Webcast: Savings Strategies for Immediate Impact and Beyond

April 22, 2009 10:00am EDT

FREE Webcast April 22, 2009
1:00 PM EDT/10:00AM PDT/6:00PM London Time
Savings Strategies for Immediate Impact and Beyond

Will Your Strategies Allow for Future Growth?

In the face of uncertain economic conditions and a tight credit market, businesses are increasingly looking to their procurement organization to help them identify and secure additional cost savings from suppliers without increasing risk in the supplier base.

As a result, the recession has actually accelerated certain trends in sourcing and purchasing, as companies push to realize procurement savings.  During the last recession, many savings strategies which were implemented hastily had an adverse impact in the long-run, notably in terms of supplier viability and quality.  The lesson:  Some savings strategies are sustainable and some are not.

You are invited to join a panel of supply management experts as they share their experiences and insights into which strategies allow for savings that are both immediate and sustainable over the long-term.  During this one hour online session, you will hear practical advice on: 

• Finding and capturing new savings opportunities
• Determining sustainable savings strategies that balance cost savings with supplier quality and reliability
• Executing sourcing events for categories that historically require large amounts of time and effort
• Best Practices in technology use to deliver value to the procurement process

The session will also include an overview by Duncan Jones with Forrester Research, who will highlight the findings of his just released research "The Forrester Wave: eSourcing, Q1 2009."

Moderator
Paul Teague
Chief Editor
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Panelists
Duncan Jones
Senior Analyst, Forrester Research

Donavon Favre
Professor, Supply Chain Management
North Carolina State University &
Former Managing Partner, Accenture

Sean Correll
Director, Global Consulting Services
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Posted Apr 8, 2009