AGENDA - THE INTERNET AND E-PROCUREMENT

9.00 ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION

Introduction & objectives for the programme

Internet growth statistics & impact on the business landscape

9.30 USING THE INTERNET FOR RESEARCING PRODUCTS AND SUPPLIERS

Search engines & newsgroups

Push technology, bots

Some useful web-sites

10.30 -10.45 COFFEE BREAK

10.45 NEW TRADING CONCEPTS FOR THE INTERNET

Aggregation, auction, reverse auction

Bid, exchange

11.15 -11.45 QUIZ & FEEDBACK

11.45 E-MARKETPLACES & E-PROCUREMENT

Exchanges and their importance

Benefits, case study

12.30 - 1.15 LUNCH

1.15 E-PROCUREMENT

Business to business integration

Different levels of integrating the supply chain

1.45 TEAM PRESENTATIONS

2.30 -2.45 TEA BREAK

2.45 E-PROCUREMENT FOR NON CRITICAL SUPPLIES

BT marketsite and other examples

Websites for keeping up to date on e-procurement

2.45 REVIEW QUIZ

Action planning

5.30 CLOSE