The CIPS Supply Management Awards 2010
8 September 2010
Grosvenor House Hotel, London, UK
The annual CIPS Supply Management Awards celebrate and reward excellence in purchasing and supply.
The popular event will see 9 teams and two individual awards handed out in front of an audience of more than 1,300 buyers.
Click on the link above for more details of the event and how to book your table.
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CIPS: TUPE
14 September, London, UK - £449/£499
All elements of the TUPE regulations are covered, in this highly topical seminar, with particular emphasis on their significance to procurement as well as examining the proposals for reform of TUPE (2006).
It will examine the impact and consequences of these regulations in a way that should clarify the key issues involved. The event also covers the question of risks between the client and the service provider(s) as well as the changes introduced in April 2006 and their implications for outsourcing activities.
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The CIPS Conference and Exhibition 2010
23 September 2010
Kings Place, London
The conference and exhibition will be held at Kings Place in central London on 23 September. The theme ‘Driving Business, Delivering Opportunity, Directing the Future’, will cover a range of issues facing buyers including profile raising, gaining influence, reputation, relationships, and innovation. It will provide a central forum for sharing positive experiences and best practice for those working in a much altered environment.
More information
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PMAC's 8th Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management
26-28 September 2010, Toronto, Canada
Hosted by the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC), this Symposium is a platform for sharing recent academic research on critical supply chain issues and discussing solutions adopted by industry leaders.
The Symposium starts with a formal networking event, followed by an off-site plant tour for all delegates and panel discussions between academics and practitioners.
Deadline for academic and practitioner submissions is June 1, 2010. For more information and submission guidelines click here.
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OCTOBER 2010
CIPS: EC Procurement Directives, review and update
5 October 2010, London
£449/£499
The European Procurement Directives affect most of the purchases undertaken by central and local government, universities, the health service and other public sector organisations. This seminar provides you with an overall review of the subject, deals with the practical operation of the Directives, and reviews recent changes to the legislation including the new Remedies Directive.
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CIPS: Executive Influencing Strategies MasterClass
7 October 2010, London
£643/£715
Designed to stimulate personal growth and capability around influencing strategies, whether it be internal or external to the organisation. This programme begins with diagnosing individual Influencing prowess using the Emotional Intelligence measurement tool in questionnaire format prior to the event. The programme then moves onto revealing how to build executive competence in this area through the use of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
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CIPS: Measuring Purchasing Performance
12 October 2010, London
£449/£499
This seminar provides a framework for establishing a set of strategic objectives for procurement, and for measuring performance against those objectives in a way that highlights the steps which need to be taken to deliver best practice procurement.
Performance measurement is valuable in guiding and assisting procurement operations to move closer to best practice levels of performance, but only if it is carried out in a way which focuses on measuring the strategically important aspects of procurement. Too many organisations measure at best operational and at worst transactional aspects of procurement.
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CIPS: A Commercial Approach ™ to Intellectual Property in Procurement
14 October 2010, London
£449/£499
Intellectual Property is far too important to be left to Intellectual Property lawyers alone. This course will give procurement professionals a practical and commercially focused understanding of IPR, and will help them to establish clear goals for treatment of IPR in the procurement process. This is a general introductory course about IP in sourcing relationships. No prior knowledge concerning IP rights or law is necessary.
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CIPS: Category Management
19 October 2010, London
£449/£499
Are you involved in implementing a category management based structured in your organisation? Do you work within such a structure and are responsible for a specific category? This one-day forum will help you understand the processes which are essential to establishing and operating a successful category management approach. From a simple clarification of the subject through to the practical issues of making it a reality, this highly informative day covers the fundamental issues associated with category management.
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CIPS: Buying Business Travel
20 October2010, London
£449/£499
The seminar is aimed at anyone involved in the procurement of Business Travel wishing to find new ideas and be able to ‘benchmark’ their current practices. Cost savings and increased efficiencies to benefit your organisation are at the heart of the whole day.
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NOVEMBER 2010
ProcureCon
2010
2-5 November 2010, Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels, Belgium
ProcureCon is the leading European procurement event and
provides you
with a unique opportunity to hear from procurement leaders on how they
have approached and resolved key challenges, benchmark with your peers
from all sectors, get practical, hands on information on operational
issues, and benefit from extensive networking opportunities.
ProcureCon 2009 attracted over 250 participants,
including over 175
senior procurement directors.
For further information click here to go to the
website or contact the
organisers on:
Tel: +44 (0) 207 368 9465
Email: info@wbr.co.uk
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CIPS: Contract drafting
3-4 November 2010, London
£719/£799
This invaluable seminar will equip you with the practical skills to draft robust contracts for services and goods. Led by two experts – one a solicitor, one a barrister – these two days will bring to life the contract document and will provide the keystones necessary for resilient supplier relationships. The emphasis of this seminar is on practical sessions which have been designed to encourage delegate participation.
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ISM Sustainability & Social Responsibility Conference
4 & 5 November 2010, Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Presented by Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM), the program covers full range of social responsibility, from sustainability and environmental issues to global licensing, ethics and logistics.
Click here full agenda, exhibiting/sponsorship information and online registration.
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9th Annual Procurement Asia Summit
10-11
November, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The continued growth in procurement in Asia means that
this year there will be more focus on how organisations secure supply at
best cost while adhering to the increasing spotlight on corporate
social responsibilities in the procurement department. The Summit will
bring together procurement and sourcing leaders from the region to
explore issues about CSR and effective supply management. It will give
procurement professionals the opportunity to learn and gain advice from
their peers in different industry sectors.
For more information click here.
Alternatively
you can call +65 3722 9388 or email enquiry@iqpc.com.sg for more
information.
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CIPS: The procurement of specialist contract and temporary worker
16 November 2010, London
£449/£499
How to reduce cost and risk when using agency staff. This highly informative seminar covers subjects such as replacing striking workers with agency workers: can it be done without breaking the law? Direct sourcing - what are the key dos and don'ts? How can you save employment taxes and VAT when hiring temps and contractors? Update on the Agency Workers Directive due to be implemented in the UK in 2011.
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CIPS: A commercial approach™ to ICT service agreements
24 November 2010, London, £449/£499
This seminar will examine the process of contracting for ICT services, and review common aspects of ICT service agreements. As with other events in the “Commercial Approach” series the focus is on real issues that arise in a commercial environment. Some experience with ICT service arrangements will be helpful, but no experience is necessary.
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IFPSM Winter School 2010
November 8-10 2010, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China Under the leadership of IFPSM, China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP) and Beijing Wuzi University (BWU) will work together to hold the Winter School 2010 of IFPSM.
This is aimed at graduates who want to develop academic depth in the field of supply management at post-graduate level.
Students will be able to learn about and discuss innovative ideas, theories and experiences from other scholars, professionals and managers from all over the world.
The event registration fee is US$250 and this covers three meals a day, a tour visit and all conference materials.
Particiapants must pay for and book their own accommodation in advance.
The deadline for registration is 30 September 2010.
To register or for more information email:
winterschool@bwu.edu.cn
