Presented By
William D. Agee, Jr., C.P.M., C.E.M., CPE, CPP
Who should attend: Buyers, Managers, Small Business Owners and others who want to utilize electronic purchasing techniques. Persons needing CEU's for certification or C.P.M./A.P.P. re-certification.
Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Waco Hilton
113 S. University Parks Dr.
Waco, TX 76701-2241
Cost: $100.00 per person (Registration Deadline - October 8, 2001)
I. Introduction
a. The new direction of acquisitions for the future
II. e-Purchasing Environment
a. Why purchasing must change
b. The new business models being created
c. Comparing e-business, e-purchasing and e-commerce
III. Evolution of the Internet
a. The Wold Wide Web
b. e-Purchasing systems
IV. Evolution of the Purchasing System
a. Purchasing-from transaction to a model of efficiency
b. e-purchasing and Internet based technologies
c. e-purchasing business models
1) Sell-side systems
2) Buy-side systems
d. Third-part bid/auction providers
e. Reverse Auctions
V. e-Purchasing Plus
a. What is e-Purchasing Plus
b. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
c. How will these enhance Purchasing
VI. Supply Chain and e-Purchasing Plus
a. The integrated supply chain model
b. Combining SCM and e-Purchasing
VII. Implementing e-Purchasing into your Organization
a. Organizational readiness
b. Establishing the management environment
c. Understanding purchasing's customers and their needs
d. Determining the purchasing's strategies
e. Does technology drive the strategy?
f. Is e-Purchasing right for us?
VIII. Future of e-Purchasing
a. What's the future hold?
b. Purchasing in the future
c. Rise of the Net-Generation
William D. Agee, Jr., C.P.M., C.E.M., CPE, CPP
Biographical Sketch
Prior to starting his own firm in 1991, Mr. Agee was a Vice-President
in a large international management, consulting, and educational firm
specializing in World Class Education, Procurement Service, Quality
Management, Manufacturing and Human Resources. Mr. Agee has been involved
in purchasing and materials management at various levels for over twenty
years. His purchasing experience includes wholesale, retail, service,
industrial, and manufacturing.
Mr. Agee holds degrees in Marketing and Management. He is strongly affiliated
with the American Wholesale Marketers Associations, CIBA-Geigy, Allergan,
Inc., American Contract Manufacturers Association (AMCON), The Fritz
Company, Inc., Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Kodak, Medtronics Interventional
Vascular… to list a few. He is a CPE and CPP, both certified by
the American Purchasing Society (AS) and a C.P.M. by the National Association
of Purchasing Management (NAPM). In addition to being a certified speaker
for NAPM, he has held both local and national offices with the organization
and has written several articles for leading purchasing and business
publications.
Mr. Agee was the Manager of Purchasing and Contract Administration at
Allergan, Inc., a Fortune 300 corporation, which manufactures pharmaceutical
and over-the-counter eye care products. While in residence, he also
became familiar with the manufacturing and planning process for the
seventeen different lines of production.
Additionally, Mr. Agee taught for Baylor University in the areas of
Purchasing and Materials Management. He developed a computerized purchasing
simulation program entitled "The Smart Buyer" to provide a
realistic perspective of marketplace fluctuations and potential results.
He has written two books and several articles for national purchasing
and supply management publications. The books are entitled "New
Metrics for Purchasing Performance" and "Supplier Selection
and Evaluation".
William D. Agee & Associates, Inc.
10013 Townridge
Waco, Texas 76712
(254) 776-5674 (office/fax)
wdaconsult@aol.com (e-mail) William Agee