Course Description:

This webinar will cover how to implement the improvement of business ethics on a day to day basis. Attendees will also learn how a company can try to maximize and maintain shareholder returns while meeting the demands of society at large.

Course Objective:

Ethical behavior and corporate social responsibility can bring significant benefits to a business. It will help attract more customers and investors and also make more employees wanting to work with the organization. Unethical behavior or a lack of corporate social responsibility may damage a company's reputation and make it less attractive to stakeholders that lead to profit fallout. Business ethics concern moral judgments about right and wrong decisions taken at the organization. Decisions taken within an organization may be made by individuals or groups, but whoever makes them will be influenced by the culture of the company. The decisions to behave ethically involves the rejecting the route that would lead to the biggest short- term profits. But how do businesses juggle the competing needs of maximizing shareholder returns with a wider social responsibility? This webinar examines some key ethical areas that may inform future decision making. This webinar will cover the following topics related to business ethics:

• What are ethics?
• A bit of philosophy: two ideas on what constitutes ethical behavior
• Applied ethics
• Supply chain and distribution
• Finance
• Sales and marketing
• International business

The economic “meltdown” has reminded entrepreneurs and businesses just how exposed they are to external market forces well outside their scope of control. What came into harsher focus was how entirely dependent the business “engine” has become on the availability of credit. When access to financing becomes impaired, the flow of money – and ultimately, commerce, -- is dramatically slowed. When commerce suffers, many businesses don’t survive the arduous journey back to recovery and sustainability.
But what if your organization could be less dependent on external sources when in need of quick liquidity? What if you could maintain enough control of your economic environment to facilitate your own flow of capital?

In this webinar, we will share:

The availability of “financing” and how it impacts business every day
How to leverage limited resources to maximize financial security and control
Tips to minimize risks from external forces

Presenter: David E. Brown, Partner at Foundation Finance
Host: Christa Freeland, Marketing Coordinator at Journyx Inc.

David E. Brown and Foundation Finance focus exclusively on safe and fundamental economic strategies that position their clients for predictable long-term growth without sacrificing short-term control and liquidity. By guiding organizations to better maintain control and liquidity, Foundation Finance helps their clients become equipped to handle setbacks that result from unforeseen internal issues as well as those occurring due to external economic forces.

Dave maintains his blog, The Foundation Strategy, at www.foundationfinanceus.com. He is currently working on his book, Peeling Back the Financial Onion – Your Economic Environment Always Changes, How Come Conventional Wisdom Never Does?

Sage Construction, construction software specialists and part of FTSE 100 Sage (UK) Ltd, show you how to more effectively manage the financial elements of your projects.

If your business has a turnover of up to around £20m and you're looking to improve the financial control you have over your contracts, this online webinar will guide you through Sage 50 Construction and Sage 200 Construction software, explaining it can help you to:
- Monitor contract costs and budgets
- Streamline subcontractor and HMRC processes
- Improve business decision-making
- Mitigate risk and retain margins

To register, visit http://www.sageforconstruction.co.uk/events/evisionwebinars.asp

Sage Construction, construction software specialists and part of FTSE 100 Sage (UK) Ltd, show you how to more effectively manage the financial elements of your projects.

If your business has a turnover of up to around £20m and you're looking to improve the financial control you have over your contracts, this online webinar will guide you through Sage 50 Construction and Sage 200 Construction software, explaining it can help you to:
- Monitor contract costs and budgets
- Streamline subcontractor and HMRC processes
- Improve business decision-making
- Mitigate risk and retain margins

To register, visit: http://www.sageforconstruction.co.uk/events/evisionwebinars.asp

Global Supply Chain Finance is a crucial component to emerging industry faced with challenges due to new market focus and complexities. There are huge opportunities and competitive advantages can be acquired if it is executed securely and efficiently. This webinar will shed light on the world trade market and emerging markets, challenges and options in global supply chains, risk management, bank payment obligations, etc.

Description:

Global Supply Chain Finance has become a center piece in international trade . Increased Visibility through-out the Supply Chain – end-to-end – becomes available and keeps financiers – Banks, etc – abreast with current developments / movement of goods – including "in-transit assembly" – inventory warehousing (and finance), built-to-order, JIT features – all for more accurate monitoring / forecasting and ERP / management of cash / WC and foreign exchange.

Traditional corporate finance availability has become challenged by World financial / capital markets turmoil – shifting Exe. Management's focus to transaction finance – as related to international trade. Innovation and creativity – through Supply Chain partners / collaborations, have substantially improved - increasing finance options of Supply Chain. All traditional "instruments". Recent years – its financial turmoil and disruptive changes in World market focus have seen the emergence of fully secure trade finance by use of irrevocable Bank Payment Obligations (BPOs) - all risk mitigated by TSU (Trade Service Utility – owned by SWIFT and promoted by ICC) – based on electronic trade info / data matching – also becoming transaction banks’ security for the BPO commitment.

NelsonHall and buyingTeam recently ran a study involving 120 CPOs and CFOs from FTSE 100 organisations across Europe and the US to better understand procurement’s changing role within business today and tomorrow.

