3/5/2008 

Category Spend Management and Optimisation, Amsterdam 

Date: March 5-7, 2008

Place: Amsterdam

Global companies continue to realise the importance of efficien sourcing. Category spend management presents a way to fully leverage purchasing decisions and implement a proper method to reshape spend structure. Topics included will essentially cover how category spend management has evolved to be a critical factor for the success of repeatable spend analysis, and why purchasing organisations across the world have identified this as a best practice and enabler for their larger procurement transformation vision. This conference will provide valuable information about possible improvements of the strategic rpocurement framework and total cost reduction strategies.

Attending to this conference will enable you to:

* Identify how categories contribute to cost reduction
* Realise how to develop purchasing strategies for a dirrerent kind of categories
* Learn how to set the ownership clarity - Responsibilities for managing categories and suppliers
* Find out how to ensure compliance across business units
* Discover the right approach to purchasing and managing supplier relationships to impact costs
* Gain information about how to handle spend data effectively
* Discuss the issues related to the balance of the central-led model emphasising local autonomy

More information and registration

Come and meet Basware in the event

If you want to book a meeting with us in advance, please contact Mr. Pekka Lindfors VP, Global Marketing. Email firstname.lastname@basware.com