EProcurement

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E-Procurement

• Meet the Buyer across the corridor
• Presentations in this meeting room
• 915 E-Procurement in Warwickshire9.30
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  E-Procurement in Warwickshire10.30 E-Procurement
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• Please find your seat in good time for the
  presentation you wish to attend as places will be
  allocated on a first-come basis.

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E-Procurement

• Welcome
• Leigh Hunt, WCC Economic Development
• E-Procurement Opportunity or Threat?
• Alan Durham, Chamber
• Overview of Local Authority Procurement
• Paul White, WCC Procurement
• Angela Kirby, CCC Procurement
• Where do you go from here?
• Leigh Hunt, WCC / Business Link

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Alan Durham

• Chamber

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Leigh Hunt

• WCC Economic Development

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What do you need?

• Fax machine (short-term)
• Email
• Computer
• Internet Connection
• Email Account

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What do you need?

• Credit Card terminal / merchant account
• Ask your bank or a major Credit Card Co.
• Ability to receive .xml files
• Longer-term for fully integrated systems
• Website
• To provide catalogue facility

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Business Benefits

• Shorter lead times
• Quicker payments
• More business
• Ability to deal with a wider range of non-public
  sector organisations
• Website will give 24/7 availability and
  sales/marketing capability

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Consider

• Who will check email?
• How often will you check?
• Should you consider broadband?
• What about your supplier lead times?
• What impact might this have on your business
  processes?

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You are not alone !

• Assistance is available from
• WCC Economic Development
• Business Link
• RuralNet
• CW2000
• Other providers

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WCC Economic Developmentwww.warwickshire.gov.uk/b
usiness

• Working in partnership with other organisations
  to provide
• ICT-Specific Training
• Investor Development
• Employment Support
• Support for Rural Businesses
• Business Resource Centres
• Work life balance
• Tourism
• Small Business Loan scheme
• Managed Workspace
• Environmental Support for Business
• Quality Systems Support

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ICT Development Programme

• Series of FREE seminars to help you develop your
  business through the use of ICT, including
• Use technology to market your business
• Generate website traffic
• Understand legal issues around websites, email
  and e-commerce
• Get more from your CRM
• Keeping your computer healthy

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Business Linkwww.cw-businesslink.co.uk

• 11 Advice and Support
• Support for businesses for both strategic and
  tactical development and growth
• Management and Workforce Development Training

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RuralNetwww.ruralnet.org.uk

• Advice and support for rural businesses
• Broadband in rural areas
• Online Experts
• Online Forums
• Training

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CW2000www.cw2000.org.uk

• Helping Businesses Exploit the Commercial Value
  of Broadband Internet Access
• Pilot of business class broadband (SDSL)
  Regeneration Zone only
• Theme I. Broadband Access Pilot
• Theme II. Broadband Application Pilot
• Theme III. Broadband Learning Pilot

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Any questions?