EVENTS

Spikes Cavell regularly sponsors and participates in important industry events as well as providing education and training sessions that count towards CPPO and CPPB certification and recertification.  Some training sessions are free to NIGP Chapters and at a low cost to other public sector procurement organizations.

We encourage you to join us and take the opportunity to engage directly with your peers and hear the latest key issues, policies and solutions to the challenges of delivering cash savings and efficiencies without compromising front-line services.

UPCOMING EVENTS

ANALYZE YOUR SPEND

Free Webinars on January 10th, 12th, 19th and 24th

Discover how ‘Spend & Contract Visibility’ can be delivered quickly, affordably and with little effort on your part.

See a live demonstration of the Observatory and learn how you can leverage online spend and contract analytics tools to help you find savings, manage maverick purchasing and identify cooperative purchasing opportunities.

Understand how Spikes Cavell transforms your spend, vendor, and contract data into actionable business intelligence - regardless of the completeness, accuracy or fitness for purpose the source.

To discover how ‘spend & contract visibility’ can be delivered quickly, affordably and with little effort on your part then register now to participate in this free webinar.

NAEP 91st Annual Meeting, Anaheim CA

April 1 - 4, 2012

Spikes Cavell will attending and presenting at NAEP's (National Association of Educational Procurement) annual meeting. This year's theme is "Transforming Tomorrow Together".

For more information visit http://www.naepnet.org/am2012.

EDUCATION WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE

Spend Analysis 101: An Introduction to Spend Analysis and Spend Management

Delivered on-site or as a webinar

“An Introduction to Spend Analysis and Spend Management” is a practical presentation designed for any public sector procurement professional who is concerned with procurement transformation, in particular identification of savings opportunities. The presentation will take you through a system independent view of the basics of spend analysis, how this enables you to implement a spend management program, and an example seven step program to help identify and realize savings opportunities for your agency.

To book a speaker to deliver the Spend Analysis 101 session, either in person or by webinar for your group, please contact Spikes Cavell on (800) 990 0228 or by e-mail at nigp.observatory@spikescavell.com.

How to MEASURE savings and demonstrate value

Delivered on-site or as a webinar

Year in and year out, procurement professionals make significant contributions toward efficiencies and cost savings for their organizations.   Building on the work of NIGP's Past President, Paul Brennan’s winning 2009 NIGP Innovations In Public Procurement Award and Spikes Cavell’s work in the United Kingdom, NIGP is pleased to provide its National Member agencies with a FREE new tool for recording and reporting on delivered savings called MEASURE. This presentation will cover what Measure is, what it does, why you want to use it, and what benefits it can provide your procurement team.

To book a speaker to deliver the MEASURE session, either in person or by webinar for your group, please contact Spikes Cavell on (800) 990 0228 or by e-mail at nigp.observatory@spikescavell.com.