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SAP Upgrade Event with the SAP user group
13/ 05/ 2008
United Kingdom
It is possible to develop an understanding of a top down approach to Business Process Management from reading marketplace material, attending conferences, courses... But what happens if the company you are working for is uncertain of the value proposition of BPM, or unwilling to fund a large initiative. How can the principles applied to large programs be tailored to fit small, short term initiatives? How much planning and preparation is required before starting the pilot project? How do subsequent projects build on the first to achieve a cohesive whole? How can the value of mapping end-to-end processes be demonstrated to management?
The aim of this discussion is to give an insight into how the above may be achieved, and to add value improving business understanding and guiding IT development.
Contact:
gareth.edwards@birchmangroup.com
Camp Quality Charity Fund Raising Event – The Chandon Supper Club.
01/ 05/ 2008
Perth - Jacksons Restaurant
Camp Quality provides laughter, hope and happiness to children and their families living with cancer. The charity supports and organises over 50 different recreational, educational, hospital and financial support programs throughout the year. Birchman is supporting this fund raising event.
Contact:
www.campquality.org
Sharepoint Launch
00/ 05/ 2008
South America
Microsoft is launching its new version of the Sharepoint suite of enterprise solutions. To this effect it is holding two high profile events (one in Buenos Aires in early May, and the other in Santiago de Chile in early June) with senior managers of a broad set of companies. Paul Griffiths, a partner with The Birchman Group, has been engaged to deliver the keynote speech at the two events. Paul will be speaking about aligning knowledge management with corporate strategy in knowledge intensive industries.
Contact:
paul.griffiths@birchmangroup.com
Oracle Customer Relationship Management
24/ 04/ 2008
Spain
Birchman is planning to participate in a seminar on Customer Relationship Management in Madrid on the 24th April 2008. Many major companies in the country will be sharing their business and implementation experiences.
Contact:
info@birchmangroup.com
IT Strategy 3.0 – Staying ahead. Driving business success through IT.
29/ 03/ 2008
Sydney Harbour Marriott, Sydney Australia
Joanne Mitchell, Consulting Manager from Birchman’s Sydney office, will present at the conference. Joanne’s paper is titled “Getting results from your BPM initiatives”. The abstract is "It is possible to develop an understanding of a top down approach to Business Process Management from reading marketplace material, attending conferences, courses... But what happens if the company you are working for is uncertain of the value proposition of BPM, or unwilling to fund a large initiative. How can the principles applied to large programs be tailored to fit small, short term initiatives? How much planning and preparation is required before starting the pilot project? How do subsequent projects build on the first to achieve a cohesive whole? How can the value of mapping end-to-end processes be demonstrated to management?
The aim of this discussion is to give an insight into how the above may be achieved, and to add value improving business understanding and guiding IT development."
Contact:
Joanne.mitchell@birchmangroup.com
SAP SEM for Banking
00/ 03/ 2008
Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina
A one day workshop on the SAP architecture in BW and SEM reporting, planning and Balance score card. Tt will include examples of success stories with different customers.
Contact:
paul.griffith@birchmangroup.com
Corporate Social Responsibility Breakfast Australia
11/ 11/ 2007
On Friday 11th (Sydney) and 12th (Perth) October 2007, The Birchman Group hosted two breakfast session focusing upon Corporate Social Responsibility (‘CSR’).
The key speaker was Dr Paul Griffiths; Research Associate at Henley Management College (UK) and Birchman’s Managing Partner for Chile. Paul shared some interesting perspectives on CSR in a global context and reflected upon the changing attitudes within the business environment towards sustainable development.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development defines CSR as the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce, their families, the local community and society at large.
