The following is an outline of the seminar program that the Federal Acquisition and Subcontract Management Group (FASMG) of the National Association of Purchasing Management (ISM) will be presenting in the DFW area the 16 & 17 of February 2001. It will be presented at the Harvey Hotel in Irving, TX. Cost is $250.00 which includes lunch on Friday. Rooms have been blocked for the event at $79.00 per night. Three of our presenters are attorneys actively engaged in Procurement and Contracts, two of the presenters have been awarded the Shipman Award, the highest award the ISM bestows on one of its members. All of the presenters are regularly chosen to present at the ISM International Conference which is held annually in various locations around the country.

Room reservations must be made by 24 January 2001, in order to secure one of the rooms that are being held.

Harvey Hotel, 4545 W John Carpenter Freeway, Irving, TX, USA, (972) 929-4500

SEMINAR REGISTRATION FORM (16kbyte, pdf)

"Necessary Tools For Purchasing and Contracting Success"

This seminar is an intense day and a half study of the necessary skills to reach "ultimate purchasing and contract professional" status. The current environment requires that both government and commercial buyers use some new tools. The reality of it is that the major differences in the two types of purchasing are all but gone. Best practices are moving more and more to the center where "three bids in a cloud of dust" is almost a thing of the past. The new skills required are in the area of supply chain management and of course E-commerce. It is appropriate that purchasing and contract professionals now have a command of many of these new tools. We will cover everything from the new technology aspect to the still relevant price vs. cost and negotiation techniques for today's buyer.

• 16 Feb 2001 -- 8:00am to 9:30am

Jim Southerland: "Lean Subcontracting"; eliminate the fat and keep the good stuff. Make it simple and easy to do, demystify the process... put it on the Web.

• 16 Feb 2001 -- 9:45am to 12:00 Noon

Panel (Ernest Gabbard, Rene Rendon, and Henry Garcia): "Supply Chain, Internet, and E-commerce"

1. What is the new role of Procurement and Contracting Professionals.
   
2. How to apply Electronic Signatures and Electronic Contracts.
   
3. Reverse auctions: How to, good or bad, are they for you?
   

• 16 Feb 2001 -- 12:00 Noon to 1:30pm

Lunch... Speaker: Jim Bauer, Deputy Commander, Defense Contract Management Dallas -- "Defense Contract Management Agency - The Anchor in the Supply Chain."

• 16 Feb 2001 -- 1:45pm to 3:00pm

Elaine Whittington: "The Art of Closing the Deal with a Sole Source Supplier"

• 16 Feb 2001 -- 3:15pm to 5:30pm

Panel (Charles Rumbaugh, Jeffery A White, Elaine Whittington, and Henry Garcia): "Useful, Often Not Employed, Tools"

1. Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR)
2. Purchasing and Contracts self audits.
3. Cost vs. Price analysis

Adjourn.

• 17 Feb 2001 -- 7:30am to 9:00am

Ernest Gabbard: "International Contracting -- What's Important?"

• 17 Feb 2001 -- 9:15am to 10:30am

Rene Rendon: "Current trends in Government Contracting"; the adoption of commercial purchasing and contracting practices.

• 17 Feb 2001 -- 10:45am to 12:00 Noon

All Panelists: respond to submitted questions and questions from the floor.

Thanks,
Alan Gaudette, Chair
FASMG ( www.FASMG.org )

SEMINAR REGISTRATION FORM (16kbyte, pdf)

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