Purchasing and payables professionals headline conference agenda at NAPP 2008

By Susan Avery -- Purchasing, 10/29/2007 8:27:00 AM

High performance in the procure-to-pay process is the topic of the keynote address at the NAPP 16^th annual conference to be held Feb. 10-13 in Marina Del Rey, Calif. NAPP stands for National Association of Procurement and Payables.

Greg Spray, an executive director with Accenture’s business process outsourcing service, is slated to give the talk. He has more than 23 years of procurement and outsourcing experience and has held senior executive level positions at Ariba, Alliente and Hewlett-Packard.

On the conference agenda are presentations by purchasing and accounts payables professionals. They include:

·        Creating a worldwide procure to pay organization by Mark Mortimore, vice president, global procurement payments and operations at American Express.

·        P2P shared services—end to end optimization by Linda Lorton, global director, procure-to-pay, MeadWestvaco.

·        Aligning purchasing and payables at H&R Block by Gerry Hodson, director of enterprise sourcing operations, and Judy Bowen, enterprise payables, at H&R Block.

·        Procure-to-pay excellence by Jennifer Sheriff, e-procurement manager at GlaxoSmithKline.

·        It’s not all about e-procurement by Catherine M. Colemire, purchasing agent at Western & Southern Financial Group.

·        Paperless procure-to-pay for raw materials by Jim Harty, e-procurement director at The Sherwin-Williams Co.

·        Harness the power of collaborative innovation by Robert Porter Lynch, CEO, The Warren Company and Steve Rogers, senior consultant, Cincinnati Consulting Consortium. 

One forum each for purchasing and payables professionals provide conferences attendees opportunity to offer their insights into the future of their respective functions.

A procure-to-solutions and technology fair will feature such suppliers as Ariba, Visa Commercial, GE Corporate Payment Services, BasWare Bottomline Technologies and ePlus.

In addition there are two pre-conference seminars on Feb. 10. Bottomline Technologies and ePlus are sponsoring the seminars which are offered free of charge to conference attendees.

The NAPP is an indedepent membership organization that provides purchasing and payables professionals with new and innovative ideas for improving both functions. For information, go to www.nappconference.com or contact chairman Dave Elko by telephone at 609-884-6516.

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