European Purchase-to-Pay Week 2008

1 agenda, 2 locations choose to attend in either Crowne Plaza, Brussels, Belgium or Cafè Royal, London, UK
16 - 18 June, 2008, Crowne Plaza, Brussels, Belgium
18 - 20 June, 2008 Cafè Royal, London, UK



The link between P2P and a healthy cash flow has never been clearer.

With new legislation like SEPA, speeding up European payments and a noticeable global credit crunch, the need to transform your siloed AP and Procurement processes is now business critical. Innovative companies are driving forward the need to view the P2P process holistically and strengthen the financial supply chain.

IQPC’s European Purchase-to-Pay Week 2008 will provide you with both the practical ‘how-to’ knowledge you’ll need to further refine your P2P process and the strategy to improve your financial supply chain. If your aim is to eliminate your exceptions list, drive compliancy and collaboration into your processes, improve performance, gain control over your supplier relationships and work towards a truly paperless environment, this event has it all.

Collect the tools and knowledge you need to go back to your company and apply key learnings on both a strategic and tactical level, ensure your P2P function becomes a value adding tool!

The 7th Annual European Purchase To Pay Week Is Bigger And Better Than Ever!

The European Purchase to Pay Week is now in it’s 7th year, and has now expanded to two locations! So, regardless of whether you’re based in the UK or mainland Europe, Purchase-to-Pay Week has just 1 Agenda, but 2 sites allowing you to choose between Brussels or London at your convenience. So what do you need to do now? Just choose your location: Brussels 16-18th June OR London 18-20th June. More information on the conference format.

Take your P2P Function to the next level

  • Unlock trapped cash within your Financial Supply Chain: StatoilHydro reveal how to integrate siloed processes to improve your cash cycle management and optimise working capital
  • Understand how EU Commission Procurement initiatives will affect you: The EU Commission explains how they are driving a task force to enable quicker, easier and more effective financial activity across Europe
  • Attain supplier technology adoption and accelerate transactions across Europe: Hear how Eli Lilly are effectively dealing with multiple suppliers
  • Gain transparency and control within your Procurement strategy: Royal Mail show you how to effortlessly juggle countless supplier contracts at the click of a button using ‘bid optimisation’ techniques
  • Eliminate maverick spend to steer your P2P Function in the right direction: Learn how Proctor and Gamble utilise KPIs to get the most from their systems and people
  • Eradicate your paper trail and boost supplier relations: Learn how Robert Bosch have transformed their invoicing process through e-billing to create a win-win environment for both supplier and customer

That’s why leading organisations such as Thales, Motorola, Avis Group, EDF Energy, Kimberly-Clark, DSG International, Basell Polyfins, KPN Mobile gathered at last year’s event. What was their feedback? Griet Vandenheede, Recticel NV said “It has been one of the best conferences on the subject. High quality speakers and a lot of networking opportunities.”

New for 2008

Need to find a benchmarking partner or do you have a specific problem and want to see if others are facing the same issues? Welcome to the very first speed networking session. Bring your questions, problems or pain points and really get the information you need: no spiel, just the details you desire!

Working Capital Optimisation Focus Day

Really get to grips with reducing your company’s working capital. Take your P2P Function to the next level, utilise the latest initiatives such as faster payments and dynamic discounting to help you do this.

Choose a stream

Need specific knowledge to carry out your role more efficiently? Break out and join our Purchasing or P2P streams, hear in-depth and detailed case studies that will answer your practical queries!

Testimonials

Highly Informative. All presentations offered valuable insight
Jeremy Matthews, Royal Bank of Scotland

Exceeded my expectations - excellent!
Wendy Witts, Accounts Payable Manager, RAC Motoring Services

Excellent! Meeting the right people with lots of experience is invaluable.
Accounting Plaza

It has been one of the best conference on the subject. High quality speakers and a lot of networking opportunities
Griet Vandenheede, Recticel NV

Great Conference - gives you the opportunity to meet with peers and to benchmark your own operations against those of other companies. Very valuable
Marietjie Matthee, CSIR - South Africa

A lot of different companies, different sizes, different businesses. Great for exchanging experiences and networking.
Silvia Ksienzyk, Accountant Payable, W.C. Gore & Associates

A perfect opportunity to focus on main procurement issues on specific and general level
Hans Jensen, JNG

Glad I attended, met some great people
Paul Concannon, CSFM (Holdings)Plc

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