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London

• Conference Day One: Thursday 19th June 2008
• Conference Day Two: Friday 20th June 2008

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Conference Day One: Thursday 19th June 2008

09:00 Chair's Welcome And Opening Address

Michael Hyltoft
Programme Manager Finance Shared Services
DSGi Plc

09:10 - 09:50 Linking Purchase-To-Pay (P2P) And Your Financial Supply Chain Globally: Recognising The Role P2P Plays In Freeing Up Your Working Capital

Working Capital and cost savings are on every CFO's agenda, but whether you can actually improve your internal process is another matter. There is a growing need for companies to view their P2P process in a holistic sense and forward thinking companies are doing just this. By integrating your Procurement and Accounts Payable (AP) departments to leverage control over processes, you can utilise your automated procedures more effectively. By applying meaningful KPIs you can take your P2P process to the next level and start to use it as a value adding tool, capable of putting money back into the Financial Supply Chain.

• Viewing the P2P process as part of the bigger Financial picture
• Transforming P2P process from a cost-saving initiative to a value-adding tool
• Breaking down pre-conceptions and driving forward change management
• Examining each individual process and its impact on the wider financial supply chain

John Harrington
EMEA Strategic Operations Manager P2P
Citigroup

09:50 - 10:30 Implementing Global Procurement In A Diverse And Ever-Changing Environment: BT's Journey So Far

Implementing a standard Procure-to-Pay process is difficult in any Global organisation, but especially so if the needs and the shape of that business is constantly changing. BT has based its new processes on their chosen ERP suite to enable the progressive implementation of common company-wide processes, but it's the business transformation which is the key. Dave will explore how BT is taking a pragmatic approach in the rollout of their systems to support the Procurement professionals.

• Creating a framework for corporate governance, visibility and control
• Designing a centralised and global presence
• Mastering your vendor relationship
• Handling sourcing and contracts
• Enriching the end users experience and productivity through catalogue management
• Optimising electronic trading and Business Intelligence reporting

Dave Meadmore
Lead - Order to Invoice, Procurement & Supply Chain
British Telecom

10:30 - 10.40 Technical Insight Session: Innovative Payment Solutions For The Procurement Sector

• Controlling the purchasing process
• Innovation and integration in the P2P chain
• Optimising Procurement programme performance

Gerry Burton
Senior Business Leader - Corporate Products
MasterCard Europe

11:10 - 11.50 Driving Transparency And Envisaging What's Next: Taking E-Sourcing To The Next Level With Bid Optimisation

Integrating your e-Souring strategy seamlessly to ensure that the award decisions are instant, transparent and accurate is becoming more business critical. Bid Optimisation not only makes this possible but also ensures true collaboration is a reality, factoring in the business constraints which typically are unachievable through manual processes. The allocation of scarce resources as business needs constantly change requires quick decision-making and immediate scenario comparison. Royal Mail is facing these challenges head-on proving that Bid Optimisation takes award transparency to the next level. Through this tool they are successfully matching business demands with supply chain constraints whilst further improving e-Sourcing benefits in half the time!

Stephen North
Senior Procurement Manager Technology
Royal Mail Plc

11:50 - 12:30 Realising The Quick Wins: Maximising P2P Automation To Deliver Your ROI Fast

• Understanding the importance of having processes ready for leveraging technology
• Specifying your key needs and objectives
• What to look out for when assessing the market
• How to run a P2P automation project
• Recognising what kind of returns are realistic
• What are the critical success factors?

Basware & Client

13:40 - 14:20 Steering P2P Into The Right Direction During Merger And/or Acquisition: Assimilating And Harmonising P2P People And Processes

It's a recognised fact that if Procurement and AP departments don't view themselves as one process, your P2P function will never reach its full potential. Unless you can ensure both sides view their roles holistically, there is little point in investing further in sophisticated software when human error, miscommunication and a lack of collaborative working will always remain a major obstacle. Following a Worldwide company merger, Lyondellbassell Industries are currently effectively measuring and improving their newly integrated P2P process. Learn how they are seamlessly transitioning 2 ERP systems in order to steer their P2P function in the right direction.

