The Key to Strategic Purchasing: Optimal Balance between Concentration and Diversification

Business Problem Solving

~Practical approach to increase the purchasing power of companies

Tuesday, 2024/10/08 16:00～

This seminar will focus on the traditional methods of "Strategic Centralized Purchasing" and "Distributed Purchasing" in today's purchasing field where the introduction of AI is progressing, and will explain their essence and how to effectively utilize them.
Mr. Umehara, who has led successful reforms of indirect material purchasing at P&G, Nissan, Novartis, Benesse, and Fast Retailing, will be the invited lecturer.
He will discuss in detail the true value of centralized and distributed purchasing methods.
Mr. Umehara emphasizes, "The key is not simply to concentrate on suppliers, quantities, or specifications. He emphasizes, "The key is not simply to centralize suppliers, quantities, and specifications.
The key to success is to properly aggregate your company's information and utilize aggregation and decentralization based on the best strategy.

In this seminar video, we will provide practical knowledge on the information needed for strategic concentration and decentralization and how to consolidate it, as well as case studies of failures, to give
participants tips that they can use in their work from the next day.
In the second half of the video, we will also introduce HUE Purchase, the latest purchasing system offered by Works Applications.
Find out how it can support your company's purchasing strategy.

Recommended for

Procurement and purchasing departments who are considering how to utilize centralized and decentralized purchasing
Those who want to review their purchasing strategy and enhance their competitiveness
Those who are working to improve their purchasing processes
Those who are considering introduction or replacement of purchasing systems

Speaker Information

Hiroyuki Umehara

Representative of Purchasing Network Association

Mr. Umehara has more than 20 years of experience in purchasing and organization management (CPO) in procurement and purchasing departments of domestic and foreign companies. Currently, as a principal director of a major consulting firm, he is involved in the purchasing reforms of many companies. He also serves as the representative of the "Purchasing Network Association," which has more than 2,000 participants from more than 400 companies nationwide, and contributes to the development of the Japanese purchasing industry by giving lectures and educational sessions related to purchasing at many companies.

Masaaki Fujiwara

Works Applications, Inc.
Principal

He started his career as an accounting system development engineer. While planning and developing products, he participated in implementation and business improvement projects in a variety of industries and sizes. Currently, he participates in more than 200 business meetings per year, and is responsible for consulting on system selection and product introduction.

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