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Workshops and seminars

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IT Procurement in Action

Highlights at a Glance

• Experience key upstream steps in a successful IT purchase
• Develop a business case and assess risk areas
• Devise a purchasing strategy
• Identify factors that yield negotiating leverage

To register your interest for this event please email us at training@cips.org

 

Buying and Managing Company Car Fleets

It is becoming increasingly important that fleet purchasing and fleet management specialists keep themselves in touch with what is going on in this sector, in order that they do not put themselves at risk of missing out on major cost saving opportunities, and risk management essentials.

 

Buying Business Travel

Highlights at a Glance:

  • identify savings for your organisation
  • understand management vs transaction fees
  • explore how technology is changin the face of business travel
  • using management informatin to best advantage
 

Understanding and Buying TV Production

(The Marketing Collection)

Highlights at a Glance:

  • Learn about TV Production processes
  • Understand how Procurement adds value to the process
  • Gain insight into TV Production
  • Appreciate the role and responsibility of Producers and Directors

 

Buying catering services

Highlights at a Glance

Identifying immediate potential for savings
How to incentivise your contractor
Explore types of catering contract and contractual issues
How to identify and measure quality

 

Buying corporate wear

Highlights at a Glance:

  • how to reflect your corporate image through clothing
  • sourcing product for a new image
  • managing staff expectations and wider stakeholder management
  • monitoring and managing stock levels.
 

Risk and Resilience in Food Supply Chains

Highlights at a glance

• Understand the sources of risk in your supply chain
• Explore the benefits of having a resilient supply chain
• Learn how supplier development and relationship management can reduce your exposure to supply chain risk and build competitive advantage
• Identify best practice and the pitfalls to avoid when working with your suppliers to reduce risk develop resilience

 

Purchasing matters - a commercial approach to data protection in procurement

(Half-day Seminar)

This course is designed to acquaint the procurement professional with the basic requirements of data protection regulation, and discuss how this can be addressed in sourcing agreements in a commercial and pragmatic fashion.

 

A joint industry forum on production de-coupling

Presented by: ISBA, IPA, CIPS

Enquiries

For further information on ISBA briefing seminars please contact Elvira Bagge on 020 72919020

Championing advertising and all forms of commercial communications, defending advertisers' freedom to advertise and helping our members to do so as effectively, efficiently and economically as possible.

For full details, and to book a place at this event, visit the dedicated website.

 

Understanding and Buying Design

(1 day course)

Highlights at a Glance: 
- gain an in depth knowledge of design 
- understand how procurement works in the design category 
- learn about how design agencies and their trade body work
- run through a brief with a design agency

 

Joint Industry Evening Debate - IPA, CIPS, MS

"Is it impossible to create a win-win-win relationship between agencies, clients and procurement?"

This controversial question will be centre stage at a panel discussion being hosted jointly by CIPS, the IPA and The Marketing Society on Wednesday, 2nd July 2008.

 

Purchasing commercial insurance services

Highlights at a Glance 


• Understand the UK commercial insurance market and its
   products and services
• Learn about the role of specialist advisers in the
   insurance market
• Identify the key drivers for appointing specialist
   insurance advisers
• Find out what makes a successful insurance adviser
   tender and how this can be achieved

 

Managing change - unleasing positive potential

Highlights at a glance:


Recognise attitudes and assumptions that limit us.
Utilise the force of organisational culture to create positive change.
Unleash the potential within your team.
Practical tools which allow you to sustain focus on the future you want.

 

An Evening with Fiona Swainston

4 June 2007 6.00pm (1 day course)

Fiona Swainston is currently Head of Purchasing for the Wembley National Stadium, and as such, has presided over the culmination of this major procurement project. By the time this event takes place, the 2007 FA Cup Final will have been played in the stadium and Fiona will be well placed to give the audience, a full and frank procurement-based perspective of her diverse and unique experiences, leading up to this very public launch.

The evening comprises of an interview with Fiona, conducted by Dr Dick Russill. Dick will pose his own questions and subsequently those of the audience which can be submitted on the night.

 

Leasing - realising the savings

19 June 2007 9.30am (1 day course)

Highlights at a Glance
• identify company savings and plan to realise them
• understand the main types of leases and when to use them
• identify key contractual clauses, utilising them for your organisation’s benefit
• comprehensive reference documentation provided to all delegates

 

Buying digital and PR services

19 June 2007 9.30am (1 day course)

Highlights at a Glance
• examine the current PR and digital landscapes
• use tools & techniques for budgeting and evaluation
• learn how to assist marketers gain a good return on investment

 

Middle-East Training Courses

29 October 2007 12.00am (1 day course)

New Training Courses for the Middle East

CIPS is delighted to announce that the second CIPS Open Training Courses will be held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in October, November and December 2007. These programmes which focus on negotiation principles, supplier strategies, managing risk and advanced supplier relationship management have been designed to stand alone, but most benefit will be gained by delegates attending all four events. Please go to www.knet.ae/cips.htm for full details including fees, booking and downloadable brochure.

Whilst each programme has a core content, the Tutors are experienced professionals with a practical edge to their thinking and solutions development. They will regularly give delegates the opportunity to talk through their particular circumstances and apply a range of tools and techniques to build capability and confidence at an operational level.

For more information, please visit: www.knet.ae/cips.htm

 

Fundamentals of buying telecommunications

(Seminar)

5 March 2008 9.15am (1 day course)

  • Explore the legal issues including contractual protection in a dynamic market
  • Learn about the regulatory considerations
  • Gain a market and industry overview
  • Understand how to engage with key stakeholders
  • “ADSL”, “VoIP”, “ISDN”,”PABX” – does the techno-babble and jargon related to modern telecommunications mean that purchasing should be left to techies and communications experts, or is it really so different from any other product or service purchase?

 

Buying digital (on-line) media

(The Marketing Collection)

29 April 2008 9.30am (1 day course)

Highlights at a Glance

  • examine the current digital landscapes
  • use tools and techniques for budgeting and evaluation
  • learn how to assist marketers gain a good return on investment.

Delegates making a booking on this event and also "How to Buy Effective PR Services" will receive a further 10% discount.  This will appear on your invoice.

 

How to buy effective PR services

(The Marketing Collection)

27 May 2008 9.30am (1 day course)

Highlights at a Glance:

  • identify and become familiar with different PR disciplines
  • use tools and techniques for budgeting, targeting and evaluation
  • learn how to assist marketers gain a good return on investment.

Delegates making a booking on this event and also "Buying Digital (on-line) Media" will receive a further 10% discount.  This will appear on your invoice.