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Learn What It
Takes for an Effective Procurement Strategy
Third
Webcast in Supply Chain Series airs May 21
Raleigh,
NC, May 20, 2002—Tompkins Associates, the
leading Total Operations consulting, information technology
implementation and material handling integration firm, will
offer its third Webcast in the "Achieving Supply Chain
Excellence" series with "Getting the Best Deal:
Procurement and Strategic Sourcing" on Tuesday, May 21
at 2:00 p.m. EDT. Registration is free and available by visiting
http://www.tompkinsinc.com.
In today's
economy, companies are continuing the pursuit of competitive
advantage by searching for ways to boost the value proposition
of the goods and services they offer. One of the main thrusts
of these efforts is cost reduction to facilitate offering
more for less. The introduction of total cost management to
acquisition and source selection, based on strategic alignment
to goals, is morphing the purchasing function into a broader
based role known as procurement.
"Best
Practices in e-Procurement," a research report by Aberdeen
Group released in December 2001, states that although many
organizations have had to overcome process and technical hurdles
to access the complete value of e-Procurement, companies are
gaining significant and rapid value from e-Procurement strategy
and technology.
"Getting
the Best Deal: Procurement and Strategic Sourcing" will
focus on the key areas procurement professionals need to succeed-the
business activities you must focus on to maximize profits,
develop a total collaboration strategy that maximizes supplier
partnerships and take advantage of the benefits of e-procurement.
The "Achieving Supply Chain Excellence" Webcast
is a valuable resource for moving beyond business as usual
to working with customers and partners for a truly collaborative
supply chain. Register today for the next Webcast, or visit
Tompkins Associates' Webcast archive at www.tompkinsinc.com.
The "Achieving
Supply Chain Excellence" Series:
March
19, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT-Good, Better, Best: How to Assess Your
Supply Chain Performance. Discover the Six Levels of Supply
Chain Excellence. Determine your supply chain's performance
and how to go from good, to better, to best. (Now available
via archive.)
April
23, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT-Supply Chain Tune Up: Fine-Tuning Inventory
Through Demand Planning. Discover straightforward techniques
for optimizing inventory levels and how to tap into the power
of forecasting. (Now available via archive.)
May 21,
2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT-Getting the Best Deal: Procurement and
Strategic Sourcing. Gain strategies to focus your procurement
area on activities to maximize profits and more.
June
18, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT-Looking Up and Down the Chain: Network
Optimization, Warehousing, Logistics and Transportation. Discover
the supply chain improvement opportunities possible with technology,
how to save 10 to 20 percent of total transportation costs
and more.
July
23, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT-It's All About Partners: Customer and
Supplier Partnerships and Collaboration. Learn the path to
superior end-to-end partnerships, how to implement collaborative
execution solutions for supply chain success and more.
Pre-registration
is required. You may register for one or all Webcasts in the
series by visiting http://www.tompkinsinc.com. Contact Tompkins
Associates at 800-789-1257 or sales@tompkinsinc.com for more
information.
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