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SEMINAR PLANNER
Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Keynote Session
Financial Integration
Big Data Technologies
Case Study
Public Sector Focus
Business Strategy
Sustainability Focus
Cloud Based Technologies
9.30am-10.05am: Opening Keynote
2020 Vision: Purchasing Visibility & Risk Management (Opening Keynote)
- Vivien Ryan, Director, PwC
With so many essential business services now outsourced – both directly and indirectly – there
is usually a complex chain of providers on the end of every major purchasing decision,
especially in areas such as IT and technology infrastructure. For procurement professionals,
this complex network of ‘hidden’ suppliers presents significant challenges around visibility and
contract management, with high potential for poor performance (or even disaster) if the risks
are not fully identified and addressed.
In this opening keynote, Vivien Ryan from PwC explains why visibility, contracting and clear
costing structures can often be more important than the specific choice of service provider.
Using the latest thinking on best practice and real-life examples, Vivien will discuss how to
make informed procurement decisions that will save money and minimise risk, simply by
unpacking and understanding the core components of any third-party service.
10.20am-10.50am Innovative Briefings on a Range of New Developments
Supplier Innovation and SRM Technology Empowerment (Session A)
- Lance Younger, CEO, State of Flux Technologies
Recent global research into SRM shows that leaders in SRM are three times more likely to have
technology in place to manage supplier innovation. However, only 6% of all respondents have
innovation technology in place.
Join this presentation to find out the SRM benefits when supplier innovation technology is
deployed.
Innovative Solution for Optimising Indirect Purchasing (Session B)
- André Lückert, Manager Catalogue & Master Data Management, RWE Group on behalf of
Mercateo UK Limited
During the last couple of years, RWE Group has overcome a number of challenges in terms of its
procurement. Especially for indirect purchasing, the company uses interesting e-procurement
solutions that help manage its catalogues efficiently and optimise procurement processes.
Mercateo helps RWE Group to reach those goals.
3 Overlooked Issues in Procure-to-Pay and What you Can Do About It (Session C)
- Glyn M Jones, Senior Director, Tradeshift
An efficient and effective procure-to-pay process is, naturally, at the heart of any successful
business. Sharedserviceslink and Tradeshift conducted a research study looking at procure-topay as an end-to-end process including some often overlooked areas. This session will delve into
the benchmarking data and focus on 3 areas that are seemingly overlooked by most GPOs and
shared services leaders, at a cost.
Crossing the Purchase Process Chasm: The Key Elements to a Successful
Implementation! (Session D)
- Stuart Evans, CTO, Invu
Moving your business to a requisition/order driven process is a step most SME’s want to make
but never do or fail trying. See how you can both enable your staff and create an efficient, well
controlled purchasing process for your business – just like Adactus Housing Association have…
Is Broken Procure to Pay Holding Back Your Strategic Sourcing? (Session E)
- Simon Gillett, Sopra Steria
70% of today’s enterprises Procure to Pay processes/delivery are broken or seriously sub
optimal, preventing truly strategic sourcing solutions being implemented and destroying value
in the organisation. How does your organisation fair against this shocking statistic? You can help
your company monetise real commercial gain from your P2P process.
Workshop
WORKSHOP: Managing Change in your Procurement Processes (Session W1)
- Lucy Brownsdon, Facilitator, Centre for Facilitation
Effective Change Management is key to the success of any project that alters the way people
work, whether it involves changes to processes, technologies, systems or structures. However,
many projects still suffer when organisational issues aren’t adequately addressed.
This interactive workshop is designed for delegates to share experiences of change management
and discuss practical steps that can be taken within your project delivery to ensure success and
achieve your goals.
11.05am-11.35am Innovative Briefings on a Range of New Developments
What Next for eProcurement? (Session F)
- Daniel Ball, Director, Wax Digital
Exploring the next generation of procurement technology, we’ll be demonstrating how
tomorrow’s developments and devices could transform processes for purchasing professionals.
And bringing it right back to the present day, we’ll round off with a showcase of procurement
success stories in organisations of all shapes and sizes.
Getting Procurement Right – Delivering Successful, Value for Money Procurements
(Session G)
- Peter Marshall, Professional Services Director, Commerce Decisions Ltd
Getting procurement right first time is the aspiration of procurement teams around the world.
