My Purchasing Center Webcast: Procurement-Finance Collaboration
Procurement & finance are two business functions which are often at loggerheads with each other. One reason for this is the lack of perception alignment on an important metric of procurement and finance performance - ‘savings’. This webinar will discuss how technology can help track savings at different stages in a transparent manner increasing compliance and accountability, providing a common ground to both the functions for collaboration.
Learning Objectives:
•Grey areas and reasons for procurement-finance standoff
•How procurement can demonstrate the savings it generates in the language of finance
•How technology can help attain common goals by closing the communication gap between procurement and finance
Presenters:
Nicholas Little, Assistant Director, Executive Development Programs, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Director, APICS Education & Research Foundation
Nicholas has extensive industry and international experience in Supply and Supply Chain Management including British Rail’s prestigious Supplies Management Training Scheme and the UK Post Office where he successfully established a regional and business unit supply management organization.
Shailendra Singh Rao Manager, Product Marketing, Zycus Inc.
Shailendra Singh Rao is Product Marketing Manager at Zycus. A thought leader and innovator in the field of Spend Analysis, Shailendra has been a key strategist at all the stages of the product lifecycle, from conceptualization to growth.
Learning Objectives:
•Grey areas and reasons for procurement-finance standoff
•How procurement can demonstrate the savings it generates in the language of finance
•How technology can help attain common goals by closing the communication gap between procurement and finance
Presenters:
Nicholas Little, Assistant Director, Executive Development Programs, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Director, APICS Education & Research Foundation
Nicholas has extensive industry and international experience in Supply and Supply Chain Management including British Rail’s prestigious Supplies Management Training Scheme and the UK Post Office where he successfully established a regional and business unit supply management organization.
Shailendra Singh Rao Manager, Product Marketing, Zycus Inc.
Shailendra Singh Rao is Product Marketing Manager at Zycus. A thought leader and innovator in the field of Spend Analysis, Shailendra has been a key strategist at all the stages of the product lifecycle, from conceptualization to growth.