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Purchasing Management
How to Purchase Services
This informative seminar was specially designed to help you purchase services as confidently as you purchase "hard goods." You will learn how to find the right service suppliers, how to pin down what you are getting, and how to negotiate for the best price. You'll discover proven ways to develop definitive service contracts and monitor both service quality and supplier performance.
The demand for services is also rapidly increasing in today's organizations. These demands will cover every imaginable area--from legal, accounting, and financial services to utilities, software, maintenance, and consulting. As a buyer, you will be faced with negotiating and managing service contracts on a much larger scale.
This workshop is a breakthrough in the professional purchasing field. You'll leave feeling confident that the services you'll purchase will be as cost-effective as the products you buy.
In Just Two Days, You Will LearnTo:
- Develop, negotiate and manage definitive service contracts
- Purchase quality services at a cost-effective price
- Find the right service supplier for your needs
- Monitor quality and measure supplier performance
Who Should Attend:
- Any employee who deals with service suppliers
- Associate buyers, buyers and senior buyers
- Managers responsible for the purchasing function
- Managers and administrators with purchasing-supplier interface
For a printer-friendly copy of entire agenda
Instructor: Kenneth M. Rowe, former buyer and director of purchasing, developer of numerous tools for improving purchasing effectiveness, prominent consultant and trainer.
Schedule:
- Wednesday-Thursday, February 4-5, 2009 (Course #097HJB) register
Louisville, KY, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Fee: $995 (includes instruction, comprehensive seminar manual, lunches, and refreshment breaks