Event venue

Assolombarda Confindustria Milano Monza e Brianza
Falck Room (basement level)
Via Chiaravalle, 8 - Milan

Target audience

Member companies.

This meeting is aimed specifically at:

• purchasing directors/managers, senior buyers, and procurement staff;
• entrepreneurs, executives, and managers in Operations and Supply Chain departments, as well as procurement officers and staff

Description of content and objectives

The meeting aims to present methodologies, operational procedures, and tools for optimising procurement management.

Indeed, it is no longer possible to ignore the use of the Internet in corporate procurement, whether as a tool for purchasing marketing or as a "shop window" to showcase products and services via dedicated portals or electronic catalogues.

A procurement method that is gaining significant traction is the implementation of new collaborations between companies that cannot achieve sufficient critical mass on their own. Purchasing Centres and Purchasing Networks are filling the void left by traditional purchasing consortia, with the innovation that these aggregations are now being formed and utilised not only for tactical purchases but also for "core" ones.

In addition to the speakers' presentations, dialogue with participants will ensure an exchange of information and operational methods that can deliver genuine added value to the company.

Programme

The meeting will follow the programme below:

• Presentation of topics and the 'Adaci perspective'
  Vincenzo Genco - President, Adaci Lombardy/Liguria Section;
• How and why to use a Purchasing Centre
  Andrea Staro Karlkander – Management Consultant, Benson / Stone Group
• Using the Internet in both traditional procurement and purchasing groups
  Gianluca Brambilla – Entrepreneur and founder of e-Agisco
• Purchasing consortia, Purchasing Centres, Purchasing Networks… how to use them in public bodies too.
  Roberto Mariani – Head of Procurement, Educatt / Università Cattolica Milan
• Round table:
  “Managing Supply Chains and Procurement Functions using the Internet and non-traditional tools”. Moderator: Maurilio Sartor – Vice President, Adaci Lombardy and Liguria Section, and Board Member of Adaci Formanagement

Registration details

To attend, please register online using the 'Register for this event'

Those interested are invited to use the attached form to specify any questions for the speakers during the round table. The form may be sent by fax to 02.58370537, or by email to: mei@assolombarda.it.

Contact

Internationalisation and Corporate Strategy Area: Tel. 02.58370321 - email: mei@assolombarda.it.

• questionnaire-purchasing-centres-and-internet-procurement.doc