Become world class in Supply Management
By Staff -- Purchasing, 2/5/2004 2:00:00 AM
Never before have purchasing professionals had so much control and influence over corporate spending. Never before have their jobs been fraught with so much change, risk, or so many technology options. PURCHASING's Global Procurement Conference will speak to the world on best-in-class sourcing, procurement, and supply management practices. Over two days, it will feature a series of Web presentations covering everything from spend- to product lifecycle management.
A star lineup!
The Global Procurement Conference highlights smart people talking about important topics. Among procurement-thought leaders on this year's speaking roster are members of PURCHASING magazine's Editorial Advisory Board.
Meet the moderators
Each Global Procurement Conference session will be moderated by one of PURCHASING magazine's award- winning editors.
Doug Smock, Chief Editor
Doug Smock first joined PURCHASING in 1977 as Markets Editor, and later became CPI Editor. In a second tour of duty joined the magazine as chief editor in 2000. He also served as chief editor of Plastics World and Associate Publisher of Modern Mold. Prior to joining PURCHASING, he spent seven years as the Business and News reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Anne Millen Porter, Managing Editor
Anne Millen Porter has been writing and editing for PURCHASING since 1989. She covers the economy, strategic sourcing, spend analysis and management, performance measurement, and electronic sourcing and procurement.
Susan Avery, Senior Editor
Susan Avery has been writing and editing for PURCHASING since 1985. She covers MRO/distribution, information technology, and office technologies. She has also served as news editor, copy editor and products editor.
Jim Carbone, Executive Editor, Electronics
Jim Carbone has been writing for PURCHASING since 1988. As Executive Editor, Electronics, he covers all links in the electronics supply chain, including distributors, OEMs, electronics manufacturing service (EMS) providers, and semiconductor and passive components suppliers.
Tom Stundza, Executive Editor
Tom Stundza has been writing for PURCHASING since 1983. He is the magazine's chief industrial commodities analyst. He coordinates PURCHASING's Transaction Pricing Service and is the author of Steel Flash Report, a monthly online update on steel pricing trends that has become the a standard price data resource for government and industry.
David Hannon, Associate Editor
David Hannon has been writing for PURCHASING since 2000. He covers sourcing strategies and specializes in transportation, logistics, and supply chain management, as well as electronic sourcing and procurement.
Keynote: High-Performance Purchasing Operations
There has been a bigger push to improve purchasing performance over the past three years than in the previous 20. Reason: Economic opportunity combined with new technical capabilities. In this keynote session, the best and the brightest tell how it gets done. Top CPOs on PURCHASING's Editorial Advisory Board will discuss opportunities presented in the new age of buying. They'll look at:
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Organizational structures that work best
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How to get started
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Policy recommendations
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The roles of outsourcing and global sourcing
MRO Sourcing Strategy: Cost Savings That Last
This session will feature purchasing professionals who have helped their companies to realize long-term cost savings through MRO buying strategies. They will talk about:
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How they put together successful commodity teams
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Tips for managing valued relationships with both distributor and manufacturer suppliers that have improved their bottom lines.
Sponsored by 3M
Measuring Supplier Performance
In the old days of purchasing, measuring supplier performance focused on the abilities of suppliers to reduce prices. Today, suppliers are measured on total cost of ownership, not just price. They are also evaluated on:
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Technology development,
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Delivery performance, and
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Responsiveness to changing OEM requirements.
This session will look at the growing importance of measuring supplier performance, especially as more manufacturing and suppliers are moving to Asia where the supply base is in infancy and is suffering growing pains.
Sponsored by ICG Commerce
Spend Management On Demand
This session will explore best practices in spend management, covering:
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Spend analysis,
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E-procurement,
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Supplier enablement,
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Contract management, and more.
Hear from companies that are implementing effective spend management strategies and how they're avoiding expensive software installations by obtaining supporting technologies on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Sponsored by Ketera Technologies
Process Optimization for Technology ROI
It is often said that applying information technology to bad processes only makes bad processes more efficient—that a failure to achieve projected return (ROI) on technology investments is a function of suboptimal processes. At the same time, it can be difficult to optimize processes without sufficient status-quo data that new information technology can generate. This session will explore what companies are doing to break through this classic chicken/egg conundrum.
Keynote: How Top CPOs Make it Work
Top CPOs on PURCHASING's Editorial Advisory Board will discuss best uses for procurement, sourcing and supply management technology. They'll consider:
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Spend analysis
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Market making
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Ranking & rating
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Process optimization
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Decision support
They will explore best ways for evaluating return on investment (ROI), obtaining funding, plus tips on applying the tools.
Identifying, Negotiating and Capturing Savings with a Closed Loop Strategic Sourcing Program
Hear from purchasing executives at a $30 billion company that has produced dramatic costs savings by implementing a closed loop strategic sourcing program across the enterprise. In this presentation, learn how to:
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Better identify savings opportunities using spend analysis,
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Negotiate more effectively with suppliers to get the best price,
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Determine the optimal supply base allocation through advanced decision support, and
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Ensure that all negotiated savings are captured through contract compliance.
Sponsored by Emptoris
Creating a Process- and Knowledge-Driven Sourcing Organization
The best assets of a sourcing organization are the professionals themselves, and the knowledge they have developed over time. Many sourcing professionals have learned and developed best-practice sourcing processes, and have built category knowledge across most key spend areas. The challenge for these companies is to:
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Ensure consistent use of such processes, and
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Ensure global category knowledge is leveraged for smarter sourcing.
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In this session, learn how companies have formalized best-practice sourcing processes to become world class sourcing organizations.
Sponsored by Ariba
Electronic Market Making (e-Auctions, eRFx)
PURCHASING has been tracking the use and value of reverse electronic auctions since the technology's inception. Attendees to this session will hear how reverse auction experts are finding innovative ways of using the evolving technology tool to support or advance their organization's supply management strategies.
Product Life Cycle Management
Purchasers increasingly have cradle-to-grave responsibility for the parts they buy. That can be challenging because, while technology changes very quickly in electronics, component life cycles can be long as well. Purchasers must:
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Qualify suppliers of new parts,
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Manage them during times of shortages and oversupply, and
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Find alterative sources or parts substitutes when component manufacturers decide to make parts obsolete.
Learn strategies for managing product life cycles that can be employed by buyers at OEMs of any size.
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