Peter will talk about his experiences on some of the UK’s most significant procurement
programmes, focusing on how teams can apply best practice methodologies to deliver the
required capability and relative value for money (RVfM).
Emerging Trends in Procurement Technology (Session H)
- Alan Buxton, Chief Technology Officer, Xchanging
Discover what key innovations and trends are emerging in the procurement world, and hear how
users are using these to help move procurement up the value chain and gain recognition as a
strategic function across the business.
1) Discover how procurement can now be founded on intelligent forecasting, understanding
market trends and knowing when is the right time to take risks and seize opportunities
with Market Insight and Intelligent Forecasting.
2) How companies are going that extra mile to deliver ‘Next Generation’ savings, visibility
and control; using new technologies including: robotics and requisitioning solutions to
better manage their tail-end spend.
3) Moving Down the Supply Chain – Looking at movements that develop and drive supplier
innovation as well as models that deliver value to the entire supply chain.
Risk Management: Avoid Toxic Suppliers with Strategic Evaluation (Session I)
- Mário Cardoso, International Business Developer, Gatewit
Globalisation brings many business opportunities and offers the possibility to negotiate with
suppliers from around the world achieving higher savings. However, this globalisation can also
bring along risks to the organisation. In depth knowledge in managing the entire supply chain is
crucial, gathering important information about suppliers has become one of the most important
processes to avoid toxic partners. Join our discussion and find out how a strategic supplier
evaluation can help you avoid toxic suppliers within your supply chain.
Supply Chain Risk and Catastrophic Supplier Failure (Session J)
- Les Mosco, Founder and CEO of Commercial Strategies Limited, Company Watch
The presentation will illustrate some examples of catastrophic supply chain failures, why many
companies do not know who their high risk suppliers are, and some tools to help procurement
professionals identify supply chain risks and mitigate the consequences.
Workshop
WORKSHOP (Continued): Managing Change in your Procurement Processes
(Session W2)
- Lucy Brownsdon, Facilitator, Centre for Facilitation
Effective Change Management is key to the success of any project that alters the way people
work, whether it involves changes to processes, technologies, systems or structures. However,
many projects still suffer when organisational issues aren’t adequately addressed.
This interactive workshop is designed for delegates to share experiences of change management
and discuss practical steps that can be taken within your project delivery to ensure success and
achieve your goals.
12.00pm-12.30pm Innovative Briefings on a Range of New Developments
Corporate Spend Control: Current Issues & Future Challenges (Session 2)
- Simon Dadswell, Director, PROACTIS
In the past five years, e-Procurement technology has had a dramatic impact on corporate Spend
Control, and the next five years will see the influence of technology accelerate. That will mean
radical changes for the role of the procurement department and the “Chief Spend Control
Officer”. Executives will need to become much more focused on innovation and transformation,
and less focused on just “automating process”. This session will explore the current state of
eProcurement and the size of the change ahead.
Procurement Trends: Process Optimisation & Improved Collaboration (Session K)
- David Hobson, Fusions Application Leader UK, Oracle
This session will cover some of the current trends around procurement modernisation and how
Oracle are helping Customers to deliver greater process optimisation, improve collaboration and
deliver greater insights all geared to controlling costs better through enhanced on contract
spend.
The Benefits of Cloud-Based e-Procurement Software – A Practioner’s View
(Session L)
- James Cooper, Director and Senior Consultant, Lime Associates on behalf of SourceDogg
Cloud computing has transformed the way businesses operate, not least within the eProcurement sphere. e-Procurement benefits from the cloud's reduced costs, time and
infrastructure, and provides security for client’s information. But how does the theory translate
into practice? This presentation will use practical examples to give real insight.
Putting People First for P2P Success (Session M)
- Hazel Brench, Coupa System Owner, Bourne Leisure & Simon Hurst, Principal Solutions
Consultant, Xoomworks
Bourne Leisure are made up of three brands, operating across 52 sites with 11,000 employees.
To increase control and visibility of spend, while driving efficiencies at the same time, Bourne
implemented Coupa P2P. This seminar discusses how they achieved their goals by focusing on
the people that it affected.
