Live Webinar December 14th, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C Free
Presented by : O’Reilly

Procurement generates billions of pieces of data about spend annually.

This data is spread throughout the organization, often difficult to locate, categorize and maintain. As a result, sourcing managers find themselves spending more time preparing the data than working on the actual analysis.

The best procurement organizations have made it a strategic priority to streamline how they locate, manage and maintain this data, so they can generate insights and savings faster than their competitors.

Organizations that are able to prepare for business-critical discussions in days instead of weeks benefit from better decision making and lower supply chain costs.

In this webcast, you’ll learn about the:

• Breakthrough methods in data preparation for gaining accurate procurement insight in days instead of months
• Value created in answering business questions, including, “What is my spend by commodity per vendor?”
• State of procurement analytics from direct user survey results focusing on maturity of analytics capabilities

Presenters:

Matthew Holzapfel (LinkedIn profile) is an independent procurement consultant at Tamr Inc. Previously, Matt held positions in Strategy and Strategic Sourcing where he led the implementations of new sourcing techniques to significantly lower procurement costs. Matt has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and is a recent graduate of Harvard Business School.

Eliot Knudsen (LinkedIn profile) is a Field Architect at Tamr where he works on technical implementation and deployment. Eliot works with fortune 100 clients to reduce spend by unifying sourcing data and implementing procurement analytics. Previously Eliot was a Data Scientist in Healthcare IT, applying machine learning to patient-provider matching algorithms. Eliot is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in computational mathematics, statistics and machine learning.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

• 12.1 Plan Procurement Management
• 12.2 Conduct Procurements
• 12.3 Control Procurements
• 12.4 Manage Procurements

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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