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Logistics
- When: Nov 30, 2011 08:30 - Dec 1, 2011 18:00
Timezone: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London - Where: Hertfordshire / EMEA
- Registration: Click Here for Details
Description
Guiding Your Organization Through Market and Vendor Change.
Prepare To Lead Your Business Users Through Confusing Technology Changes
Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum 2011 will help you get ahead of the most fundamental changes affecting you and your organization. At this Event, we will address the dramatic changes taking place in technology sourcing and help you set a clear strategy and road map for the future. By attending the Forum, you will understand the skills, management practices, and technology delivery models that will help you lead your organization through this change.
The Forum is designed around three track sessions:
- Setting Innovative Sourcing Strategies. Do you have a sourcing strategy in place that takes advantages of new technology offerings, such as mobile devices and cloud-based IT services? In a technology environment characterized by constant disruption, SVM Professionals need a steady hand to guide their technology sourcing decisions. This track will help you set your sourcing strategy in order to take advantage of trends such as the innovation offshore services marketplace and new “as-a-service” delivery models. We will also provide an overview of innovations in the major technology marketplaces and highlight new players that are disrupting the status quo.
- Preparing For New Sourcing Execution Models. Are your business partners getting ahead of you in the technology buying cycle? Are you confident that your organization is getting the best deal that it possibly can from the marketplace? This track will help you adjust your vendor selection and negotiation processes to keep pace with the most innovative sourcing practices. We will highlight how other leading companies have applied their knowledge of vendor strategies, sales incentives, anddiscounting methods to generate cost savings and enhance value for their IT and business counterparts.
- Transforming Vendor Management. Are you keeping pace with business demands for innovation? Are you maximizing the value of the relationships that you have in place? Your organization’s traditional capabilities may have served you well in the past, but that doesn’t mean you have the skills to stay relevant in the future. This track will share case studies and examples of how leading companies have applied strong vendor management to revolutionize their traditional sourcing and innovation practices. We will highlight how leading companies are applying new governance models to balance business value, costs, and risks in their vendor relationships, and we will show how cutting-edge sourcing tools and services are changing the discipline of sourcing.
