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The year of the Supplier: Perspectives on Supplier Management 2011
This report examines the crucial set of processes that encompass supplier management by exploring the pressures.
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Procurement Finance Collaboration
This whitepaper provides reader with an outlook on the need for procurement and finance to unite
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FEI Company
The world-leading producer of electronic microscopes wants procurement-led performance improvement, but not at risk of becoming distracted from its core mission
On Demand Webinars
Making savings count: Driving collaboration with finance to influence the P&L
Speakers:
Roland Verdon
Vice-President, Indirect Procurement EMEA,
Global Supply Chain,
Estée Lauder
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| Combating Supply Chain Risks: Key strategies for the year 2012 - January, 2012 | |
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Robert Handfield, Ph.D. Bank of America Distinguished University Professor, Supply Chain Management, NC State University Director, Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, NC State. |
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| Shailendra Singh Rao Manager, Product Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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| Making savings count: Driving collaboration with finance to influence the P&L - December, 2011 | |
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Roland Verdon Vice-President, Indirect Procurement EMEA, Global Supply Chain, Estée Lauder |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice-President, Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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| Steve Hall Deputy Editor, Procurement Leaders |
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| My Purchasing Center & Zycus Expert Access: Supplier Management - The Need of the Hour - December, 2011 |
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| Robert Handfield, Ph.D. Bank of America Distinguished University Professor, Supply Chain Management, NC State University Director, Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, NC State. |
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| ISM & Zycus Webinar: Leveraging Procurement Technology to Meet Business Objectives - November, 2011 |
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| Stephen G. Mack,CPSM, C.P.M, Director, Procurement Services University of Missouri System |
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| James Thomas Strategic Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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| Strategic Imperatives of Procurement - People, Process & Technology - November, 2011 | |
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| Andrew Bartolini Managing Partner and Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners |
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| Procurement-Finance Collaboration: Building consensus to attain a shared objective - September, 2011 | |
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| Nicholas Little Assistant Director, Executive Development Programs, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Director, APICS Education & Research Foundation |
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| Shailendra Rao Product Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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| User Adoption: The Key to Successful Procurement Automation - August, 2011 | |
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| R. David Nelson Chairman, Quality Analytics |
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| Andrew Bartolini Managing Partner & Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice President of Marketing Zycus Inc. |
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| Curtain Raiser: 3 Technology Breakthroughs to Manage Your Spend Better - July 2011 | |
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| Nicholas Little Assistant Director, Executive Development Programs, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Director, APICS Education & Research Foundation |
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| Shailendra Rao Product Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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| Advanced e-Sourcing: Rising to the next level in sourcing automation - June 2011 | |
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| Samantha Hilton Associate Director - Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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| Shailendra Rao Product Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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| Procurement Thursdays - Your Weekly Procurement Knowledge Series | |
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| James Thomas Strategic Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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| Shailendra Rao Product Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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Session 1: Procurement Redefined: Best Practices in Procurement Session 2: Know How Guide to Spend Data Management Session 3: A Step by step approach to Simplified Sourcing Session 4: 5 Tips for Managing your Contracts Session 5: Basics & Beyond Supplier Management |
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| CPO Agenda & Zycus Webinar: Routes to Improved Spend Management, Improved Adoption, Information and Return on Investment - June 2011 |
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| Rob Douglas Chief Procurement Officer, Dixons Retail Plc |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice President - Marketing, Zycus Inc |
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| Embracing Change to Transform Procurement - May 2011 Counter the challenges to adoption for effective spend management implementation |
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| Dave Nelson CEO and Senior Advisor, Dave Nelson Group, Inc. |
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| ISM & Zycus Webinar: Supplier Relationship Management - An Auxiliary to Sourcing - April 2011 |
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| Jason Busch Editor, SpendMatters.com, Managing Director, Azul Partners |
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| Cut through the "Data" Stack to needle in on savings - March 2011 | |
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| Andrew Bartolini Managing Partner & Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners |
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| Jamie Alford Sr. Project/Program Manager- Systems, Tools & Data Analysis, American Red Cross |
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| Building Blocks for Developing a Globally Aligned Supply Base - February 2011 | |
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| Robert Handfield Co-Director, SCRC, Bank of America Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University |
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| Niren Chaudhary Global Product Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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| Managing Commodities and Market Visibility - Key drivers to Spend Management - February 2011 | |