Due in some part to the onslaught of globalisation, 51 of the top 100 economies in the world are now companies, not countries! Business leaders around the world are under pressure to measure their business in terms of sustainability not just profitability. Major organisational collapses over the last few years has focused attention upon Corporate Governance and Ethics and business leaders are increasingly required to be transparent and confront corruption. Companies are moving towards treating their People as assets that need to be nurtured and helped to grow rather than costs which need to be reduced. Attitudes towards the Environment are shifting rapidly with growing awareness amongst most sectors of the world’s community. A heightened social and community awareness is encouraging organisations towards a focused Contribution to Development of local communities.
In Sydney Philip Argy the National President of the Australian Computer Society opened the event and provided some interesting perspectives on CSR.
In Perth former Perth Wildcats captain and Sydney Olympian, Ricky Grace gave a keynote address on the goals and objectives of his organisation, Role Models WA, which provides assistance to Indigenous youth who suffer from poverty, sickness, misfortune or a disconnectedness from their community; an outstanding example of Contribution to Development in action. Birchman thanks Nick Marvin (CEO) and CJ Craig Jackson (Assistant Coach) from the Perth Wildcats for donating a signed basketball shirt, which was auctioned at the breakfast. Birchman matched the auction amount ‘two for one’ with total proceeds donated to Role Models WA.
Contact:
SAP Migration Strategy and BPM update
4/ 10/ 2007
Barcelona, Spain
The Birchman Group will conduct a one day workshop on the development of appropriate SAP migration strategies. In addition, the workshop will focus on how the ARIS toolset can enable Business Process Management (BMP) to assist in optimization of key business processes.
Contact:
ramon.sanchez@birchmangroup.com
European Conference of Information Management and Evaluation
20/ 09/ 2007
Montpellier, France
The Birchman Group will present a paper titled ‘From CIO to CKO: A Quantum leap in leadership skills’ at the European Conference of Information Management and Evaluation in Montpellier
Contact:
niel.schoeman@birchmangroup.com
ExpoRetail
17/ 09/ 2007
Barcelona, Spain
The Birchman Group will be the exhibiting some of our industry solutions at ExpoRetail. This is a unique trade show for the Southern European market where products related to the retail and distribution markets are exhibited. (www.exporetail.com)
Contact:
ramon.sanchez@birchmangroup.com
Corporate Social Responsibility
13/ 09/ 2007
Conventry, UK
The Birchman Group will deliver a paper on the Urbaser Kiasa Case on corporate social responsibility (CRS) titled ‘Moving from CRS Talk to CRS action’ at the British Academy of Management Conference at Warwick business school.
Contact:
gareth.edwards@birchmangroup.com
ARM: Alumni Relationship Management
30/ 08/ 2007
Santiago, Chile
On the 30th of August The Birchman Group will conduct a full day open workshop. The event will be sponsored by Gerencia, a Chilean IT Management magazine that targets local CIO’s (www.gerencia.cl). The workshop will explore the application of CRM concepts to value added communities of alumni (either corporate or university) and will analyse the role of IT in building and supporting these ARM implementations.
Contact:
paul.griffith@birchmangroup.com
IT-based Innovation Programmes
23/ 07/ 2007
Santiago, Chile
Guillermo Beuchat, on of Birchman’s South American Partners, will deliver a presentation at a special meeting of the Innovation Club. This is an 80 member private organisation of CEO’s and other top executives in Chile, dedicated to fostering business innovation and R&D in Chilean companies. The presentation will be sponsored by Universidad Adolfo Ibanez in which Guillermo Beuchat is a faculty member and delivers an IT based innovation course to executive MBA students.
Contact:
paul.griffith@birchmangroup.com
New SAP BI solution - BW-BPS 7.0 for Strategic Management
13/ 7/ 2006
Barcelona, Spain
This event will provide an overview of the latest release of SAP for BW-BPS and the opportunity to discuss and explore the Strategic Management area. It is expected to be attended by CIO’s,CFO’s and BI Project Managers.