Shift your Suppliers to a Self-Service Model with a P2P Solution Fully Integrated
with SAP (Session N)
- Kedar Patwardhan, Account Director, Invenio Business Solutions
Invenio will discuss the challenges facing organisations, global and national, as they struggle to
find benefits within their external spend. Join this session to hear how companies using SAP can
dramatically reduce expenditure by 50% by shifting their suppliers to a self-service model with
a P2P solution fully integrated with SAP.
Knowledge Sharing Roundtable
Roundtable: Best Practice Contracting Toolkit (Session R1)
- Dr Sam De Silva, FCIPS Partner and Head of IT and Outsourcing, Penningtons Manches LLP and
Global Board of Trustees at the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply
There are a number of concepts and provisions which occur regularly when considering strategic
commercial contracts. This session will provide practical guidance on negotiating those difficult
issues. Tips and pointers will be given when drafting and negotiating IP indemnities, step-in
rights, benchmarking, audit rights, due diligence and change control provisions. Strategies will
be provided to ensure that these provisions are closed down efficiently, rather than being
battled out endlessly.
12.45pm-1.15pm Innovative Briefings on a Range of New Developments
Getting Results from Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) (Session 3)
- Simon Lipscomb, Director, PROACTIS
No procurement professional has the time or capacity to deal with suppliers for every
transaction they need to manage. Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) can replace slow and rigid
processes for procurement exercises, and allow far greater competition throughout by providing
the opportunity to engage with numerous competing suppliers and for new suppliers to be
accredited and enrolled perpetually. This session will explore the benefits of DPS using case
studies, including how one public sector organisation has used a DPS to achieve half a million
pounds of annualised savings to date.
How Effective Are You at Avoiding Reputational and Financial Risk? (Session O)
- Ted Datta, Strategic Account Director, Bureau van Dijk
Discover how using external market intelligence can help you avoid financial and reputational
risk.
Learn what information is available, how can you blend it with your own data, and how you can
use it to enhance your supplier risk management.
The Big Procurement Debate (Session P)
- Dr Jonathan Betts, Market Development Director, Science Warehouse Ltd
What’s the big thing for 2015? Join us for an interactive debate on the predictions made by 300
purchasing professionals on procurement strategy, challenges and technology in the annual
Procurement Trends Survey 2015. Dare to bare your industry experiences, opinions and
objections – you may just leave with a new procurement perspective!
Overview of a Strategic P2P Solution for RCI Banque (Session Q)
- Jean-Christophe Labarre, Group Purchasing Director at RCI Banque and John Owens, Regional
Director at b-pack Inc
Learn how RCI Banque groupe RENAULT implemented a b-pack SaaS solution; thus reducing costs
by optimising their purchasing, accounts payable and financial department’s activities whilst
remaining fully compatible with SAP ECC6. Also automating the full budgetary and workflow
management process, from the cart to receiving and invoicing across all departments.
Knowledge Sharing Roundtable
ROUNDTABLE: Maximising the Impact of Your Sourcing Event (Session R2)
- Denis Scharrer, Managing Consultant, Xoomworks
Sourcing can be a very effective way of delivering savings but there is a significant difference
between doing it and doing it well. This roundtable asks how people have created a more
competitive supplier environment to maximise ROI and what other factors can make a big
impact on savings.
1.15pm-2.00pm: Lunch Break & Demonstrations in Exhibition Area
2.00pm-2.30pm: Lunchtime Keynotes
Market Insights from The Professional Body for Procurement & Supply (Keynote 4)
- Emma Scott MCIPS, Representation Manager, Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
As requested by delegates Emma will share market insights from the Chartered Institute of
Procurement & Supply.
CIPS exists to promote and develop high standards of professional skill, ability and integrity
among all those engaged in purchasing and supply chain management.
Extending Procurement’s Influence in the Enterprise (Keynote 5)
- Christopher Barrat, Director, Greystone Partnership
Many procurement departments feel undervalued by their business partners, despite the vital
role they have played during the recent recession.
The purchasing profession often fails to get fair credit for its achievements and this urgently
needs to change if it hopes to have greater impact and influence within the enterprise.
This illuminating session will provide some simple, practical steps to take back to your team:
firing them up to be more effective in their internal relationships. Chris will look at both the
mental approach to being more confident in communication and specific strategies you can use
to focus your efforts to maximum effect.