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| Shailendra Singh Rao Product Marketing Manager, Zycus Inc. |
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| Eric Walsworth Senior Procurement Finance Consultant, Reed Elsevier |
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| Pierre Mitchell Senior Director, Procurement and Advisory Services, The Hackett Group |
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| Spend Analysis Redux: Looking Beyond Spend Visibility to Rediscover Spend Analysis - January 2011 | |
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| Michelle Walter, C.P.M., CSCP Function Analyst, Cricket Communications |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice President - Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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| John Yuva Manager, Editor - Inside Supply Management®, Institute for Supply Management™ |
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| Turning Water into Wine: Using Spend Management to Elevate P2P Beyond the Back-Office - November 2010 | |
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| Pierre Mitchell Senior Director, Procurement Research and Advisory Services, Hackett Procurement |
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| Terri Tracey, CAE Global SRM Excellence Manager, RSA (formerly Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group) |
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| Leveraging Technology to Protect your Savings Strategy - October 2010 | |
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| R. David Nelson, C.P.M. CEO and Senior Advisor, Dave Nelson Group Inc. |
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| Ankur Jhaveri Marketing Manager - North America, Zycus Inc. |
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| Can Effective Supplier Relationship Management Lead To Better Spend Management? - September 2010 | |
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| David L Loseby Chief Procurement Officer & Head of SRM, Westminster City Council |
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| Jamie Napper Global SRM Excellence Manager, RSA (formerly Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group) |
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| Steve Bagshaw Editor and publishing director of Supply Management and CPO Agenda magazines |
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| Tie up all loose ends; Practical means to start managing supply risk today! - September 2010 | |
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| Anurag Dixit
Vice President - Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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| Paul Kaminski Consultant, A leading Materials Integrity Management company. |
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| Aligning Integrated Spend Management and Demand Management to drive World-Class Supply Chains | |
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| Robert Handfield Ph.D., Co-Director, SCRC, Bank of America Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University |
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| Gregory DeSimone C.P.M., Purchasing Manager & Category Leader, North American Indirect Spend, Sun Chemical Corporation |
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| Terri Tracey Vice President of Technology and Publications, Institute of Supply Management |
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| The big trends that will shape Spend Management in the 2010's | |
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| Andrew Bartolini Managing Partner & Chief Research Officer, Ardent Partners & publisher of CPORising.com |
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| Unlock higher savings with advanced sourcing | |
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| Michelle Holliday-Levy Director, Global Procurement, Sigma-Aldrich |
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| Emily Holiday Director Procurement Transformation & Corporate Indirect Procurement The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
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| Recessions & Reverse Auctions - Putting the pieces together! | |
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| Duncan Jones Senior Analyst, Forrester Research |
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| Melissa Wiley, PMP Procurement Consultant, Alcoa Global Procurement |
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| Jeffrey Goldberg Global Procurement Productivity Leader S & N Global Strategic Procurement |
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| Emerging Giants: The New Titans of the SaaS World | |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice President, Marketing (Zycus) |
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| Steve Wargalla Vice President, Foundation & Managing Director (QStrat) |
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| Rob Bernshteyn Chief Executive Officer (Coupa) |
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| Leonora Valvo CEO (etouches) |
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| Best Practices in Risk Management | |
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| Mark W. Purtilar Vice President & CPO, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
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| Tony DePaola Head of Procurement Linde North America, INC. |
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| Spend analysis - Get it right :From business case to solution implementation | |
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| Vincent Sakal Manager Procurement Shared Services Visibility & Metrics, Northrop Grumman Corporation |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice President - Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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| Modeling Total Costs : For Global Sourcing Programs | |
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| Lisa Reisman Editor of Metal Miner and Co-Founder, Aptium Global |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice President - Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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| Paul Teague Chief Editor, Purchasing |
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| Spend Visibility : The secret to achieving maximum value from ePurchasing | |
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| Andrew Bartels VP and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research |
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| Miguel Miciano Director - Business, Systems and SRM Program, Amgen |
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| Paul Teague Chief Editor, Purchasing |
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| 4 Simple Rules of Sourcing Success | |
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| Andrew Bartolini Research Director- Global Supply Management, Aberdeen Group |
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| Anurag Dixit Vice President - Marketing, Zycus Inc. |
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