Purchasing control fills even the largest event venues! We experienced this once again at the 52nd BME Symposium on Purchasing and Logistics at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin.
Under the motto “Added value: global networks,” the German Association for Materials Management, Purchasing, and Logistics (BME) hosted informative specialist conferences, exciting morning specials, intensive workshops, creative innovation forums, and lively roundtable discussions from November 8 to 10, 2017. Of the 2,000 participants, most were once again interested in the purchasing control conference in the largest event room – ensuring that the seats were filled to capacity. A particular highlight was the presentation by Olaf Feil, Senior Manager Procurement Business Services & Infrastructure, Carl Zeiss AG, entitled “Smart purchasing control – innovation meets sustainability.” He showed how an efficient purchasing controlling process can strengthen strategic purchasing in the long term:
- From pure controlling to a management tool
- Strategies for practical implementation throughout the organization
- Outlook – how reports are becoming even smarter
This clearly demonstrated the importance of good cooperation and professional exchange on an equal footing.
The topics at the SoftconCIS stand also sparked lively discussions among purchasing professionals. Mobile purchasing controlling, big data, and bots were of particular interest.
It was also clear to our prospective customers that dashboards remain a must in purchasing, as does spend management with a savings tracker. The SoftconCIS savings tracker generates suggestions for improvement from purchasing data and automatically displays potential savings. It thus meets the typical purchasing requirement of achieving savings quickly and sustainably.
