Learn how joining a group purchasing membership can help reduce your procurement risk.
Explore opportunities for cost savings, improved ideas for products and services, on-time delivery, and improved quality by considering group purchasing membership. This information reviews the pros and cons of GPOs, as well as their evolution and their role in procurement. Gain an understanding how GPOs work and how to source providers. This topic explores how to make the most of these organizations. Group purchasing organizations were created to help organizations such as yours to pool their purchasing power to secure significant discount on all supplies. Find out how they can help you.
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Agenda
Group Purchasing Organization Role in Procurement
- Co-Ops
- Consortium
- Purchasing Group
- Collective
- Coalition
- Leveraged Procurement Group
- Leverage of Combined Purchasing Power of Membership
Evolution of GPOs
- Health Care
- Education
Benefits
- Cost Savings
- Collaboration
- Strategic Focus
Challenges of GPOs
- Products
- Services
- Source Management
Industries
- Health Care
- Government
- Vertical Market
- Nonprofit
- Industry
The Mechanics of GPO Management
- GPO Perspective
- Membership
Sourcing a GPO
- Indirect Spend
- Direct Spend
Steps in Making the Most of GPO Membership
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Why Lorman?
Over 34 years and 1.4 million customers worth of experience providing continuing education. Our passion is providing you world-class training to help you succeed in business and as a professional.
Credits
OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on February 12, 2019.
Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.
No Credit AvailableThis program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Why Lorman?
Over 34 years and 1.4 million customers worth of experience providing continuing education. Our passion is providing you world-class training to help you succeed in business and as a professional.
Faculty
Marilyn Gettinger
New Directions Consulting Group
- Owner of New Directions Consulting Group
- Developer and presenter of programs that educate participants on how to improve supply and logistics processes
- Has been teaching logistics including exporting and importing for Union and Middlesex County Colleges as well as for the County College of Morris for several years
- Her global and supply chain courses have also been brought in-house in organizations and she has presented for several of the big freight forwarding companies located in the New Jersey area
- Her supply chain management programs include a focus on global sourcing and logistics along with the successful management of the importing and exporting processes
- Has spoken on capturing total landed costs in a global environment at conferences held by the Association of Supply Chain Management (APICS)
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on supply chain management including logistics, supply management logistics, inventory management, importing and exporting
- Author of Supply Chain Management and Total Cost of Ownership
- Member of APICS and Director of Education of the Institute for Supply Management-New Jersey Affiliate
- Can be contacted at 908-709-0656 or [email protected]
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Why Lorman?
Over 34 years and 1.4 million customers worth of experience providing continuing education. Our passion is providing you world-class training to help you succeed in business and as a professional.
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