Education

Procurement

What's New in CGI Advantage Procurement 3.10
(Financial, Procurement)
112
Monday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Overview

State and local governments continue to look for ways to streamline their purchasing processes, reduce costs and increase efficiency. Release 3.10 provides additional enhancements to address these needs. This session provides an overview of the key enhancements that will be available in the areas of Procurement, Inventory and Vendor Self Service—including a new 'shopper' experience for your casual users, the ability to track procurement protests and enhance catalog support.

Product Direction: CGI Advantage Procurement
(Financial, Procurement)
122
Monday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Update

Each release adds new capabilities and improves current product features to increase the value of your CGI Advantage solution. This session provides the vision for the future of Procurement, Inventory and Vendor Self Service and highlights key enhancements that are being considered for Release 3.11 and beyond, including mobile technology and expanded options for eProcurement.

Exploring Opportunities to Streamline Procurement
(Financial, Procurement)
132
Monday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Overview

State and local governments are looking at ways to streamline their various procurement processes. This session will explore commonly underutilized features across CGI Advantage Procurement that you may want to consider to improve your procurement process.

Manage Spend and Simplify Shopping with Electronic Catalogs
(Financial, Procurement)
142
Monday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Overview

If you haven't rolled out the electronic catalog capabilities within CGI Advantage Procurement, or are only using the functionality on a limited basis, join us to learn how catalogs can help you manage spend, simplify shopping for casual users and provide consistent pricing/line item details for frequently ordered items. This session reviews the process of setting up and maintaining catalogs that are locally-maintained within CGI Advantage as well as the new PunchOut (vendor-hosted) catalog option introduced in Release 3.9. We will feature client examples and best practices for catalog content management and restricting catalog access.

“We're Not in Kansas Anymore”: The World of Accounts Payable Joins Vendor Self Service
(Financial, Procurement)
212
Tuesday 9:45 am – 10:45 am
Type/Level: Overview

Vendor Self Service (VSS) has been greatly enhanced with new features and improvements introduced in Release 3.9. This session provides an overview of key VSS features in current and prior releases of VSS as well as planned future enhancements. In addition, this session provides potential strategies to deploy VSS for the first time or extend your current VSS offering.

Minimizing Stock Levels through Inventory Replenishment
(Financial, Procurement)
222
Tuesday 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Type/Level: Overview

Governments continue to face budget shortfalls and are looking for ways to reduce costs across the organization. One area to consider is reducing inventory levels for just-in-time purchases. This session provides an overview of the inventory replenishment options available in CGI Advantage Inventory. Learn strategies and best practices for setting replenishment options and replenishing inventory across physical or virtual warehouses.

Innovative Uses of CGI Advantage Inventory: A Panel Discussion
(Financial, Procurement)
232
Tuesday 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Type/Level: Overview

Many organizations do not utilize CGI Advantage Inventory to its full benefit. This panel discussion identifies potential additional uses including tracking non-capitalized assets, such as cell phones and law enforcement equipment, as well as tracking and issuing internally government-manufactured items from areas such as prisons.

Go Green with Electronic Invoicing
(Financial, Procurement)
242
Tuesday 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Type/Level: Overview

Many governments seek to optimize their accounts payable invoice process to provide efficiencies and reduce costs. This session provides strategies to address paper-based invoice processes including an option to scan incoming invoices. Hear about the new electronic invoicing option available in CGI Advantage Vendor Self Service 3.9 and planned future functionality.

Enhancing Your Procurement Organization
(Procurement)
252
Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Type/Level: Overview

Public sector procurement offices are under intense pressure to reduce costs and improve efficiencies, while at the same time providing increased transparency to their constituents. This session provides a discussion of the key performance measures that your peers are tracking and the tools and techniques used to monitor their progress. Hear about the types of procurement information made publicly available to support transparency and other initiatives.