May 12 & 13, 2010

Both workshops present powerful, actionable concepts and insights combined with "hands-on" examples to bring the concepts to life.  These workshops are designed to create significant incremental value to your organization through cost reductions and increased supply chain efficiencies that are tied to your organizations strategic goals.

Dynamic Spend Analysis
May 12, 2010
7:45 AM until 5:00 PM
Earn 8 Continuing Education Hours

The Dynamic Spend Analysis workshop provides you with the concepts and tools to identify and maximize the OPPORTUNITIES hidden in your organization's expenditures as well as highlighting and managing RISKS to your organization.  These concepts can be applied across your entire organization or just to your specific areas of responsibility. 

This workshop will assist you in developing the concepts and tools to assist you in:

• Understanding Spend Analysis as a Strategic Assessment of your organization's strategic risks and opportunities
• Determining the Scope of the Analysis and the Resources required (people, systems, budget)
• Understanding the Data Gathering Process and the challenges organizations face
• Obtaining Data Validation Insights to assist in ensuring the accuracy of the data used
• Becoming skilled at Methodically Analyzing the Data to maximize your opportunities and identify and minimize supply chain or organizational risks
• Learning how to Prioritize your Findings to create and implement a Strategic Sourcing Plan
• Gaining insights in Monitoring and Reporting Performance Results that create tangible, sustainable results to the organization

Practical Strategic Sourcing 
May 13, 2010
Time: 7:45 AM until 5:00 PM
Earn 8 Continuing Education Hours

The Practical Strategic Sourcing workshop provides participants an understanding of the concepts, tools, and processes used to develop sourcing strategies needed to optimize an organization's supply base, to highlight and minimize sourcing risks and establish valued relations with exceptional suppliers.

Key concepts, tools, and processes that will be addressed are:

• Understanding the Basic Sourcing Processes
• Learning how to use Proven Sourcing Strategies, Tools, and Processes
• Recognizing when to use "Best-in-Class" Sourcing Strategies
• Using a real situation - analyzing the information and Developing a Sourcing Plan
• Learning how to effectively use Supplier Positioning and Supplier Preference Tools
• Examining existing Sourcing Technology, Systems and Trends

Workshop/Seminar fees*:

• May 12 and 13, 2010 -- Both Days                                             $895.00*
• May 12, 2010, Day 1 - Dynamic Spend Analysis                  $525.00*
• May 13, 2010,  Day 2 - Practical Strategic Sourcing            $525.00*
• A team discount is available at $845 for the second or third participants from the same organization.

* Each day's workshop includes beverage, morning pastries, lunch and an afternoon snack.

A $50 early enrollment discount is available to those who enroll and pay prior to April 20, 2010.

Location:

• Hotel Nexus, 2140 N. Northgate Way, Seattle, WA 98133.
• Hotel rooms are available at a special rate of $99.00 per night. Call 800-435-0754 for reservations.

To Enroll:

• Call - 206-782-0940 or 253-508-4549
• email - mailto:-globalsupplychaininstitute@comcast.net, attach completed registration form, or
• Mail to Global Supply Chain Institute, 2400 NW 80th Street, # 170, Seattle WA 98117-4449
• or click on "Add to Cart" and order online.

If you have questions call 206-782-0940 or 253-508-4549.

REGISTRATION FORM: (Please print or type) ATTENDEE CONTACT INFORMATION:
Please email or mail your registration form to Global Supply Chain Institute

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WORKSHOP ENROLLMENT

Select one of the following options:

____Enroll me in both workshops, May 12 & 13, 2010, fee $895; $845 - if paid before April 20, 2010
____Enroll me in Dynamic Spend Analysis, May 12, 2010, fee $525
____Enroll me in Practical Strategic Sourcing, May 13, 2010, fee $525
____Enroll me in both workshops to be held May 12 & 13, 2010, USING THE TEAM DISCOUNT!         

I am enrolling with ________________ from ___________________ at the discount fee of $845; $795 - if paid before April 20, 2010

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Mail to: Global Supply Chain Institute, LLC, 2400 NW 80th Street, # 170, Seattle WA 98117-4449

or Email to: globalsupplychaininstitute@comcast.net. 

CANCELLATION POLICY:       
Attendees may cancel their registration prior to May 1, 2010 for full refund. 

After May 2, 2010, the enrollment may not be cancelled: however, a substitute registrant may be named to attend the workshop(s) that the original registrant was enrolled.