(11/28/2011) BMP's Event Picks of the Week

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This week's recommended events for procurement professionals: November 28-December 2

• Starting on Tuesday, we have “Leveraging Procurement Technology To Meet Business Objectives“ from Zycus and ISM. There is a detail in the title of this event that I didn’t catch the first time I read it. This event is not about increasing savings, or improving visibility, or any of the other things procurement is often focused on. This event will look at how procurement technology can help the wider business achieve their objectives. They will be talking about streamlining business processes by driving compliance, driving increases in the bottom-line beyond just cost savings (I think that piece of the event is particularly timely), and finally identifying opportunities and creating seamless sync between procurement processes.
• On Wednesday, you have “Taking Strategic Sourcing To The Next Level With Technology At A.P. Moller - Maersk Group” presented by CombineNet and Procurement Leaders. I like this event because they will be looking at more sophisticated use of esourcing functionality – specifically expressive bidding, which is CombineNet’s name for their solution’s ability to support flexible responses from suppliers. I am also curious about Maersk themselves, as they are the world’s largest shipping container company.
• My last recommendation for the week is presented by Supply & Demand Chain Exec: “IBM On Supply Chain Sustainability”. If you have corporate targets around investing in growing market segments, or upholding commitments around the environment or social responsibility, this event would be a worthy use of your time.

The BMP content schedule for the rest of the week:

Tuesday: Our notes from sales white papers on selling professional services (see last week's webinar notes on sourcing complex services)

Wiki-Wednesday: Optimization

Thursday: BMP's interivew with Phil Hammer, ProcureApp VP of Business Development

Friday: Our notes on one of the above event picks

Saturday: Our blog pick of the week