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Global eProcure

ACCELERATING PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION

Procurement Transformation gets derailed when leaders fail to demonstrate 'real' savings, on schedule. Delays arise due to many reasons. Complex technology challenges adoption and often there is not enough people resources to manage internal change. Sometimes it is all about poor decision making. A successful transformation is about making the right turns at the right times to sustain the pace of a journey.

A panel of speakers comprising Mickey North Rizza from AMR Research who took a closer look at issues and discussed a successful procurement transformation journey with Mary Chantry from the procurement transformation leadership team at SAINT-GOBAIN (a global leader in the housing, glass and high tech materials manufacturing industry).

Are you looking for new ideas to accelerate your transformation journey? Learn how you could leverage the concept of a global virtual procurement organization and simplify the use of underlying technology and tools, to drive change and deliver 'real' savings on time.

Procurement Transformation - Crossing the Technology Chasm

TURBOCHARGE YOUR PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION

Three simple actions can make a world of difference in accelerating a procurement transformation-

  • Simplify the technology
  • Build a virtual organization
  • Import best-in-class processes

There is a paradigm shift in the approach to a transformation journey. The focus is on time-to-value. On March 15, 2007, Purchasing convened a panel of procurement experts to explain what it takes to build world-class procurement teams, migrate to best-in-class business processes, and evaluate procurement technology platforms of the future.

 

Session highlights:

  • Andrew Bartels, Vice President, Forrester Research presented on How to Succeed in ePurchasing. He addressed such questions as where to start in terms of process transformation, which procurement activities should be centralized and decentralized, and what to look for in technology.
  • Al Falter, former Vice President of Procurement with consumer products manufacturer Church & Dwight shared lessons learned in leading that company’s procurement transformation.
  • Dr. Subhash Makhija, CEO and Cofounder of Global eProcure, examined the top reasons why strategic procurement initiatives stall and how to avoid the mistakes made by early movers on the procurement technology front.