ProcureCon SRM Summit July 14-16, 2008 in Atlanta demonstrates the best practices from both direct and indirect procurement executives to streamline your organizations SRM strategies. Join us as we explore the latest developments in technology, people and process that allow your organization to leverage the two-way relationship between supplier and customer to optimize value-added services, spend categories and discovering new opportunities for growth within existing supplier relationships. The Procurecon SRM Summit is for any organization where supplier relationship management is always a concern.

*Offer valid for executives involved in direct or indirect spend only.

Key Issues Being Discussed At ProcureCon SRM:

Moving From Transactional Sourcing To Strategic Sourcing	E-Procurement
Supplier Diversity	Sustainable Sourcing
Measuring Supplier Performance and Scorecarding	EIPP & Procure-To-Pay

Benefits of Attendance

Make the most out of your strategic involvement in your relationship with your suppliers and their expectations. Walk away with leading edge supplier tactics to strengthen your supplier networks. Gain insight on how to:

• Explore alternate ways to manage and monitor your suppliers
  
• Develop methodologies to capture low hanging-fruit while sustaining savings in negotiation techniques and processes
  
• Gain visibility into the status of critical supplier enablement – not just inside the four walls of your organization
  
• Draw up a robust contract to optimize lead and response times and ensure cost-effective delivery

Members of the ProcureCon SRM speaking faculty include

	Lalit Panda Vice President Supply Chain Management Harman International		Jamie Crump Director Indirect Strategic Sourcing United Rentals
	Shondra Garrigus Vice President Purchasing TRI Trading		Gerry Hodson Director Enterprise Sourcing Operations H&R Block
	Anthony Manley SVP Director of Procurement Keybank		Randy Clark Sr. Strategic Buyer Volvo

Top 5 Reasons ProcureCon SRM Is A Must-Attend

• Discover methodologies to ensure mutual accountability to realize growth opportunities and value-added services for your suppliers and internal organization
• Explore opportunities and strategies to expand and diversify your supplier networks. Discover the benefits of minority supply including uncovering the numerous minority suppliers in the market that best fit your qualifications and expectations
• Explore best practices and strategies to ensure spend visibility and analysis by obtaining usable, cleansed and real-time information available to the entire enterprise
• Learn key strategies to optimize and transform partnerships based not only on streamlined process and cost but also on environmentally and socially responsible supplier networks
• Explore tactics to mitigate the risk of having an offshore supply chain. (Outside the typical advantage, disadvantage debate)