Windmills and Tulips…here we come!

It is a Saturday, and people who would be normally seen reclining in front of a “Friends” re-run with a bag of chips and beer – are hard at work at the office today. The rare sight is being seen because there are only two days left for the second event in the Zycus Experience Tour – Amsterdam. The backdrops and the standees came in yesterday – and they look amazing… (stay tuned for the photos…) The tote-bags, badges, lanyards, pens, pads, brochures, agendas… all of them are here. There are 4 people traveling and there is 135 kg between us – apart from our personal stuff. (Why haven’t they invented self-cleaning underwear yet?!!)

The final Agenda at Amsterdam looks great… see it for yourself…

A special note on that last bit before the networking session – Spend Management Showcase. This is probably the first time procurement folk in the Benelux region will see Integrated Spend Management in action. Think about it – Analyze where  you spend and how much, Identify opportunities for savings through vendor consolidation, Flip that opportunity into a reverse auction (which will more or less ensure that you get the best deal) – and just Flip that into a contract which can be tracked and managed for its entire lifecycle. Normally the above (loosely called Spend Management) would take 5 teams, 3 months and 3 different software. If that sounds great…then think about all that happening in one integrated interface. Now procurement folk can actually start working on reducing cost instantly, with the ROI coming in a lot sooner and the savings sustained over a long period of time.And that folks, is the Integrated Spend Management Experience.

Wanna know more? If you are around Amsterdam on the 9th (or Oslo on the 11th) – feel free to drop in.

It’s free. And you get a great silk miniature painting to show off to the neighbors…

Now that the mandatory weekly sales pitch is over – it is time for us to leave. The bags are packed and the smell of freshly baked notepads is in the air. KLM – here we come!

(Next report from Holland…)