“Strategic Procurement Decision Making and Management”AgendaBackground to PMMS Introduction to Advance Reasons for development Features of Advance Customer experiences Specific benefits for AUPC DemonstrationWho Are PMMS?Established in Australia in 1994 Part of PMMS Group with offices in Europe, North America and Asia 14 consultants in Australia and New Zealand and over 120 worldwide Specialists in procurement, supply chain management and the buyer/seller interface Current Australian clients include: Boral, Amcor, Caltex, WPP Group, SA Government, Amex, Reuters, Qantas, NIBSpecialist Knowledge ExperienceBenchmarking Process and strategy development Supply chain analysis and optimisation Purchase price and cost analysis e-sourcing/reverse auctions Negotiation and contract management Outsourcing Systems – specification/selection and project implementation Procurement skills training and people developmentChange ManagementIndustry SectorMedia Transport Construction Manufacturing Hotels and Catering Merchandising Oil Gas Pharmaceuticals Banking IT Communications Government Mining EnergyWhat Is Advance?Leading edge, browser based strategic sourcing project management software. Contract management tool Central repository for information relating to strategic procurement projects Embeds the procurement process throughout organisation. Fully auditable workflow and project approvals. Access to pre-formatted strategic tools and templates on per event basis.People, Process and Technology75% benefitsPeople and process10-25% benefitsTechnology SCMSustainable ResultsWhy Was Advance Developed?Procurement project history and learning's are often lost Major spend decisions not supported by any process Poor contract management Limited use of project management techniques Poor visibility of departmental procurement activity Variable quality of strategic procurement toolsThe Advance ProcessWhat are the features of Advance?Advance Includes: Contract Management Framework Contract Database Contract Calendar Email extranetSupplier Performance ManagementAdvance includes: Best Practice Templates Consistent, auditable processes Project Management Philosophies Team collaboration Projects history and documentation Email and calendar functionality Central repository for informationProcess ManagementCustomer experiences of AdvanceHelps achieve better value supplier agreements Strategic procurement process Decision support tools Retain knowledge and learning's from projects More effective team performance Better management of contracts and suppliers Contract database Supplier performance Contract calendar Enhanced delivery of results Pre-formatted analysis and document templates Growing knowledge base improves learning curve Improved control and visibility over procurement activities Consistent application of procurement process Audit trail and visibility of all advance activitiesAUPC Specific BenefitsHosted Advance solution to allow access across all 26 universities regardless of operating systems Central contract and project repository to facilitate sharing of all project information and storage of history in one place Enhance stakeholder communication and consultation across all departments via internal link to email Consistent process adopted by AUPC regardless of location or degree of expertise Support and specific project help for those members not as familiar with strategic procurement via use of Advance toolboxUser InterfaceProcess OverviewNavigationTools HelpMy ProjectsList of your current projectsSecure Project 'Workspace'Each Project is unique fully auditablePhases of the ProjectDirect Navigation to any part of the processBusiness NeedExecutive Summary Screen captures and summarises each phase of the projectActivities that need to be completed within each phase of the projectShort cuts to selected areasTemplates and File AttachmentsEasy access to analysis tools and templates and other attachmentsProject Template – stakeholder analysisTemplate instructionsProject TemplatesAdvance contains pre-configured project templates to be completed by the project leader as they are guided through the procurement processContract ManagementContract Management Supplier Contacts Contract Database Supplier PerformanceContract ManagementContract ListContract DetailsContract ManagementContract CalenderSearch ContractsSearch for specific contractsSupplier Performance ManagementSupplier Performance DatabaseSupplier Contact DatabaseToolboxToolbox Access to database of templates and strategic help filesDecision Support ToolboxAdvance contains over 100 decision support tools which can be accessed either during procurement projects or for ad-hoc supportPolicies{nameOfApplication=Show}