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Services Purchasing

Buying Nontraditional Services #PEX1006, Member: $79 Non-Member: $119 (1.5 CEHs) Supply management has expanded its scope of activity in recent years by bringing the acquisition of nontraditional items under the umbrella of supply management. Nontraditional purchases include acquisitions other than those for direct goods, indirect goods, and maintenance, repair and operating supplies — such as advertising, travel, software and systems, and facilities management. These nontraditional items tend to have a heavy emphasis on services, and each has specific features and unique supply attributes.

Buying Services (Statement of Work) #PEX1003, Member: $99 Non-Member: $149 (2 CEHs) Services are rendered via the application of labor, often coupled with intellectual content, and some method of delivery. Unlike products, services are often performance-based rather than physical-based. This presents the challenge of defining intangibles in finite, measurable terms. In addition to appropriate supplier qualification and management strategies, successful service procurements are highly dependent upon the language of the agreement itself. Many fail to consider the uniqueness of service procurements and underestimate the importance of the actual words in service agreements.

Performance-Based Service Procurement #3946, Member: $195 Non-Member: $295 (14 CEHs) Participate in the planning, development, and implementation of performance-based service procurement. Focusing on both non-manufacturing and manufacturing related service procurement, PBSP offers procurement professionals an opportunity to engage in best-value contracting, utilize effective partnering arrangements, establish innovative performance incentives, and work toward realizing beneficial cost reductions.Real world examples are used throughout the course.