• Creating an environment of 'Process Ownership'
• Driving transparency into supplier transactions
• Measuring and monitoring progress through meaningful KPIs
• Improving cross-departmental communication
• Building a winning team culture

Ilse Devlamynck
P2P Process Owner
LyondellBasell Industries

14:20 - 15:00 Shifting The Onus: Maximising Procurement's Role In P2P Productivity

For many years, Finance has carried the burden of squeezing efficiency out of the back end of the P2P process. Now a shift in onus has occurred with many organisations encouraging Purchasing to play their part. In this session, Chris looks at the shift in mind-set that is required to ensure that the overall Procurement process is directed at improving efficiency.

• Understanding the overall Procurement process
• Ensuring there's no disconnect between the various parts of the process from sourcing to contract management
• Improving supplier relationship management and compliance
• Reducing maverick spend

Chris Jones
Director of Procurement
EDF Energy

15:00 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea And Networking

15:30 - 16:10 Modernisation Of The P2P Process And Procurement Transformation In The Public Sector

The NHS in Wales has been a leader in the implementation of procurement modernisation, including e-Tendering and e-Auctioning. Driven by the Welsh Assembly Government's edict that improvements have to be secured across the whole of the Welsh public sector by 2010, NHS Chief Executives and Procurement Directors in Wales have taken and maintained an early lead in this development. A number of e-Auctions have taken place, delivering significant savings to the Welsh Public Sector. Larry will outline the case for some of these and the significant impact that these modern procedures have had on public sector Procurement in Wales.

• The Welsh Assembly's Procurement Initiative and procurement modernisation in the NHS e-Sourcing including e-Auctioning - the future of public sector procurement
• Simplifying the connectivity between suppliers and buyers
• Making the most of collaborative procurement
• Developing the business case and managing the change

Larry Petterson
M.B.E., FCIPS, Head of Procurement & Commercial Development
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust

16:10 - 17:00 Dragon's Den: Cutting Straight To The Chase On P2P Technology

Everybody's talking about the latest innovations in P2P tools (OCR/ICR and e-sourcing technology etc) but what's really the difference and how you do you decide what's right for you? As tools become more sophisticated, the choice becomes harder. How can you optimise the use of these tools and to what extent?

If like many companies are already using some technology for scanning, data capture or similar and want to know what else might be compatible with your existing tools, OR if you're starting from scratch and don't know what to choose - then you cannot miss invaluable insight to what's what in the P2P technology market. This session helps you tackle the myriad of technologies in this marketplace. Daring vendors have just THREE MINUTES each to justify their case - followed by 5 minutes Q&A where you can ask any question you want - however controversial!

17:00 Chairman's Closing Remarks And End Of Day One

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Conference Day Two: Friday 20th June 2008

09:00 Chair's Opening And Welcome To Day Two

Michael Hyltoft
Programme Manager Finance Shared Services
DSGi Plc

09:10 - 09:50 Leading The Charge In P2P Excellence: How The Home Office Is Transforming Its Supplier Relationships

The Home Office spends more than £2 billion annually on a range of goods and services and is tasked with achieving Value For Money (VFM) on all expenditure. In order to meet the challenges of a Comprehensive Spending Review budget allocation, the Commercial Directorate instigated a raft of new initiatives designed to transform all supplier relationships and deliver VFM for the Government. Here, Stuart will outline what was set up the results to date.

• Driving compliance through the P2P process, efficient supplier collaboration and category management
• Wider business gains through cross functional collaboration
• The Supplier Value Awards programme
• What has been gained?

Stuart Rowe
Commercial Transformation and Continuous Improvement Lead
Home Office

09:50 - 10:30 Ensuring your Procurement processes measure up: Realising the value of implementing best practise at Group level to drive value and efficiency into your organisation

Standardising Procurement processes is a complex undertaking. Unifying diverse people and processes around the right solution is the key to a successful rollout. Hear how Standard Life is transforming its Purchasing function.

