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Betsy Harrington breakfast event
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Betsy Harrington, BHP Billiton & David Lunn, WA Chair |
240 people attended the WA Region CIPSA business breakfast held on 3 August at the Perth Hyatt Regency hotel. Attendees keenly anticipated the presentation by Ms Betsy Harrington, BHP Billiton Vice President Global Supply. “The Right Relationship” was Betsy’s topic and she suggested that this meant suppliers and buyers working together to increase value and decrease risk. Betsy outlined how these principles are enacted in BHP Billiton, including a focus on Total Cost of Ownership of supplied goods and services, not just in a financial sense but also considering wider issues such as clarity around compliance/governance obligations and ethical behaviours, as well as a clear Health, Safety and Environment commitment. Betsy concluded her presentation by reiterating her own passion for, and BHP-Billiton’s commitment to, strong talent management and development inside the Supply Group.
The CIPSA WA Regional Committee warmly thanks BHP Billiton and Betsy in particular, for her first-rate presentation and generous time commitment to CIPS Australia.
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Ground-breaking “Supply Market Intelligence” conference - September 2006
SMI is the key step prior to strategic sourcing which is all too often overlooked in the headlong dash to get started looking for potential new suppliers. The CIPSA Supply Market Intelligence Conference is a must for all procurement professionals in Perth. It will be held on 6 and 7 September at the Novotel Langley Perth.
Rio Tinto, Coles Myer, Spotless, Accenture, the Department of Treasury and Finance…and the list of contributors goes on. This one-and-a-half day conference (plus half-day workshop) focuses on deploying the supply function for strategic corporate advantage and developing long-term relationships with suppliers - relationships that produce significant cost base savings and knowledge sharing via creation of a supply market intelligence network. This conference will provide delegates with critical insights to help them develop the skills needed to deliver better decision-making and strategy execution within the procurement function today.
For further information visit www.cipsa.conferences.com.au
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Committee profile - David Lunn
 David Lunn lives in Perth and is the current CIPSA WA Regional Chair.
David Lunn has recently joined Woodside Energy Ltd as the Supply Chain Business Improvement Manager. In this role he is responsible for supply chain staff competency development – as well as facilitation of best practice logistics and supply chain initiatives across the organisation. Prior to joining Woodside, David spent nine years with Alcoa World Alumina Australia in various procurement and commercial leadership roles. His mining sector experience was preceded by management consulting assignments at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and KPMG – his first private sector jobs after 12 years in the Department of Defence. David has presented at a number of conferences, has published and holds an MBA and an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering.
David is married with two children and, amongst the usual array of family commitments, likes to keep fit (swimming at the moment) and tinker with his old sports car!
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Essay Competition deadline extended
Due to popular demand the deadline for the CIPSA National Essay Competition has been extended to 30 September 2006. Submit an essay of 500–3,000 words on the question given for your CIPSA region by this date and you could be a regional winner of the CIPSA essay competition and win $1,000. Regional winners go into the running to win the national competition to win another $1,000, plus an all-expenses paid trip to the CIPSA annual conference in Melbourne on 17 and 18 October 2006.
For further details, including essay questions, please click here
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What do we want? Innovation! When do we want it? At the 2nd CIPSA Annual Conference…
CIPSA’s 2nd Annual Conference on “Innovation in Procurement” will be held on 17 and 18 October 2006 at the Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne. The stage is set for this to become the premiere learning and networking event for procurement professionals in the Southern Hemisphere!
Over two days, delegates will hear from a broad range of keynote speakers from both Australia and the UK, from the private and public sectors, academia and leading practitioners. Sessions have been designed to challenge traditional thinking and provide delegates with real ideas about the future direction of the procurement profession. Explore issues in-depth via our 20 streamed seminars. Plus, we also have a CPO Agenda Masterclass and a range of other workshops. Of course, networking is one of the key attractions at an event of this type and this year’s annual conference will deliver unrivalled opportunities, particularly as many of the most senior procurement managers in the country attending.
Hurry! Places are limited. To book your place, please visit: www.cipsaconferences.com.au or call 1300 765 142 during Victoria's business hours.
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Regional Chair meeting discusses important regional issues
Regional Chair meetings ensure consistency and cohesion across regions, and facilitate discussions on important regional issues. The Regional Chairs flew into Melbourne for the third ‘Regional Chair’s meeting’ on Wednesday 16 August. Items on the agenda included events, the national essay competition, marking criteria for the essay competition, the CIPSA annual conference 2006 and the open training programme for 2007 – producing some very valuable discussions and a range of actions that will become self evident over coming months.
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SMART 2007 – Calls for Papers released
CIPSA is again endorsing the SMART Supply Chain Conference, held biennial in Darling Harbour Conference Centre, Sydney. SMART 2007 is to be held between 20 and 21 June 2007, and falls in the midst of an extensive CIPSA conferencing program to be hosted in each state capital as well as Canberra throughout the 2007 season.
Calls for papers for SMART 2007 have been released. Those interested in contributing or attending should visit: www.smartconference.com.au
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Trade at Work – China Made Easy
Want to ride the wave of China’s success? Whether you’re a business owner, CEO, purchasing manager or budding entrepreneur, the “Trade at Work – China Made Easy” seminar, held on the 5th October 2006 will give you a basic understanding of Chinese business, as well as the steps required to pursue your specific area of interest, be it importing, exporting or manufacturing in China.
Held in Brisbane, you can find details on: www.aimqld.com.au
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CIPS UK- Membership and Education
At the end of August, CIPS membership worldwide was around 41,000 – well ahead of the institute’s overall target of 38,800 for the financial year ending 31 October 2006. International growth has been particularly strong, and the development of the membership base in Australia and New Zealand has been a significant contributory factor.
Examination entries are breaking records year after year. The May 2006 exam series exceeded the previous series by almost 20% and we anticipate that the May and November exams will top 44,000 entries – the best ever entry level. We are currently taking registrations for the November 2006 examinations and expect another strong entry list.
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Previous Issues
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- Issue #1 - December 2005
- Issue #2 - February 2006
- Issue #3 - March 2006
- Issue #4 - April 2006
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- Issue #5 - May 2006
- Issue #6 - June 2006
- Issue #7 - July 2006
- Issue #8 - August 2006
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