| The
Higher Education and Research communities
spend in excess of £4bn annually on
goods and services. However the buying and
selling interfaces between the HE community
and the many thousands of suppliers are
varied and complex.
The Gershon Report identified
how the Public Sector can save many billions
of pounds by smarter procurement techniques
and processes. To date little has been done
to monitor these techniques in the HE sector
but with increased focus on university finance
and administrative more initiatives such
as consortia purchasing and e-auctions are
under way.
We are delighted to invite
you to a seminar which focuses upon practical
ways that universities can take the initiative
in increasing their buying power and reducing
internal overheads using applications from
Oracle and services from Patech Solutions.
The seminar will cover:
- The key issues faced by the purchasing
role in HE and the challenges and benefits
of a consortium approach
- The experience of a major UK university
of using e-procurement
- Innovative ways of improving internal
trading processes
- The practicalities and benefits of purchasing
via e-auctions
- Demonstrations of how Oracle's Advanced
Procurement suite of applications and
Business Intelligence tools assist in
gaining best value
Speakers will be
from the academic community, university
purchasing management, Oracle and Patech
Solutions.
The seminar is being
held at Oracle's City of London offices
on Wednesday 7th December 2005. There is
no charge for attendance.
Oracle is the leader
in enterprise wide applications for advanced
procurement. Its products are used by multinationals
such as General Electric, central governement
departments such as DWP, and UK HEIs such
as Imperial College and Heriot-Watt University.
Oracle's suite of
Advance Procurement products cover:
- Tendering
- Sourcing
- E-Procurement
- E-Auctioning
- Local and remote catalogue hosting
- Purchasing
- Payments
- Reporting and Business Intelligence
All modules are
integrated with the extensive range of other
back-office and self service finance functionality.
Patech Solutions
is Oracle's recommended partner for the
implementation of Finance, Procurement and
HR/Payroll applications in the HE sector.
The company has
extensive experience of assisting universities
to realise business benefits from the effective
implementation of Oracle's E-Business Suite.
ATTENDANCE IS
FREE for you and your colleagues
by clicking
here or emailing Marketing@Patech-Solutions.com
or by calling Mano
Ladhar on 01543 444707.
| AGENDA |
 |
09.30 |
Registration
& Coffee
|
|
Welcome &
Introduction |
10.00 |
Purchasing
issues and consortia approaches
in Higher Education and Research
Andrew Douglas - Visiting
Fellow, Bristol Business School
and Oracle Corporation UK |
10.45 |
Experience
of using Oracle's procurement
applications in a university
environment
John Whitlow - Head of Purchasing,
Imperial College London |
11.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11.45 |
Scope of
the Oracle Advanced Procurement
Suite Practical issues and benefits
of e-auctioning
Andy Gough - Procurement
Consultant, Oracle Corporation
UK |
12.30 |
Automating
internal trade procedures using
Oracle self-service applications
David McNeil - E-Business
consultant, Patech Solutions |
13.00 |
Lunch |
14.30 |
Demonstrations
- Oracle i-Procurement
- Business Intellligence
|
15.00 |
Tea |
15.15 |
Review
and Questions |
15.30 |
Close |
|
To
register your place click
here
Alternatively register
by calling Mano Ladhar.
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