Seminars
A series of six, one-hour seminars running in the morning and afternoon of the event will allow delegates to understand complex areas of specific interest. The sessions will then open up into an interactive discussion on the key issues raised, giving you the chance to contribute to the debate as well as be updated on hot topics of the day. Some of the areas covered will be as follows:
- Collaborative procurement – a toolkit for multiagency procurement
- PCRs – a toolkit for excellence
- Utilising procurement health checks in the identification and enhancement of capability
- Collaborative procurement for public sector fleet
- How to identify cost savings through spend analysis
- The cost of Public Sector absenteeism to the economy
- Strategic Sourcing, what, where, and how?
- Value for money within construction procurement
- Supply chain management - managing your suppliers and contracts better
- eProcurement – efficiency at your fingertips
- Achieving reduced costs and improved performance through unified communications
- Eco friendly workplace solutions
- Spend management - fastest and the most efficient way to reduce costs in the public sector
- Getting more for your money out of markets
- Unlocking the value through the purchasing and procurement process
- Promoting cross-functionality: breaking down silos in procurement
- Promoting equality and diversity throughout the supply chain
- Streamlining front and back office processes – efficiency, reducing duplication
- Achieving social goals through socially responsible procurement
- Up-skilling procurement staff
- Strategic contract management – skills and resourcing the CM process
- Sustainable procurement – reducing carbon emissions through procurement
- Sustainable workplace solutions
- Sustainable food procurement
- Commissioning the third sector and SMEs
- Helping school spend go further
- Benefiting the community through procurement – a case study
- Temporary and interim staffing – sustainable procurement for the public sector
- Improving working capital and cutting cost in your supply chain
- Cost savings in procurement: shared services and other worked examples
- The future of public sector pre-qualification
- Procuring zero carbon – benefits and pitfalls
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Latest News
2nd December 2008
New Speaker Announced
Angela Eagle MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
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New Speaker Announced
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David Smith, Commercial Director, DWP
12th September 2008
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Helen McCarthy, Director, NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
15th September 2008
New Speaker Announced
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