Contact:
sandra.ortiz@birchman.es
New SAP BI solution - BW-BPS 7.0 for Strategic Management
11/ 7/ 2006
Madrid, Spain
This event will provide an overview of the latest release of SAP for BW-BPS and the opportunity to discuss and explore the Strategic Management area. It is expected to be attended by CIO’s,CFO’s and BI Project Managers.
Contact:
sandra.ortiz@birchman.es
3rd International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Managment and Organisational Learnin
19/ 10/ 2006
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Dr. Paul Griffths, Partner at Birchman Chile, will be Co-Chair of the 3rd International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Managment and Organisational Learning held on the 19-20 October in Chile.
Contact:
http://www.academic-conferences.org/icickm/icickm2006/icickm2006-home.htm
Commercial Value Management - Masterclass
05/ 09/ 2006
London, UK
A breakfast seminar to enable you to understand how you can implement Commercial Value Management in order to be able to address the following questions:
Find that you are investing more each year for the same return?
Know which customers make you the most profit?
Know what the balance is between your margin and the customer’s?
Know which promotions are the most profitable?
Know how many outlets actually implement your promotions?
Contact:
chris.edwards@birchman.co.uk
SAP for fashion
13/ 07/ 2006
Barcelona, Spain
This event provides an update of the latest
releases of SAP for Fashion companies
and Birchman FashionWorks. The
lastest SAP relevantacquisitions of
Triversity and MAP will be analysed and
the implications and opportunities
explored.
Contact:
sandra.ortiz@birchman.es
Quick wins from your SAP system
15/ 06/ 2006
Barcelona, Spain
A breakfast seminar to enable you to understand how you can add value to your business through new quick win projects based on your SAP system.
Four different types of projects that can add immediate value to your business will be analysed :
- Budgeting
- Cash Flow Planning
- Working Capital Optimization
- RFID
Contact:
Carme.manich@birchman.es
Mastering Benefits Management
31/ 05/ 2006
London
It is increasingly expected that those responsible for managing and delivering organisational change should also be in a position to anticipate, measure, optimise and demonstrate the beneficial outcomes from any investment.
This breakfast seminar will enable you to understand how you can determine and appoach into your business, as well as ways to make it part of the regiment of any initiative or programme you run.
Areas to be addressed during this seminar:
- Benefits Management Challenges
- Birchman Benefits Management Methodology
- Demonstration of BenVista toolset
- Case Studies and Lessons Learnt
Contact:
richard.morris@birchman.co.uk
Implementation of a Balanced Scorecard in your business
25/ 04/ 2006
Barcelona, Spain
A course in conjunction with La Salle University from the 25th to 27th of April aimed at educating its audience in the definition and practical implementation of the Balanced Scorecard in their business.
Contact:
www.salle.url.edu/pdp/prog/balanced.htm
The impact of Globalisation on local markets
12/ 04/ 2006
Perth, Australia
How is Globalisation affecting Western Australia?
Globalisation is affecting our everyday life with huge impacts being felt internationally and in our local communities. The globalisation trend was first pioneered by large multi-national organisations as they relentlessly pursued opportunities to reduce costs in the delivery of services and products to their customers and in the commoditisation of back office processes. The impact of globalisation is beginning to be felt in Western Australia as organisations develop strategies to remain relevant in an increasingly competitive environment.
The Birchman Group cordially invite you to attend a breakfast to discuss this topic . Our speaker, Jeremy Vincent, has held senior leadership positions in large-scale Global and European change programmes for Kimberly Clark, Polaroid, Allied Domecq and EMI. Jeremy is based in London and is managing the strategy development and delivery of a Global Change Programme for EMI Music.
The discussion will enable you to understand the likely impacts of globalisation on both the public and private sector first hand from one of the leaders in the field and to understand how technology is a critical enabler of successful globalization both at a local level and a global level.
Frank Early and Phil Thistlethwaite look forward to your company.
Venue: Fraser’s Restaurant
Fraser’s Avenue, Kings Park
West Perth
Contact:
events@birchman.com.au
IT Directors Strategy Meeting
27/ 03/ 2006
Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, London
A 2 day event for a 100 CIO's and IT Directors of UK businesses to discuss and explore the challenges and opportunities for the IT functions of today.