• Assessing the benefits gained with common Procurement processes: Managing spend, contract compliance, overall savings, end-user adoption
• Making suppliers and customers aware of the benefits
• Aligning purchasing strategies and technologies to maximise your processes
• Leveraging value: Making the most out of aggregating and leveraging group spend
• Achieving real savings: Bottom line results that you can actually see!

Sandy Duckett
Group Procurement Director
Standard Life Plc

11:00 - 11.40 Designing A Robust P2P System: Improving Communication And Transparency Between Your AP And Procurement Departments For A Truly Efficient End-To-End Process

As a public body, British Waterways knows the importance of process optimisation and its important enabler - namely, seemless integration between AP and Purchasing. In this session, Sara will outline British Waterways' P2P journey to date and set out their immediate and long-term priorities.

• What P2P means at British Waterways and how it has evolved
• Enabling effective work practices across the entire P2P function
• Identifying the link between Procurement, AP and your organisation's strategic objectives

Sara Lovell
Purchase to Payment Manager
British Waterways

11:40 - 12:20 BRAND NEW FOR 2008: Find Your Benchmarking Partner!

Do you have a specific problem and want to find out if others are having the same issues? Would having a benchmarking partner help you understand where your P2P process currently measures up?

Welcome to the very first speed networking session: Bring your questions, problems or pain points and really get the information that you want, no spiel, just the details you desire! This session is designed to allow you to sit down face-to-face with your industry peers and have a frank and open discussion! - Find out if the person you are talking to has the answers you need!

13:30 - 14:10 Obtaining Excellence For Suppliers And Customers Through P-Card Optimisation

The introduction of the Welsh Purchasing Card (WPC) by Value Wales Procurement over four years ago has generated significant purchase-to-pay cost saving in excess of £10 million to public sector organisations in Wales. Alan will explain how the WPC programme has developed and looks at the reasons why P-cards continue to prove so popular with Welsh public sector organisations.

• Streamlining P2P for the public sector
• Overview of the Welsh Purchasing Card: Why it works and where it works
• Future roll-out plans and supplier engagement issues

Alan Oram
Welsh Purchasing Card Programme Manager, xchangewales
Value Wales Procurement

14:10 - 14:50 Optimising Your P2P Function Through Improved Controls And Streamlined Process

Sainsbury's has undergone many changes in the P2P process in order to streamline and trim inefficiencies. In this session, Siân and Stuart will focus on:

• Improvements on the P2P cycle
• Web-based expenses solution
• Procurement Card / Individual Liability card
• Supplier Self Service: the future

Siân Cornock Commitments and Payments Manager GNFR Sainsbury's

Stuart Reynolds Project Manager Sainsbury's

14:50 - 15:20 Afternoon Tea And Networking

15:20 - 16:00 Implementing E-Invoicing Cross Europe: Making Your Suppliers Understand The Common Benefits

Does electronic invoicing provide true value to both the supplier and customer? To address this, we must first understand where the costs in the invoicing process lie and what benefits electronic invoicing will deliver, including downstream in the invoicing process.

• Building a true business case for e-Invoicing
• Roll out strategy: Forcing or asking?
• DIY vs. Outsourcing

Simon Swain
AP Manager
DSGi Plc

16:00 - 16:40 PANEL SESSION What's Next? Streamlining The P2P Process For The Future

In this interactive panel session, you will spend time exploring the viewpoints of the entire audience, debating the future possibilities available for re-engineering Purchase-to-Pay. Come prepared with questions because no subject is taboo! Discussion points will include:

• The most advanced ways to cut costs and speed up the P2P process
• When is outsourcing the best option?
• Planning and forecasting for an accurate yet flexible P2P process
• Global sourcing strategies: The next wave

Panellists will include:

Stuart Reynolds Project Manager Sainsbury's

Sara Lovell Purchase to Payment Manager British Waterways

Simon Swain AP Manager DSGi Plc

16:40 - 16:50 Chairman's Closing Summary And End Of Conference

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