All Webcasts

Got a vision for spend management? Make it a reality today!

On attending this panel-based web session, you will learn from real world industry practitioners:

* How to define a Spend Management vision and mandate: what are the areas of investment to look into
* How people within organizations can be "catalysts" for savings initiatives
* The "to-do's" and challenges for a spend management champion
* Customer experiences and real world best practice

Visual Spend Analytics : Take Your Spend Analysis to the Next Level

Many companies today are doing a good job of analyzing their spend data. They know what they are buying, who they are buying from, how much they are buying and at what price. From the spend analysis, companies are able to find opportunities to reduce costs, track contract compliance, measure supplier performance and much more.  more >>

Beyond The Hype (Part II): Enabling Sustainable Supply Risk Management Strategies Today

In the second of this series, we continue to expand on the strategy, elements and technology needed for a sustainable supply risk management program. In a highly complex and networked business environment, it is imperative to understand tangible impacts of supply risk, and have the ability to establish sustain-
able risk management plans. For example, it is also equally important to be agile to change and act quickly on a supplier risk event.  more >>

Unlock Higher Savings with Advanced Sourcing

This special executive WEBCAST will assemble a panel of procurement experts and practitioners to discuss how top-performing procurement organizations peer under every rock to discover and continually fill their sourcing pipelines with new cost-savings and other opportunities to deliver value.  more >>

5 Strategies to Dramatically Accelerate Procurement Performance in 2010

Join Purchasing Magazine's Editor-in-Chief Paul Teague on September 23, 2009 from 2-3 pm US-EDT for an interactive WEBCAST and panel discussion focusing on the five most important procurement strategies for 2010.  more >>

E-Sourcing - The technology and best practices that can save you a bundle

Don't let your competitors out-source you. If they can acquire better materials and services cheaper, then they will out-innovate, out-price, and out-service you to gain market share. Done right, e-sourcing can give you the edge you need to beat them to the punch and deliver real savings to the bottom line.
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Recession and Reverse Auctions

With the global economy mired in deep recession,e-auctions have, once again, emerged as a most-favored tool for achieving immediate cost savings. Organizations that did not formerly use reverse auctions are now adopting them and many more are combining RFx processes with reverse auctions to extract maximum value from deflationary markets for commodities, goods, and services.  more >>

Beyond The Hype: Building a Sustainable Supply Risk Management Program

This webinar will explore the integral elements for success: How to identify and prioritize supplier risks, how to anticipate supply disruptions, and how to establish a proactive culture of supplier risk management across your business.

Sourcing Professional Services

Professional services are the new frontier in purchasing. An increasing number of procurement staffs are being given the services portfolio—and discovering new, complex challenges they haven’t seen with their direct-spend responsibilities. Learn about those challenges and hear how your peers are handling them at a special Webcast on June 10, 2009.

Supplier Performance Management for Competitive Advantage

In a special, free webcast May 13, 2009 at 2pm EDT, you'll learn how to develop a lean, efficient supply chain with suppliers who will be partners and who will provide a steady stream of innovative ideas. And, you'll learn how to control your costs in the process.  more >>