On May 19th and 20th, 2010, the most important meeting of Polish and European experts shaping procurement policy in the Central and Eastern European region, organized by Blue Business Media, will take place.
Within 4 thematic blocks, crucial for every organization: risk management, development of the purchasing department, sourcing strategies, or supplier management and evaluation, 16 lectures by international experts and market practitioners will be held.
The year 2009 was a time of actions aimed at cost reduction and risk mitigation, providing many examples where purchasing organizations, using standard cost optimization tools, saved companies from bankruptcy.
Currently, companies are focusing on organizational changes – adapting strategies to new economic conditions and maximizing added value. The previous priority – savings – has been supplemented with issues related to improving relationships with suppliers, which will certainly be more demanding and dynamic than ever before. This is also a good time to look at the competencies and skills of purchasing department employees and to invest in the development and professionalization of the purchasing organization.
The substantive partner of the conference is: PricewaterhouseCoopers. Media patronage was provided by the magazines: “Logistyka”, “Eurologistics”, “Gospodarka Materiałowa i Logistyka”, “Marketing przy kawie”, “Euromonitor international”, “PMR Publications”, and the portal logistyka.net.pl.