Rocky Mountain Chapter, NECA/SMACNA Colorado

Session 9 – Purchasing Best Practices The second greatest risk for electrical and mechanical contractors is the ability to positively affect the supply chain for materials. In this session, we will discuss concepts behind effective material planning strategies, enterprise level purchasing methodologies, and managing the service levels of our material vendors. Attendees to include field leaders, project administrators, project engineers, project managers, project executives, group/branch executives, financial managers, owners. Learning Objectives:
• How to properly leverage preconstruction planning to drive a proactive purchasing strategy
• How to align risk management between labor and material in order to produce valuable project insight
• Vendor partnership agreement and vendor managed inventory structures and their proper deployment