Contact:
www.ibdg.co.uk
CRM: SAP vs Siebel Comparison
14/ 02/ 2006
Barcelona, Hotel Catalonia Berna
An event in which the differences, advantages and disadvantages between the 2 main enterprise level CRM systems, SAP and Siebel, are outlined and demonstrated.
Contact:
Carme.manich@birchman.es
Information Systems for Strategic Enterprise Management in Adaptative Enterprises
24/ 01/ 2006
Madrid
This event provides an introduction to Beyond Budgeting and Business Performance Management. Round table discussions around the role of IT in the Strategic Enterprise, as well as demonstrations of some leading edge BPM solutions.
Contact:
Ramon.sanchez@birchman.es
IT Value Management: Eliminating the Barriers Between IT and the Business Workshop
11/ 01/ 2006
Santiago, Chile
Building on the success of the "IT Value Management: Eliminating the Barriers Between IT and the Business" workshop offered last September, Birchman have been retained by Seminarium (www.seminarium.com, a well-known provider of management development services, headquartered in Chile and with a presence in 8 countries, including the USA) to re-run the workshop on 11-12 January, 2006. It will be offered in an open format, and will be led by Paul Griffiths, Partner, and Nilsa Sanchez, Senior Consultant, of Birchman Chile. It is expected to be attended by C-level executives of multinationals and the largest companies in Chile.
Contact:
paul.griffiths@thebirchmangroup.cl
Final PPM Seminar of 2005
06/ 12/ 2005
Russel Square (London)
A major growing concern of the boardroom today is that despite significant time and resources invested in projects and programmes, they are still seeing millions of dollars lost each year through poor performance.
As a result business stakeholders and shareholders are demanding greater accountability to the business strategy regarding the performance of projects.
Birchman and Atlantic Global's PPM Seminars exploring how organisations can better balance their project programmes and portfolios, improve resource capability and align their intiatives with the business stategic goals
Contact:
Gareth.Edwards@Birchman.co.uk
XXXIX FELABAN (Federation of Latin American Banks) Annual Assembly
20/ 11/ 2005
Miami, Florida
XXXIX FELABAN (Federation of Latin AMerican Banks) Annual Assembly, organised by the FLorida International Bankers Association (F.I.B.A., www.fiba.net ) and held in Miami, Florida, on November 20-22, 2005. This is the most important annual meeting of bankers who do business in FLorida and Latin America, which this year will attract over 1,800 delegates, at C-level, from all over the world. Birchman will moderate the session of "Basel II: Opportunity or Obligation".
Contact:
www.felaban.com
Information Systems for Strategic Enterprise Management in Adaptative Enterprises
19/ 10/ 2005
Barcelona, Hotel Catalonia Berna.
This event provides an introduction to Beyond Budgeting and Business Performance Management. Round table discussions around the role of IT in the Strategic Enterprise, as well as demonstrations of some leading edge BPM solutions.
Contact:
Carme.manich@birchman.es
SAP Upgrade Event with teh SAP user group
13/ 05/ 2002
United Kingdom
In conjunction with the UK SAP user group Birchman will be hosting an event that focuses on upgrading SAP. We will have a customer at the event who will present a case study that shows that an upgrade doesn’t have to be viewed as a major project. In addition we will be running a “tips and tricks” discussion session on how to justify, plan and carry out a successful SAP upgrade.
Contact:
gareth.edwards@birchmangroup.com
Business Intelligence: Evolution or Revolution
21/ 02/ 2002
Barcelona, Spain
A one day workshop where Birchman will explain what is possible to do in the business Intelligence arena and what is new in the SAP strategy. Understand the complete SAP portfolio in this area and the right strategy to obtain the biggest rate of return.
Contact:
javier.aguayo@birchmangroup.com
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