we've learned from our in-depth interviews with more than half a dozen senior finance executives around the globe — to tell you how procurement's changing role might help your business gain a sustainable competitive edge.

Url: http://www.ism.ws/education/WebSeminars.cfm?navItemNumber=5584

Why Is AP The Last Department To Automate And What You Can Do About It? (Ardent Partners) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Clearly, there is a big need for automating AP processes but for many companies, AP is one of the last departments to benefit from automation. With manual, paper-based methods long the norm, the AP staff has long been trapped at the transaction level, leaving a wealth of information that has never been captured nor leveraged to its greatest value. Now is the time for AP to move to the next stage in its evolution and demonstrate the strategic value that can be derived from AP.

During this 60-minute webinar, you’ll learn how to build a business case with tangible ROI designed to help you move your automation initiatives forward. Topics covered will include:
-Relevant Stakeholders
-Current Processes & Costs
-Challenges / Opportunities
-Technology Requirements
-Organizational Impact
-Project Risks

Url: http://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/332410945

Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference (Palm Desert, CA) ( 8:00 am )

The recent volatility of the global economy has had deep and lasting effects on the supply chain—making increased levels of efficiency and agility more important than ever before. Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2012 is the only industry event designed to provide senior supply chain executives with the insights, tools and relationships today's complex business environment demands, a proven source of field-tested research, analysis and unbiased advice.

Url: http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/supply-chain/

BMP Weekly Update On PI Window On Business With Jon Hansen ( 10:00 pm - 10:10 pm )

It was Sir Francis Bacon in his work Meditations which offered the aphorism that “knowledge is power.”

Over the years of course this ubiquitous term has probably been attributed to many others besides Bacon, however Sir Francis was and is the first to coin the phrase.

Following a similar line of thinking Buyers Meeting Point, which is a procurement resource site that offers purchasing professionals a quick and convenient access to point to information and decision-making tools, are certainly not the first to operate within the realms of similar type web-based “knowledge-oriented services.”  In fact information in all subjects is readily available to the individual who has both the time and the inclination to navigate what Huxley referred to as a “sea of irrelevance,” which is the Internet.

In an effort to make this a less onerous task, each and every Monday I will be joined by Buyers Meeting Point's Kelly Barner, who will provide an update on industry happenings and developments that will help you to keep your fingers on the pulse of a rapidly changing global industry.

-- Jon Hansen, @piblogger1

Url: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen

Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference (Palm Desert, CA) ( 8:00 am )

The recent volatility of the global economy has had deep and lasting effects on the supply chain—making increased levels of efficiency and agility more important than ever before. Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2012 is the only industry event designed to provide senior supply chain executives with the insights, tools and relationships today's complex business environment demands, a proven source of field-tested research, analysis and unbiased advice.

Url: http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/supply-chain/

Getting The Most From Strategic Sourcing (NLPA, Source One) ( 11:30 am - 12:30 - pm )

The majority of strategic sourcing initiatives end without fully realizing identified savings opportunities. 

Getting the Most from Strategic Sourcing will demonstrate the reasons why many strategic sourcing initiatives fail or do not realize the full savings projections that are identified during the sourcing process.   The webinar will include how to set proper cost savings expectations with finance, the c-suite, and other interested parties, including providing a clear definition of savings and tying accomplishments back to the cost center. The presentation will explain the gap between procurement’s unit cost saving projections and finance’s budgetary reporting. By the end of the presentation, participants will understand:

• Why a generic three-bid sourcing process is unlikely to drive significant savings. 
• The different ways to measure savings – including unit cost reduction, discount enhancement, tracking savings for index-based commodities, and even identifying the impact procurement can have on items that have never been purchased before.   
• The distinction between hard-dollar and soft-cost savings.
• How to effectively track, measure, and report savings to demonstrate procurement’s value to the entire organization.
• How compliance and lost savings reports help ensure savings are obtained.
• This webinar is free to all members of the NLPA and membership in the NLPA itself is free and instant.

This webinar will be given by Joe Payne and William Dorn of Source One Management Services, LLC and hosted by the Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA) on May 22, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. EST.

To register for Getting the Most from Strategic Sourcing:

If you're already an NLPA member: Log in to the members' area at
http://www.NextLevelPurchasing.com/login.html and navigate to the "Webinars" tab. There you'll find a registration link, be sure to enter a valid email address as attendance details will be sent to you by email.

If you're not yet an NLPA member: Sign up for your free membership in the Next Level Purchasing Association at http://www.NextLevelPurchasing.com/procurement-association.php. After doing so, you'll receive an email with information about how to log in. After logging in, navigate to the "Webinars" tab. There you'll find a registration link, be sure to enter a valid email address as attendance details will be sent to you by email.