Focusing on indirect (or non-core / GNFR) procurement, the in-depth study identified a number of challenges and opportunities for global businesses in realising maximum benefits from indirect expenditure.

Nearly 60% of Board level executives, perceived indirect procurement's importance as moderate to low (or putting it another way, place little importance on the value that indirect procurement can deliver back to the business).

However, experience has shown that better managed indirect expenditure can deliver significant profit improvements, reduce the levels of risk to which organisations are exposed, and positively influence buying behaviours across the organisation.

So why isn’t indirect procurement higher up senior executives agenda and how can organisations overcome these perceptual challenges?

During the 60 minute discussion you will hear:
- Current perceptions of the indirect procurement function and its desired future role within the organization
- The challenges currently faced by the indirect procurement function
- The business value that can be derived through indirect procurement
- The role of procurement outsourcing in enabling the indirect procurement function to take on a business partner role within the organisation.

Purchase to Pay Automation: Goals and challenges in a global enterprise

Effective change management is key to the success of any project which alters the way people work; whether that be a change to processes, technologies, systems or structures. However, many projects still suffer when organizational issues aren’t adequately addressed; so what practical steps can you make within your project delivery to ensure success and achieve your goals?

Nigel Chapman, Change Management Facilitator at ABB, will deliver a case study and share his experience and practical advice, providing you with key steps to reduce project risk and attain faster ROI. ABB successfully automated their invoice processing to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Join this webinar to find out how ABB successfully reaped the best results from their P2P automation program and discover:

- How to manage change regionally in line with the global enterprise
- Ways to gain stakeholder interest and developing user commitment
- How to achieve process centralization and system integration
- Techniques for tackling non-compliance
- A path to determine project success
- The top 5 lessons learnt and success factors from the UK regional implementation

Historically, companies have viewed billing strictly from an operations perspective -- get invoices and statements out the door as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible. But did you realize there are strategic considerations to the billing function as well - ranging from enhanced customer retention, brand loyalty and cross-selling opportunities along with improved cash flow, dispute management and customer service? From this perspective, it's not just about bills going out; it's also about cash coming in.

Here’s your FREE pass to join an expert panel for an interactive discussion on the operational and strategic benefits of billing. Hear from a panel of experts on how companies are leveraging new billing processes not only to improve their operations but also to support their strategic objectives.

Panel includes: Tracy Garrett, Shared Services A/R Manager, Oldcastle APG
- Rob Hollenbach, Director Shared Services, IDEXX Laborato
- Megan Locke, Credit Supervisor, Chiquita Brands Int'l
- Mitch Rose, VP Marketing, Billtrust

Key topics will include:

- Paper and electronic bill delivery channels
- Advanced electronic bill delivery channels
- Key factors to consider when outsourcing invoice and statement delivery
- Advanced technology for online invoice presentment and payment
- Operational and strategic benefits of outsourced billing

Carl Barnes, a veteran of Shared Services implementation and re-engineering tells of his experiences in being able to reduce costs by 50%, achieve measureable SLA’s and record breaking DSO

‘Do you need access to a lower cost of delivery? Do you have the opportunity to look at the ‘Art of the Possible?’

Implementation of an outsourcing strategy is never easy no matter what core reason lies behind the decision to outsource. Whether it is to strip back costs, add value to current processes or implement process improvement - BPO is never a bed of roses. For example: do you outsource first and have the provider fix processes and problems or should you fix the issues before you outsource? One of the many questions you may be currently chewing on if you are considering outsourcing.

In this FREE webinar – Carl Barnes, a veteran of Shared Services implementation and re-engineering tells of his experiences in being able to reduce costs by 50%, achieve measureable SLA’s and record breaking DSO. With experiences working with global organizations who partnered with Sutherland Global Services, he will candidly discuss some of the criteria which determined these organizations’ decision to select Sutherland as a BPO partner:

Cultural: Gaining trust and partnership, flexibility and adaptability
Financial: One price – inclusive of people, technology and governance
The Solution: Best fit delivery model with technology led transformation

But nothing new is without its challenges and this presentation will follow that journey. It will take us from initial steps and challenges, to tips on turning the corner, to and getting on the road to steady state, and to finally reach a stage managing and continuous improvement.

How Can Your Organization Build a Scientific Roadmap to World Class Performance on the Key Business Outcomes?

Organizations lack science in managing, measuring and improving business processes. Attend this webinar to gain insight from Genpact’s OTC Practice Leader Mark Wood into how to achieve an end-to-end process view, and focus on improving effectiveness metrics rather than efficiency metrics. Learn how to measure some critical business outcomes, such as Revenue Dilution, as the opportunity gain is 5 to 10 times the impact achieved through reducing costs.

Join this webinar to find out how Genpact’s Order To Cash SEP can help you maximize business impact for your company. Key learnings from this session include:

A granular approach to process management and measurement

Critical business outcomes for the Order to Cash process including a deep dive into Revenue Dilution

Top performance measures and drivers and the linkages to business outcomes

Key process and technology Insights that significantly impact your business outcomes