Workshop 2, Fri, 19 March

last modified: 11 March '10

World-class procurement trends in the energy sector

Objective

This workshop will give you insight on world-class procurement and supply management trends and the impact that can be had in the energy sector in achieving its targets. How can smart sourcing achieve objectives such as securing supply, meet preferential procurement
targets, stimulate the development of new technologies whilst dramatically reducing cost?

Your workshop leader

Bernie van Niekerk
CEO
Commerce Edge

Bernie has advised many leading organisations in a variety of industries on issues such as world-class procurement, e-procurement, eB2B, e-logistics, strategic sourcing, supplier management. He is the founder of Procurementtips.com a global forum for procurement professionals
as well as editor of SmartProcurement (a publication).

8.30am

Registration and refreshments

9am

The strategic role of procurement in the energy sector

Understanding how world class procurement leads to sustainable competitive advantage
Examining how procurement can influence green objectives
The components that make up a world-class procurement organisation

10.30am

Morning refreshments and networking

11am

Strategic sourcing

Category management and strategic sourcing defined
Total cost of ownership and lifecycle cost management
Cross functional teams and managing stakeholders towards sustainable benefit
Sourcing business cases

12.30pm

Networking lunch

1.30pm

Managing suppliers

Supply base strategy development
Partnering with suppliers for mutual gain
Managing supplier performance for continuous improvement
Supplier assessment and selection techniques

3pm

Afternoon refreshments and networking

3.30pm

Summary

Taking procurement to the next level
Strategic models for structuring a procurement organisation
Transforming the procurement function – a practical approach

4.30pm

Q & A

5pm

End of workshop

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Do you know how to do business with Eskom?

Sibongile Shongwe, Senior Manager - Compliance and Governance in Procurement and Supply Chain Management from Eskom, will be presenting at Power & Electricity World Africa on the 17th of March.

Shongwe will address the various compliance considerations when doing business with the utility as well as Eskom’s overall procurement system. Eskom will also detail its plans and agenda on opportunities for BEE and SMME supplier development.

For more information, please contact:

Tatum Willis
Audience Development Executive
Power & Electricity World Africa
+27 (0) 11 516 4026
tatum.willis@terrapinn.co.za

expo details

16 Mar 2010, 10:00 - 17:00

17 Mar 2010, 10:00 - 16:30

conference details

Conference:

Day 1

15 March 2010 - An all-new Clean Technology Day

Day 2

16 March 2010 8am - 5:30pm

Day 3

17 March 2010 8am - 5:30pm

Day 4

18 March 2010 - An all-new optional Transmission and Distribution days

Workshops: Workshop dates
Both exciting and interactive classes on 19 March 2010

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