On-Demand Executive Webcasts

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Why Content matters to Your e-Procurement Strategy
See what you can learn in 30 minutes!


Show Number:330734

Join us for a 30-minute 'straight to the point' educational webcast, and learn the answers to these important questions:

• How is a PIM strategy key to your e-Procurement success?
• What is PIM (Product Information Management), and why you should know?
• How can PIM help you accelerate your spend under management by getting better control?
• How will PIM enhance the end user's experience with existing ERP systems - resulting in a more successful procurement initiative?

A procurement strategy that is implemented without consideration of PIM may not provide end users access to the appropriate data, therefore, running a big risk that they will bypass the procurement system and purchase items elsewhere. As organizations increase in size and complexity, and become more global, often through mergers and acquisitions, it is imperative to have a content management strategy that simplifies how the data is organized, distributed and made available to end users.

Featured Speaker:
Kelly Babbit
Senior Product Development Manager
Perfect Commerce

Case Study: "Going Global In a Local World"
Implementing Sourcing and Procurement Platforms on a Global Scale


Show Number:324236

Join Peter DeBruin, VP, Sourcing Technology for State Street Corporation, for a compelling case study that will explore how State Street approached its worldwide deployment of a spend management solution, and the lessons learned from working with diverse cultures and priorities from around the globe with multiple perspectives.

The deployment of business processes and technology on a global scale involves many challenges including selecting the right technology, building a capable team, determining applicable requirements, managing vendors, and communicating the goals of the program and progress. Much of the work is often done with an implicit perception, perhaps a fervent hope of the project team - that what works in one location, with one set of stakeholders - works at another location.

Join this educational webcast and hear lessons learned from an industry leader - what to expect, the benefits of global deployment, as well as the challenges.

Featured Guest Speaker:
Peter DeBruin is responsible for overall program management of a worldwide deployment of State Street Corporation's Spend Management platform. State Street is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors. Their broad and integrated range of services spans the entire investment spectrum, including research, investment management, trading services and investment servicing.

The Simplest and Shortest Path to "Spend Under Management"


Show Number:307997

A company looking to improve its profits and control its costs must recognize the value of managing its spend. Research from Aberdeen Group indicates that companies can save 5-20% on every dollar that is managed by an effective procurement organization.

Aberdeen's On Demand Supply Management Benchmark Report highlights that On Demand supply management solutions:

• Provide economies of scale that allow rapid, low-cost, low-risk deployment
• Eliminate many of the up-front fixed investment associated with traditional behind the firewall solutions
• Enable faster initial deployment and enterprise rollout

By Attending this Executive Webcast You Will:

• Learn how to better control costs for bottom-line impact
• Discover how to improve speed to spend under management of the procurement group
• Hear industry best practices and valuable recommendations
• See an example of a ROI calculator and business case to help support your move to On Demand Supply Management
• Hear first-hand why one company chose On Demand Supply Management

Featured Guest Speakers

• Sudy Bharadwaj, Vice President, Global Supply Management, AberdeenGroup - Sudy will discuss the key findings of Aberdeen's recent "On Demand Supply Management Benchmark Report"
  
  
• Peter Lohri, Director, Corporate Procurement and Supplier Diversity, TIAA-CREF - Peter will discuss the goals, objectives and considerations behind the financial services company's selection of an On Demand Supply Management solution.

Learn Why and How to Enable 100% of Your Supply Base
The Aberdeen Supplier Enablement Benchmark Report -- Key Findings and Best Practices


Show Number:295873

Join this complimentary Executive Webcast to hear an AberdeenGroup discussion of the findings of this important industry report and learn how you can quickly enable your entire supply base, regardless of their current technology capabilities.

Who Should Attend:

• Supply Chain and Procurement Professionals - Learn best practices in improving supplier enablement and how you can eliminate manual processes, improve spend visibility, and reduce maverick spending by quickly enabling your entire supply base
• Finance professionals - Learn how to reduce costs, improve spending controls and cut transaction processing costs by more than 60%
• IT Professionals - Hear how to improve the usage and value of your existing ERP and supply chain automation investments. Learn how to eliminate the headaches and hassles associated with electronically enabling your company's suppliers
• Suppliers - Learn how you can meet your customers' requests to transact electronically, regardless of your current technology capabilities

Bad Debt? Good Auction!
How to Use E-Sourcing Practices to Recover Uncollected Payments for Bottom-line Impact


Show Number:293853

Your company probably has millions of dollars of uncollected payments from customers and others sitting on its books as bad debt. Collecting any portion of these payments owed represents an opportunity to make a significant impact to the bottom line and become a corporate hero.

Procurement/Supply Chain organizations are increasingly taking a leadership role in recapturing some of these "lost profits" by helping find and negotiate with third-party companies who will purchase this bad debt.

Join this recorded executive Webcast to learn how some companies are using innovative electronic sourcing techniques to:

Identify and negotiate with companies to purchase their bad debt

How ancillary benefits can be part of a sourcing solution.

Recapture millions for the company's bottom line

Reinforce the Supply Chain, Finance Asset Recovery and Customer Accounts groups as corporate heroes

How to Jump-Start and Better Enable Your e-Procurement Program
Three Steps to Generating Faster Results


Show Number:266029

Have you invested in an e-procurement approach but are not seeing the results you expected or promised your organization? A recent analyst report indicated that 35% of companies were disappointed with their e-procurement results.

Join this complimentary Executive Webcast and learn specific steps you can take to build or better enable your e-Purchasing program for bottom-line results.

Featuring a Case Study by:
Johnson Controls, Inc. - Johnson Controls is generating significant results and has e-enabled more than 2,000 suppliers across international boundaries in a matter of months.

Hear how you can reach your e-procurement goals, improve compliance and meet your cost-savings commitments by better enabling your:

• Systems - Learn how to expand the value of your current technology investments through streamlined integration.
• Suppliers - Discover how to accelerate your supplier enablement program and results.
• Employees - Hear best practices on how to better enable your internal users, including Procurement and business unit staff.