About Our Sponsors

Infosys BPO

Infosys' Sourcing & Procurement practice helps drive procurement effectiveness and efficiencies for over 62+ global clients across 12 global delivery centers. With close to 40bn of direct and indirect spend under management and over 1500 + dedicated practitioners, Infosys provides end to end sourcing and procurement outsourcing solutions across all major indirect spend categories.

Our sourcing and procurement outsourcing solutions also address one of the most prominent gap of technology under investment by many large procurement groups by way of platform BPO solutions which bring the best of – core technology back-bone in a cloud arrangement, supplier and buyer enablement services, process transformation and BPO all packaged into one platform BPO solution. This is complemented with deep global category management sourcing expertise and virtual sourcing experts across all major markets.

Infosys BPO Ltd. the Business Process Outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys Limited, was set up in April 2002. Infosys BPO operates in India, the Czech Republic, Poland, Mexico, Brazil, USA, China, the Philippines and Australia, and as on December 31, 2011, employed 20,251 people. It closed FY 2010-11 with revenues of $426.8 million.

Xchanging

Xchanging Procurement Services (XPS) exists to help you deliver superior procurement performance that aligns with your business objectives. With an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities from Sourcing and Spend Management through to Procure-to-Pay we ensure that savings, policy compliance and cost efficiency benefits are embedded in your business. This creates competitive advantage by lowering your costs of sale and administrative expenses and providing your executives the space to focus on strategic activities that add value to the business.

With a global team of specialists of over 600 we are based close to you with offices in the UK, across Continental Europe, North America and Asia. We have saved over £400 million for our customers, conducted over 6,000 sourcing events and process on £5 billion of transactional procurement processes each year.

Our success is built on an exceptional sourcing capability across the world combined with deep process and change management capabilities to help our clients realise the true value that excellent procurement delivers.

Xchanging plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:XCH) and has over 7,500 employees in ten countries, providing services to customers in 48 countries. Our aim is to improve the performance of our customers’ operational processes. This means secure, reliable and efficient business processing, allowing our customers more time to focus on their core business. We specialise in Procurement, Insurance, Financial Services and Technology with processing skills and capabilities applicable to other vertical industry and market sectors.

For more information please visit www.xchanging.com or email us on infor@xchanging.com

Xerox

With sales approaching $23 billion and operations in 160 countries, Xerox is the world’s leading enterprise for business process and document management.

We provide the industry’s broadest portfolio of business process and IT outsourcing support, document technology and solutions.Our services, technology and expertise enable our clients – from small businesses to large global enterprises – to transform the way they operate, so they can focus on their core business.

We help Financial Services organizations with their unique business challenges from customer on-boarding, to claims reimbursement to records management. We offer global services that include: HR Benefits Management, Customer Care Centres, and Information Technology Outsourcing. Our document technology services afford businesses of all sizes and deliver solutions for both the workplace and production print environments. We leverage our technology and the expertise of our people to deliver further value helping clients improve their processes, and ultimately, reduce costs and serve their clients better.

Ariba

About Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the world’s business commerce network. Ariba combines industry-leading cloud-based applications with the world's largest web-based trading community to help companies discover and collaborate with a global network of partners. Using the Ariba^® Network, businesses of all sizes can connect to their trading partners anywhere, at any time from any application or device to buy, sell and manage their cash more efficiently and effectively than ever before. Over 730,000 companies around the world use the AribaNetwork to simplify inter-enterprise commerce and enhance the results that they deliver. Join them at: www.ariba.com

Zycus

At Zycus we are 100% dedicated to positioning procurement at the heart of business performance. For more than a decade we have been the world's most trusted leader in Spend Analysis. With our spirit of innovation and a passion to help procurement create even greater business advantages, we have evolved our portfolio to a full suite of Procurement Performance Solutions - Spend Analysis, eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Financial Savings Managementand Procure-to-Pay.

Behind every Zycus solution stands an organization that possesses deep, detailed procurement expertise and a sharp focus on being responsive to customers. We are a large 600+ and growing company with a physical presence in virtually every major region of the globe. We see each customer as a partner in innovation and no client is too small to deserve our attention.

