6th CIPSA Annual Conference - About our Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor
 
Visa Commercial solutions — including Visa Purchasing, Visa Corporate and Visa Business— enable private sector and government entities of all sizes to streamline payment processes, manage information and supply chain and reduce administrative costs.
 
Visa recently launched Visa PerformSource, an online service that consists of a set of consultative tools and best practice studies designed to expand an organisation's commercial card program as well as improve the procure-to-pay process. These tools can identify areas for incorporating best practices into an organisation's procure-to-pay processes, analyse account payables files to identify opportunities to convert EFT, cheque and cash spend to card payments with Visa accepting suppliers, calculate a Return on Investment, and benchmark an organisation's card performance against a peer group of companies.
 
Visa Commercial platforms and services are backed by Visa’s global acceptance infrastructure and underpinned by the power of our centralised and integrated processing network.
For more information, visit www.visa.com.au
 
Gold Sponsors
 
Voyager Travel builds long-term strategic partnerships with our clients. This is best demonstrated by our extensive list of clients who have been with us for many years.
 
Voyager is 100% independent, provides strategic account management and technology that delivers measurable savings for our clients.
 
In a dynamic and ever changing industry such as travel, it is imperative to have a distinct competitive advantage that correlates to the times. Voyager has been able to build an outstanding reputation by adapting to the times and excelling in the fundamentals of the service industry and leading the way with innovative solutions.
Vertical Talent is an executive search consultancy specialising in the appointment of Procurement and Supply Chain professionals.
Strategic procurement and the importance of an efficient supply chain have been highlighted throughout the GFC and many organisations are relying on procurement for much more than just cost savings. A leading procurement function is also instrumental in long term risk management; profit based sourcing, driving process efficiency and improvements, creating cash flow and the effective management of working capital, providing valuable input into long term business strategy.
Vertical Talent understands that to create a best practice team, you need “best in class” candidates and advice from professionals with in-depth market knowledge. Our highly experienced team has an unrivalled track record across Australia and Asia Pac, coupled with the strength of our reputation puts us in the leading position to source and select the best talent.
A new benchmark in procurement capability development, The Source is your go-to point for fresh, innovative ways to optimise your team’s performance and cultivate a successful and rewarding professional career.
This year at CIPSA, ensure you talk to The Source about:
Accessing the brightest commercial and procurement minds from our extensive, high-calibre talent network of industry experts
Accelerating your career through long and short-term roles with Australia’s leading organisations
Growing and integrating the right talent to deliver greater value from your team based on proven skills and psychometric assessments
Connecting with other procurement professionals at our dedicated networking events
Purchasing Index (PI) has been providing support services to procurement since 1983 from offices in Australia, the UK and South Africa. PI assists procurement with benchmarking, market intelligence, performance measurement, identification of better business processes and saving opportunities. PI enables sourcing and category managers with specific knowledge and tools to facilitate proactive performance. Procurement functions within organisations are benchmarked on a value for money basis.
PI software service solutions provide leading edge spend and business process analytics, management and stakeholder dashboards.
Procuretrak, Pricetrak, Servicetrak and VFM Procurement are solutions which will empower procurement teams with analytics, management reporting dashboards and benchmarking tools which add value to organisations.
 
Pacific Brands keeps a nation comfortable at work, offering industrial workwear and imagewear to employees and businesses in areas including construction, trade, hospitality, healthcare, transport, banking and government. Our workwear brands include Australia's best known workwear brands Hard Yakka and KingGee, as well as Can't Tear ‘Em, NNT, Stylecorp and Stubbies.
 
Over the last 20 years Fleetcare has grown to become Australia’s largest independent fleet management provider. Not just a fleet funding service, Fleetcare offer fully and partially outsourced fleet solutions, streamlining not only fleet costs but also day to day fleet operations.
By seamlessly integrating the fleet management process into any business model, Fleetcare has helped small businesses, medium to large enterprises and government agencies reduce their fuel, finance, maintenance & administrative costs. Working with clients such as Reece Plumbing, Foster’s Group, Pfizer and Fisher & Paykel, Fleetcare continue to show why they are the driving force behind fleet efficiency.
For more information visit www.fleetcare.com.au  
 
Across Asia-Pacific, The Faculty is a trusted partner in strategic procurement consulting. 
Dedicated to helping our global and regional clients transform their procurement teams into world-class, externally focused functions that deliver true value to the organisation, The Faculty is:
Embedding and elevating performance through benchmarking, strategy development and process discipline.
Building high-performance teams by equipping professionals with the technical, commercial and leadership skills required to drive procurement into the future.
Creating vibrant knowledge networks by connecting Asia-Pacific’s most dynamic and strategic minds to grow the procurement profession and help you stay ahead of the game.
Visit www.thefaculty.com.auor contact us +61 3 9654 4900.
 
Ebix Trades Monitor is Australia's leading contractor management company. We verify and accredit your contractors ABN, licences, insurances, OHS systems and offer online inductions. Why take on the time, cost and risk of doing this yourself when we can offer you a solution at no cost to your business?  Over 250 forward thinking companies currently use the Ebix Trades Monitor service to manage the compliance of over 20,000 contractors.
Make the smart choice and let Ebix Trades Monitor save you time, money and reduce your risk so you can focus on growing your business.  Talk to us and see why our clients made Ebix Trades Monitor a BRW Fast 100 company for 2009. Ebix Trades Monitor is a division of Ebix, Inc., (NASDAQ: EBIX).
 
 
 Are you concerned about your key suppliers in these uncertain economic times?  Do you evaluate the risks posed by you key suppliers or contractors’ financial position?
As the only independent Australian owned organisation accredited by ASIC to provide Credit Ratings in Australia, Corporate Scorecard is widely recognized as the best, most dependable and easy to use service of its type for evaluating financial viability of companies in Australia and Worldwide. Our financial experts quickly and consistently deliver real value, helping you mitigate your risks and providing the certainty you need before entering any binding agreement with potential suppliers, contractors or project partners. 
 
 
The Australian Technology Network (ATN) is an influential national collaborative group of five major universities located in each mainland State.
 The ATN is committed to enhancing Australia’s ‘clever country’ reputation and its social and economic wealth through: 
 
With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth & 38 countries worldwide we offer our clients the best of local and Global experience & knowledge.