Url: http://www.strategicsourceror.com/2012/05/managing-indirect-spend-recommended-by.html

Getting The Most From Strategic Sourcing (NLPA, Source One) ( 11:30 am - 12:30 - pm )

May's live-only webinar: "Getting The Most from Strategic Sourcing" featuring guest speaker William Dorn, Vice President of Operations for Source One Management Services and Author of "Managing Indirect Spend" will be held on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at 11:30 AM Eastern US Time.

The majority of strategic sourcing initiatives end without fully realizing identified savings opportunities. "Getting the Most from Strategic Sourcing" will demonstrate the reasons why many strategic sourcing initiatives fail or do not realize the full savings projections that are identified during the sourcing process. The webinar will include how to set proper cost savings expectations with finance, the c-suite, and other interested parties, including providing a clear definition of savings and tying accomplishments back to the cost center.

The presentation will explain the gap between procurement's unit cost saving projections and finance's budgetary reporting. By the end of the presentation, participants will understand:

* Why a generic three-bid sourcing process is unlikely to drive significant savings.

* The different ways to measure savings - including unit cost reduction, discount enhancement, tracking savings for index-based commodities, and even identifying the impact procurement can have on items that have never been purchased before.

* The distinction between hard-dollar and soft-cost savings.

* How to effectively track, measure, and report savings to demonstrate procurement's value to the entire organization.

* How compliance and lost savings reports help ensure savings are obtained.

To register for this free event, login to the association at http://www.nextlevelpurchasing.com/login.html?4 and navigate to the "Webinars" tab. There you'll find a registration link, be sure to enter a valid email address as attendance details will be sent to you by email. Registration is free but may be limited, so sign up soon to ensure access to this event. If you have forgotten your NLPA password, please visit: http://nextlevelpurchasing.com/forgotpassword.php

Url: http://www.strategicsourceror.com/2012/05/managing-indirect-spend-recommended-by.html

TMS Tips To Create A Seamless Global Supply Chain (Aberdeen Group) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Aberdeen Group recently released “Spend Management Trends under Globalization”, which outlines industry trends and tactics companies should consider to improve transportation spend in a global organization.

This webinar showcases a real-world example of a global company, MTD Products, that supports the findings of the Aberdeen study. MTD Products, a leading manufacturer of outdoor power equipment including garden tractors, lawn trimmers and mowers, exports to facilities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, China and Australia by leveraging a true SaaS TMS to gain efficiencies and reduce transportation spend.

In this webinar, Aberdeen Group and MTD Products share how to:
• Ensure visibility across all regions on a single, common platform
• Provide visibility to inbound and outbound freight
• Integrate collaboratively with supply chain partners
• Complete the spend management loop
• Automate & optimize international business processes

Url: http://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/207566952

Vested Outsourcing - Readiness Assessment (SIG) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Are your relationships with third parties everything they were supposed to be? Are they/you sick? Is there a value short fall? How would you know? Will the Vested model work for your company or organization? Is your company or organization ready to for a new and different way to structure and govern 3rd relationships?
Vested Outsourcing and Hiperos have teamed up for a webcast that will walk through three simple web based public tools - "The 10 Aliments", "Business Model Mapping", and "Readiness Assessment".

The first available self assessment: “The 10 Ailments” furthers Kate Vitasek’s research with the University of Tennessee and measures the health of your outsourcing

In this webinar you will learn:
• The results of the “Ten Ailments assessment” to date.
• What you will receive from participation in the assessment.
• How you can participate in this new area of research.

As Greg and Kate will walk through the results of the “The 10 Ailments” self assessment research, you will see how you benchmark against others in your field.

This is the first of a series of assessments that Hiperos and Vested Outsourcing will be releasing over the next few months to help organizations segment and manage their 3rd parties and better understand how to measure 3rd party performance and add more value to their organization.

Url: http://sourcinginterests.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=sourcinginterests

Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference (Palm Desert, CA) ( 8:00 am )

The recent volatility of the global economy has had deep and lasting effects on the supply chain—making increased levels of efficiency and agility more important than ever before. Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2012 is the only industry event designed to provide senior supply chain executives with the insights, tools and relationships today's complex business environment demands, a proven source of field-tested research, analysis and unbiased advice.

Url: http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/supply-chain/

Get Started With AP Automation (SciQuest, Ardent Partners) ( 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm )

Presented by:

• Vishal Patel, Research Director, Ardent Partners
• Max Leisten, Market Director, SciQuest

In this live webinar, we will explore:

• The significant benefits of automating the accounts payable process
• A recommended roadmap to streamlining AP
• Trends and real world strategies that should shape your automation vision
• SciQuest’s vision for AP and how it can streamline the entire source-to-settle process

Url: http://go.sciquest.com/WinningAPStrategies

Sourcing: How To Streamline Processes, Achieve Best Value & Reduce Supplier Risk (Proactis) ( 10:00 am - 11:00 am )

Every organisation strives to achieve better prices for the goods and services they buy, without lowering quality or increasing risk.