With more than 200 solution deployments among Global 1000 clients, we search the world continually for procurement practices proven to drive competitive business performance.

Beroe

Beroe is the premier global provider of customized procurement services specializing in sourcing, supply chain and financial risk analysis, and environmental impact. Some of our customers are the largest in the world, including over 60 of the Fortune 500. Beroe delivers strategic procurement intelligence that helps you answer critical questions and achieve business objectives. As an integrated extension of your procurement function, Beroe is the only firm to offer specialized benchmarking, forecasting and costing models. With dedicated procurement specialists in each domain, we proactively invest in knowledge assets to build valuable, real-time procurement insight.

Beroe: The future of procurement intelligence.

Efficio

About Efficio

Efficio is a results-focused procurement consultancy with a track record of helping leading organisations achieve more value from their procurement. Whether the challenge is delivering significant savings to the bottom line or managing suppliers to create value for the longer term, Efficio provides a range of client-tailored services including:

• Procurement Opportunity Assessment
• Strategic Sourcing Execution
• People and Process Development
• Procurement Transformation
• Managed Procurement Services

Comprised of experienced professionals with a blue-chip consultancy heritage, Efficio combines the credentials of a top tier firm, with the depth of expertise and execution of a flexible niche player. With offices in the UK, Germany, France and Switzerland and a growing operation in the USA, we service clients from a broad range of sectors throughout Europe and the United States.

To learn more, please visit www.efficioconsulting.com or call +44 (0)20 7550 5677

Alsbridge

Alsbridge is an award-winning international firm which helps clients get great results from outsourcing, offshoring and shared services. We have the best current market data and all our consultants are experienced specialists. We give direct, practical advice and support, and help clients avoid the pitfalls whilst getting benefits quicker.

Website: www.alsbridge.eu
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7242 0666
peter.scott@alsbridge.eu (Partner)

IBM

In the span of a century, IBM has evolved from a small business that made scales, time clocks and tabulating machines to a globally integrated enterprise with more than 400,000 employees and a vision for a Smarter Planet. Delivering solutions that support the age of the empowered customer, IBM can help put the Financial Services customer at the heart of business models, driving a competitive shift from product-orientation toward offering a personalized client-centric service. Using Analytics and Cloud services for solutions ranging from Integrated Risk Management to Smarter Commerce for Banking, all within specific Industry Frameworks, IBM has the experience, comprehensive technology expertise, powerful research capabilities and cost-effective methodologies to help financial institutions transform, innovate and create sustainable revenue growth. For more information, please visit www.ibm.com/smarterplanet

Vinci Facilities

VINCI Facilities delivers both comprehensive and partial building and end user facilities services.

From single service provision to Integrated Facility Management , VINCI Facilities offers a range of customized solutions and assists you in designing and delivering a best in class facility service model that supports your organization’s performance both in the short and long term.

VINCI Facilities offers customized solutions for all types of premises:

· corporate offices & headquarters, technical centers

· Critical & industrial sites: example data centers, production facilities, laboratories

· branches: banking networks, retailing, shopping centers

· public buildings: hotels, museums, administrative buildings, schools, stadiums, military facilities, police premises

· healthcare facilities: hospitals, clinics, retirement homes

· residential buildings: apartment buildings, public housing

and to all types of organizations:

· local, national and multinational companies, owners, investors

· tenants, Property Managers

· Government and local authorities

VINCI Facilities has more than 7,500 employees working in over 20 countries.

WNS

WNS (Holdings) Limited, is a leading global business process solutions company. We offer industry-specific solutions to nine, including Banking and Financial Services; Healthcare; Insurance; Manufacturing; Retail and Consumer Products; Shipping and Logistics; Telecommunications; Travel and Leisure; and Utilities. We also offer horizontal solutions, including Finance and Accounting; Research and Analytics; and Contact Center. We have professionals working across delivery centers in Costa Rica, India, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, UK and USA.