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SUMMARY:Taking Business Digital 7 - Procurement and Supply Chain
DESCRIPTION:Taking Business Digital Session 7 - Procurement and Supply Chain \n\n\n\nDigital is happening\, whether you embrace it or not. Not only does digital create new revenue/profit opportunities\, it also lowers entry barriers\, so new start-ups will find it easier to eat you for lunch if you haven't put the best digital solution in place.\n\n\n\nLogistics and supply chains. Procuring locally and positioning yourself for more local engagement. \n\nDigital transformation for Procurement and the Supply Chain functions: What is it and what is not being made more effective through new digital solutions?\n\n\n\nWe will be joined by Jonathan O'Brien CEO at Positive Purchasing\, specialists in driving procurement digital transformation.\n\n\n\nThis session will consider some of the digital landscape\, focusing more on the strategic aspects of procurement rather than transactional enablement\, and will help those who lead procurement and supply chain teams to be thinking about their digital strategies for the future\, even where the ideal tech is not yet available. Designed to be thought provoking and interactive to explore what organisations can be doing now. Key topics covered will be:\n\n The confused landscape - What is really out there?\n Digital enablement of tactical and strategic procurement - what is possible and what should we be thinking about?\n Link to rest of the organisation digital progression - How the right desktop tools can make a big difference \n Future thinking where is all this heading?\n Creating a digital strategy for the next 10 years\n Enabling procurement and supply chain digital with the right skills for the future\n\n Richard Couch Senior Supply Chain Development Manager at Babcock International will bring his perspective on what a large company is looking for from their supply chain.\n\n\n Assurance Cyber Security (Cyber Essentials / Cyber Essentials Plus accreditations)\n Engagement eSourcing (receive and respond to Electronic RFQ and eAuctions)eCommerce (receive and respond to Electronc Purchase Orders)\n Digital Solutions Software / Hardware that Babcock can embrace across its business\n\n You will have a chance to discuss the aspiration of local Procurement and positioning yourself for more local engagement - promoting the local economy\, bidding and tendering for work contact\, contracts and legalities
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\nDigital is happening\, whether you embrace it or not. Not only does digital create new revenue/profit opportunities\, it also lowers entry barriers\, so new start-ups will find it easier to eat you for lunch if you haven&rsquo\;t put the best digital solution in place.
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\nLogistics and supply chains. Procuring locally and positioning yourself for more local \; engagement. \;
\nDigital transformation for Procurement and the Supply Chain functions: \;What is it and what is not being made more effective through new digital solutions?
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\nWe will be joined by \;Jonathan O&rsquo\;Brien CEO at Positive Purchasing\, specialists in driving procurement digital transformation.
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\nThis session will consider some of the digital landscape\, focusing more on the strategic aspects of procurement rather than transactional enablement\, and will help those who lead procurement and supply chain teams to be thinking about their digital strategies for the future\, even where the ideal tech is not yet available. Designed to be thought provoking and interactive to explore what organisations can be doing now. Key topics covered will be:\n