Who Gives a Tweet? Social Media & Procurement (Keynote 6)
- Tania Seary, Founder, Procurious
In today's hyper-connected environment, competitive advantage is determined by building and
leveraging global networks to drive efficiency, innovation, customer experience and
commercial outcomes.
Tania Seary, Founder of Procurious – the world’s first online social network dedicated to
procurement professionals – will run a session to discuss what world-class procurement looks
like in this connected future and how the ability to leverage social media is fast becoming the
skill that distinguishes top performing procurement professionals, from the rest.
2.45pm-3.15pm Case Studies: Best Practice in Action (Part 1)
Believe in Better – Supplier Relationship Management (Session S)
- Stephen Berwick, Procurement Analyst, BskyB
At Sky we truly Believe in Better for everything we do. Join us as we take you through our
journey of delivering a better approach to Supplier Relationship Management. Learn how we
have used technology to improve how we manage relationships and make SRM brilliantly easy
for us, our stakeholders and our suppliers.
Overcoming the IT Challenges of Large Corporates (Session T)
- Amanda Earnshaw, Head of Technology Procurement, Royal Bank of Scotland
This session will cover:
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Examples of the challenges large corporates are facing in terms of their software
application architecture
What the future state needs to look like & why
Thinking Long Term: What should procurement be doing now?
Protecting Your Supply (Value) Chain - What Should You Really be Worried About
and What Can Help You? (Session U)
- Nick Wildgoose, Global Supply Chain Product Leader, Zurich Insurance Group
This session will cover:
The risks:
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A summary of latest data on the causes of supply chain disruption (Taken from annual
Business Continuity Institute Supply Chain Resilience Survey, particularly the latest 2014
survey and the relevant 2105 supply chain insights from the World Economic Forum
Global Risk Report)
Insights on future potential risks
Why these are important to supply chain professionals
Tools & techniques on how to protect your organisation against these risks:
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Driving transparency by mapping the value chain
Comprehensive consideration of the supply chain threats both physical and non-physical
and hence appropriate due diligence
Multifunctional approach to help drive change in the office
New IT solutions that are helping in risk mitigation in areas such as business continuity
and alerting
An Outsider CAN be Your Best Insider (Session V)
- Sian Howitt, Head of Procurement, Anglian
- How to maximise the use of an outside third party to deliver company savings internally
- Why engage a third party?
- Challenges and barriers Anglian faced internally when bringing in an outsider
- How Anglian overcame these challenges to deliver accelerated results to the business
3.30pm-4.00pm Case Studies: Best Practice in Action (Part 2)
Standardising the Global PTP & Finance Processes at Sony Music Entertainment
(Session W)
- Rob Birkett, VP - Finance Processes, Sony Music Entertainment International
Sony Music Entertainment will explain how they are implementing standardised financial and
purchasing processes within a creative media industry and achieving project control and
visibility across the globe.
Case Study: Procurement Transformation Unwrapped (Session X)
- Glen Lovett, Head of Procurement Capability, FirstGroup
In this session Glen examines some of the most common challenges for forward-thinking
procurement organisations and the key areas to target to increase business value.
Glen will share his extensive research in developing a procurement transformation program
within FirstGroup which will hopefully provide some insight and useful pointers for delegates to
take back into their organisations. I am hopeful that this session will also provide solace in
terms of validating some of the challenges that are commonly shared by today's procurement
functions irrespective of size, operating model or industry.
Technology Helps but Engagement Delivers (Session Y)
- Tony Stanyard, Head of Procurement, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Although under significant financial pressure to deliver major cost-down initiatives, the NHS has
to deal with ever-increasing demand. It is essential that we focus on ensuring that patient
outcomes and experiences are not compromised.
I want to review the basics of finding out what clinical customers want by being able to engage
with them clinically. Recognising that the benefits of technology can improve efficiency is
important but not as important as ensuring that you can understand the requirements of your
customer and deliver in accordance with their needs. Using a mixture of humour and example, I
hope to convince people that engagement can deliver greater results (in the NHS) than
technology, whilst acknowledging that technology is a vital back-office tool.
4.00pm-4.30pm: Drinks Reception & Networking
SPONSORED BY PROACTIS
Finish your visit with an informal opportunity to network with your peers from throughout the
day over a complimentary glass of wine.
4.30pm: Event Closes