Electronic Supply Management (ESM) Group
Business Plan 2006-2007
Revised June 2006
Group Mission
Establish an environment for providing insight and advancing the field
of e-Supply Management through member participation.
Purpose of this Document
The ESM Group adopts this Business Plan to outline its planned
value-added activities to provide education and information for its
membership in 2006-2007.
Scope
This Business Plan approved by the ESM Executive Committee, covers the
period September 2006 to August 2007and will be reviewed in May of each
year.
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in this Business Plan.
ESM Group Electronic Supply Management Group (formerly Electronic
Commerce Group)
ISM Institute of Supply Management
ESM Member Services
The ESM Group has the responsibility to provide leadership and education
for its membership and ISM at large in the application of electronic
tools to enable world class supply management practices.
Some of the key areas of focus include: online procurement, online
sourcing and reverse auctions, related legal issues, online contract
management, technology-enabled business process management and spend
analysis / spend management.
The ESM Group will serve the membership of ISM in the following
ways:
a. Provide leadership and insight into supply management technology
functionality available to supply management professionals
b. Provide educational opportunities for supply management professionals
in technology capabilities, strengths and weaknesses; implementation and
economic considerations and industry / market trends.
c. Provide a forum to share professional experiences and innovative
ideas that will assist the members in leveraging technology to enhance
supply management effectiveness
d. Provide a third party perspective regarding strengths and weaknesses
of technology that is not biased toward any particular vendor,
integrator or technology platform.
e. Provide a resource (via website) that acts as a central hub for
dissemination of relevant information of interest to ESM Group
membership to include articles and URLs of interest
Member Outreach Program
Beyond participation in the Annual International Supply Management
Conference, the ESM Group has only sporadically reached out to the
larger ISM membership in a concerted fashion. Membership outreach,
recruitment and engagement will be a key priority for the ESM group this
year.
A key tactic planned to engage members is the development and
maintenance of the ISM-ESM web site as described above.
We will also try to build upon the momentum gained with the one-day
seminar for the Philadelphia ISM chapter. The seminar was well-received
by participants and can be used as a template for future member
outreach.
We plan to use the interest list collected at the May 2005 national
meeting, the interest database managed by ISM and other relevant
contacts for member outreach.
Board of Directors
The following people have agreed to serve on the ESM Group board of
directors for 2006/2007:
Chairperson Jim Pfeiffer jpfeiffer@alvarezandmarsal.com
First Vice Chairperson Ernest Gabbard egabbard@alleghenytechnologies.com
Second Vice Chairperson Brian Long brian@mmii.org
Treasurer Elaine Whittington ewhitt2@verizon.net
Secretary Nancy Johnson n.johnson@lacksenterprises.com
Immediate Former Chairperson Ken Wellington
wellingtonk@storeroomsolutions.com
Board member Ray Wise ray_wise@harvard.edu
Board member Eileen Kabay kabay_eileen@bah.com
Board member Sandy Webb Sandy.webb@bellsouth.com
Board member / co-web master Mike Taylor Michael_L_Taylor@RL.gov
Board member / co-web master Ed Wainright ed_wainwright@hotmail.com
Annual Meeting
ESM plans to hold its annual board meeting at the ISM International
Conference in May of each year.
.The annual meeting format is to review, revise and agree upon our:
Board member commitment / mission statement
Group objectives for the coming year
Membership roster
Strategic plan
Membership / recruitment
Communication plan
Website content ownership
Value-added service offering
The meeting format and agenda for all annual board meetings is
planned and communicated from the Chair approximately four weeks before
the scheduled meeting date to solicit additions or changes from the ESM
Group.
Business Action Planned for the
2006/2007:
We believe that the ESM Group is more relevant than ever to the ISM
membership. Further, any reduction in interest in the group by ISM
membership is a reflection of a lack of marketing what we have to offer.
This years agenda will focus on developing a plan to develop and
publicize the ESM Group value offer, to stimulate participation in the
group and, ultimately, to develop an active community of interested
professionals.
We will review the activity of the group since the last board meeting
including the lessons learned from the one-day seminar conducted for the
Philadelphia chapter. We will review the outcome of our participation at
the International Conference and evaluate next years participation and
possible program.
Re-election, election and changing of officers are scheduled for this
year. The ESM Group will conduct elections at the May 2007 annual
meeting.
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