Agenda 2

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