In this webinar, we look how organisations can conduct more strategic sourcing events, consolidate purchases into fewer suppliers, and ensure staff use negotiated contracts – without increasing operating costs.

Join us for this webinar where we reveal the steps needed to implement more effective sourcing practices. We will showcase the tools that enable you to:  

• Streamline the sourcing process using a variety of approaches, including electronic RFx/tender processes, reverse auctions, etc.
• Improve stakeholder results by making it practical for all the right people to collaboratively create RFx documents and evaluate supplier responses.
• Increase procurement capacity by enabling well-structured strategic sourcing processes and less administration.
• Ensure staff use pre-negotiated agreements to realise savings.
• Reduce supplier risk with more objective supplier evaluation, response scoring and management.  

To find out how to improve your sourcing process to achieve best value, reduce supplier risk and bring more spend “under management”, register for this webinar.

Url: http://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/414161065

The Ebb And Flow Of Power (My Purchasing Center) ( 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm )

Join your colleagues at My Purchasing Center on May 10th, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss some practical strategies for managing energy use throughout your facility. Top experts in energy management will share tips on how to manage reactive power, reduce energy consumption during peak hours, and how you can reduce your fixed energy usage costs.

Speaker:  Steve Bauler Square D by Schneider Electric   |  North America Operating Division

Moderator:  Susan Avery, Editor My Purchasing Center

Url: http://www.mypurchasingcenter.com/purchasing/webcast/the-ebb-and-flow-of-power/

Social Media And The Sales Organization ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

  Social media has changed the way customers buy, and redrawn relationships between buyers and sellers. In response, sales operations departments are refocusing support investments, and aligning social media strategy with their sales organizations.
In this SMA webcast we provide preliminary results from SMA's recent research initiative on Social Media and the Sales Organization. It captures current practices, trends, and emerging issues related to the sales organization's use of social media.

Specific topics include:

• Social media's adoption rates by sales organizations
• ROI related issues for sales organizations' social media use
• Key implementation issues for social media adoption
• Sales organizations' future social media investment expectations

Url: http://salesmanagement.org/events/social-media-and-the-sales-organization

BMP Weekly Update On PI Window On Business With Jon Hansen ( 10:00 pm - 10:10 pm )

It was Sir Francis Bacon in his work Meditations which offered the aphorism that “knowledge is power.”

Over the years of course this ubiquitous term has probably been attributed to many others besides Bacon, however Sir Francis was and is the first to coin the phrase.

Following a similar line of thinking Buyers Meeting Point, which is a procurement resource site that offers purchasing professionals a quick and convenient access to point to information and decision-making tools, are certainly not the first to operate within the realms of similar type web-based “knowledge-oriented services.”  In fact information in all subjects is readily available to the individual who has both the time and the inclination to navigate what Huxley referred to as a “sea of irrelevance,” which is the Internet.

In an effort to make this a less onerous task, each and every Monday I will be joined by Buyers Meeting Point's Kelly Barner, who will provide an update on industry happenings and developments that will help you to keep your fingers on the pulse of a rapidly changing global industry.

-- Jon Hansen, @piblogger1

Url: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen

Procurement Risk Management (SIG, Ernst & Young) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

In a post financial crisis world, transparency has become a top-of-mind issue for organizations doing business in both developed and developing countries. Procurement is being asked to play an increasing role in addressing new legal and regulatory guidelines that facilitate transparency. However, even though procurement organizations are responsible for managing suppliers and their inherent risks, many are ill-equipped to mitigate those risks.

To truly address the risk landscape, procurement needs to understand the customer service, operational, financial, technology and business and ethical practices of all the suppliers which whom the organization does business globally.

Ernst & Young will discuss the key types of procurement risks, why organizations increasingly need to address these risks in a focused way, how these risks may affect your organization, the key steps to managing procurement risk, and sample case studies of how other organizations have tackled PRM.

Url: http://sourcinginterests.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=sourcinginterests

Sourcing For Value: Using Non-Price Attributes To Find The Best Suppliers (Zycus, Ardent Partners) ( 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm )

Seasoned sourcing pros know that there is much more to awarding a contract than price. And yet, when they engage stakeholders on a new sourcing opportunity, they often face a classic push back why sourcing is not the right strategy to pursue: “There are too many non-price considerations to be accounted for with this category.”

Today, using non-price attributes to make an award decision is speaking the language of the Chief Procurement Officer. It has become a part of the fabric of a mature procurement organization and is a critical strategy used by Best-in-Class sourcing teams.

Join Andrew Bartolini on this webinar as he identifies and discusses specific non-price attributes that sourcing teams can and should be using to award new contracts to help generate ideas for those teams looking to develop more advanced sourcing strategies and add value to the organization’s sourcing process.

Speakers:

Andrew Bartolini
Managing Director & Chief Research Officer,
Ardent Partners

Shailendra Singh Rao
Product Manager,
Zycus Inc.

Url: http://www.zycus.com/newsroom/events.html