ProcureCon Library
Featured Presentations, Interviews With Industry Leaders & Industry Publications
Welcome to the ProcureCon Knowledge Centre! On this page you will find download content of relevance to your profession. Ensure that you keep up with the latest industry developments and benchmark with procurement leaders. Download your content below including Featured ProcureCon Presentations, Interviews With Industry Leaders, White Papers, Case Studies and Industry Publications. This page will be updated frequently, so ensure you make this is your one-stop-shop for Procurement content! Would you like to add content to this page? Simply email amir.sebahat@wbr.co.uk with your thoughts.
 | Stakeholder Engagement: How Procurement Integration Can Contribute to Both Enterprise Revenue and Margin GenerationGiuseppe Conti, Purchasing Director
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| Economic Forecast: Facing The Market Pressures Of High Inflation, Increasing Commodity Prices, Continuous Cost Pressure and Globalisation - Where Are We Heading? Julian Jessop, Chief International Economist
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| | Creating A Talent Pipeline For Long Term Success: Elevating The Procurement Function With Future LeadersGiles Breault, CPO
Novartis | 
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 | Interview With Les Ball, Vice President SCM Europe, Middle-East & Africa
Eaton |  |
"In today's changing economy, how do you solidk procurement practices and strategies will change? In terms of procurement practices that could change greater focus on risk management and supplier continuity can be expected. More companies will adopt a more balanced sourcing strategy to protect themselves from exchange rate fluctuations and unpredictability of specific local economies" Click here to download the full interview and hear Les' thoughts on stakeholder engagement, current opportunities in today's market as well his thoughts on this years ProcureCon conference.
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| | Download Your Copy of The Latest Issue of BYinnovation Procurement Magazine |  |
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| | WHITE PAPER: Bridging the gap: How procurement can add value in a post-merger situation |  |
| Though often overlooked in the pre-merger and due diligence phases, procurement can play a critical role in ensuring a successful post-merger integration (PMI). PMI procurement can offer rapid savings and deliver a wealth of critical information on incumbent contracts and practices. Moreover, a procurement initiative can hit the ground on day one after the deal is closed and is an ideal means of encouraging people to work together and generate a new company culture. In this white paper we explain the value of involving procurement in the pre-deal phase, explore the specific procurement challenges surrounding post-merger integration, and propose an approach for effective PMI procurement. Click here to read more |
| | WHITE PAPER: Keeping Your Eye on Global Suppliers – Monitoring suppliers where standard risk agencies or your internal information sources don’t reach |  |
Given the current volatile economic environment and the criticality of suppliers in the product/service cycle, an entirely new level of risk is procurement divisions. To avoid the potential scenario of disrupted operations due to a failure in the supply chain, companies are increasingly realising the importance of constant supplier assessment and monitoring, which is comparable to watching every move of their top competitors. Most organisations are already being forced to 'go lean' to uncomfortable levels, and any problem in the supply chain is no longer buffered. Therefore, risk management systems to flag early warning signals about potential problems and full backup plans with alternative suppliers need to be deployed. Click here to read more... |
| | COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY |  |
Huge fluctuations and increases in raw material prices in the recent years have led to commodity risk management becoming an increasingly important focus area for the raw material dependent enterprises. It hurts when earnings are downward sloping and unpredictable, but there are ways to come around it...Click here to download full case study |
| | An Upside To The Downturn |  |
Current economic conditions give CPOs the chance to build an organisation that not only protects against the downside of purchasingrelated risks but also captures the upside...Click here to download full article
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 | Economic Crisis Exit: Gamble on your external resources! |  |
In front of a structural economical downturn, global and long, the companies’ relations with their external environment (customers, partners and suppliers) remain a key factor of resistance.
The intense markets' upheavals forces business leaders to strategic arbitrations between backup plans. Whereas the drastic workforce reduction, freeze of investments, regulation of stocks or industrial activity add up to options, the other solutions exist, often unexploited....Click here to read more |
 | Interview with Marc Magistali, Senior Vice-President Sourcing & Procurement, KONE Corporation |  |
What are the biggest obstacles created by the credit crunch and how do you address these obstacles at KONE? The shortage of credit has limited business growth & expansion plans for many organizations, increased the risk of supplier solvency and altogether created a generally risk averse - internally focused (cost reduction only) climate...Click here to read more |
| | A-Z: Using Altman's Z-Score to Monitor Your Suppliers | |
While suppliers are often scored for their quality or timely deliveries, professional scoring of financial performance is rarely taken into account - at least not until the global economic crisis put financial supplier monitoring on top of procurement organizations' agenda. Now, the big question for these organizations is if they have the time and experience/capabilities to add this critical metric...Click here to read more |
| | Download The ProcureCon 2008 brochure |  |
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 | Download The Audio Presentation from Ton Guerts, CPO, AkzoNobel |  |
Back by popular demand, Ton Guerts, CPO, AkzoNobel, will be taking part in the ProcureCon 2009 Panel discussion on treating sustainability as a risk management issue and will be hosting the chemical sector roundtable. Here you gain complimentary access to Ton's audio presentation from 2008. |
| World Glass Packaging Report 2009 |  |
Glass packaging prices are highly dependent on energy, labour and logistics costs, accounting for 50% of the overall production costs. The dramatic reduction in crude oil prices, may point to future price decreases, but an unsettled supply situation in Eastern Europe is going to be a factor requiring close attention. The global market for the glass packaging industry is a mature market, but one which was still expected to undergo moderate growth forecasts....Click here to read the full report |
| | Mintec Commodity Report 2009 | |
In the challenging environment of sourcing ingredients and components it is essential to keep up-to-date with the latest trends and to stay alert to significant developments. Mintec Commodity Reports provide a regular, well-researched overview of major commodity markets designed specifically for busy supply chain professionals...Click here to read the full report |
| | Recent Research - Best Practices to Ensure Efficient Monitoring of Your Suppliers Base | |
An organization's supplier risk management system should have established and concrete practices in place which continuously identifies supplier risks. Initial supplier due diligence cannot alone suffice and active monitoring of the suppliers performance during the product or service cycle is recommended. Read more... |
| Recent Research - Career Management: Is Purchasing The Third Way? | |
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