Announcement to Senior and Aspiring procurement professionals

"In 3.5 Hours, learn how to manage the TOTAL COST of Ownership (TCO) of any goods and services throughout their LIFECYCLE.

USE SIMPLE and guaranteed techniques for Managing, Measuring and Improving TCO.

Make sure that no-one can ever question whether or not procurement savings have actually been achieved... A detailed manual and electronic data file will be provided.

Date: 23 May 2007 Gauteng, 13 June Cape Town

From: Bernie van Niekerk
2007/04/11

Dear Procurement Professional,

If proving savings has ever been an issue for you, or if it is becoming more difficult to find savings opportunities in the spend, I'd like to invite you to spend a short and productive morning with me where I will:

Show you the "proven" tools that leading companies have used to measure, manage and and improve , the TOTAL COSTS of goods and Services throughout their Lifecycle. Using a simple, spreadsheet based model (which I will share with you) you'll be able to create a baseline for procurement costs against which you can measure procurement savings into the future.

I will also introduce methods guaranteed to increase the potential number of opportunities by at least 5 times! Guaranteed.

Now, I know you're probably skeptical. That's understandable. Let me give you three good reasons why I can back up what we claim:

Three Reasons To Believe What I Say

Reason one: We have trained and consulted to more than 140 leading local and international organisations (both private and public) such as:

ABSA Bank, Afrox , African Defense Systems, Holcim South Africa , Anglo American, Anglo Platinum, Appletizer, Arrivia.Kom, Aspen Pharmacare, Bayside Aluminium, BHP Billiton, Bidvest, BP, Buffalo City Municipality, Bureau of Economic Research, Cape Provincial Treasury, Caltex Oil, Cell C City Power, Cape Technicon, Comair, Dept of Correctional Services, Department of Health, DNA Supply Chain, Drake and Scull, Eskom Generation, Eskom Distribution, Fedics , First National Bank, Gauteng Shared Service Centre, Grintek Telecom, Hewlett Packard, Hexagon Business Solutions, Hillside Aluminium, National Treasury, Lever Brothers, Mondi, Murray and Roberts, National Brands, PASASA, Promat , Protea Chemicals, Premier Foods, Rand Water, RUC, South African Correctional Services Management, South African Airways, SASOL Mining, SASOL Nitro, SASOL Synfuels, SAIL, Shell, SITA, Sappi, South African Breweries, South African Defense Force, South African Airways (SAA), South African Port Operations, Siemens, Trans Hex, TSEBO Outsourcing, University of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch, University of Westville Durban, Uthingo Management, Western Cape Education and various others.

Reason two:

Most of our customers rate us as being either “Very Good” or “Excellent” with many of them attending our other courses or sessions once they’ve attended the first one

Reason three:

We will provide a 100 % Iron-clad MoneyBack Guarantee. If you aren't satisfied with the session, just tell us afterwards and we'll refund 100% of your purchase price. No questions asked. In fact breakfast will be on the house! We only ask that you return the manual!

Here is a summary of the
benefits you receive

In a SHORT morning session you will learn tools and tips that can save your staff and yourself many days , if not weeks in the years to come!

We will go through a step by step approach to documenting the lifecycle of any goods or services purchased
Through a case study we will analyse the costs throughout the lifecycle, identify cost elements and look at foolproof mathematical methods for calculating total costs
We will provide you with an detailed reference manual for implementing TCO management.
You will receive an electronic file with a sample TCO model, Sample costs, cost elements, drivers and opportunities.
Using actual sample information, we will build a TCO model that procurement can use for the following applications:
Strategic Sourcing and Commodity management. If you are about to embark on strategic sourcing or if you're a commodity manager about to start optimising an area of the spend, these tools will be crucial.
A a key too for setting up and monitoring contracts

Please note: This session is NOT intended for individuals who already have extensive experience in calculating, measuring and managing TCO. It is however quite valuable for people who have has an introduction to the subject but would like to get down to the details as to how it is done.

Don't take my word for it.
Listen to what our customers have to say about us...

Testimonial: Major Quinton Cartwright SANDF “Very, Very good subject matter. Presenter had a lot of depth and industry experience. Excellent. Guest Speakers were also excellent. Depth was evident. This is what I had expected.”

Testimonial: R Bothma – Director Health Services South African Correctional Services Management. "The presenter is a master in this field".

Testimonial: Murray and Roberts: “Interesting and thought provoking”, “First class presentation”, “Course content excellent”, “Audience participation is encouraged, relevant examples.”,“Aligned objectives, throughout the process.”, “Good examples, project specific exercises”.

Most of our Clients rate us as either "Very Good" or "Excellent"

SO: What does it cost?

Keeping in mind that:

1: The information contained in this morning session could take weeks or months to compile if your company had to research it yourself.

2: That the TCO model could identify millions of rands of savings opportunities..

3. and that we provide a 100% money back no-questions-asked, iron-clad money-back guarantee. If you aren't satisfied with the session, just tell us afterwards and we'll refund 100% of your purchase price. No questions asked. In fact breakfast will be on the house! We only ask that you return the manual!

Date and Venue

Dates: Gauteng: 23 May, Cape Town 13 June

Time: 8:00 for 8:30 till 11:30

Costs: Seminar fee: Per delegate is R644 + VAT for the 1/2 day event. The fee includes the event,
the reference manual, a sample data file and breakfast.

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Remember, there's absolutely no risk. If you aren't satisfied with the the event, we'll refund 100% of your purchase price. No questions asked.

To your success!

Bernie van Niekerk

www.smartprocurement.co.za

0861-334-326

0861-EDGECO