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Greetings, I hope you don't fall into pre-Christmas panic and rather enjoy your stockings :)

The end of the year encourages a little recapitulation so that we feel good that it was all worth it this year. Currently, for example, we are rejoicing with the astronauts from the International Space Station who, after eight long months, finally found the lost tomato. :) We can also boast of a new addition to the PROEBIZ family. A colleague gave birth to a son by himself right in the car when the lady didn't want to wait any longer. Not only are our children multiplying, but so is eBF, which has its premiere in Warsaw. Vienna is slowly approaching the final and Ostrava will celebrate 20 years next year, while the visions are grand. It was a really good year.

Information sharing, mutual inspiration, a community that together discusses new topics and innovations in procurement. This was also what December's Deloitte Procurement Round Table in Vienna was about. It was fascinating to observe how they perceive current topics in the field of procurement just a short distance beyond our borders in Austria. And if the idea of the eBF procurement festival in Austria takes hold, I believe it can take our entire procurement community in Central Europe one step further and enrich us all even more. Kristina

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A number of interesting debates accompanied the fourth module of the course entitled "Planning, purchasing strategy, supply chain management" and it was again rewarding to see how the purchasing craft is viewed in companies (Jan Hirsch, Blanco) and in the public sector (Ondrej Kuruc, MZSR). In the beginning, we focused on planning, creating a plan and how the plan should serve us - control, direction indicator, tool for setting goals, relationship with suppliers. Thanks to the very apt slides and announcements from the film The Brave Seven, we understood that this gem of film cinematography is actually a well of inspirational topics for every buyer, which contributed to the excellent mood in the hall.

The third module was devoted to category management and master data, and we were again guided through the module by the great couple Miloš Olejník and Zdeněk Pytlíček (GasNet CZ). Both supporting topics were intertwined during the module and it was clearly confirmed that without quality data it is difficult to carry out category management. We learned about the eight basic cycles of category management, how to analyze data using ABC analysis, the Kraljic matrix, the A.T.Kearney procurement board and more.

As Miloš Olejník aptly noted, "there is no strategic procurement without a procurement plan, category management cannot exist without planning". Together with Jan Hirsch (Blanco), at the beginning of the second module, they explained to us what the procurement plan is, its importance for the organization and the procurement department, and what its necessary content should be. The key element is that the plan is not just a "drawer" document, but is used at least to manage the relationship with suppliers, control, direct procurement and be a tool for setting goals.

The twentieth year of our procurement festival has a new face and shape. This time there will be a visual created by Rosti Pospíšil, Czech artist, typographer, occasional writer and theater author. The charming and playful characters fit perfectly into the friendly atmosphere of eBF. But judge for yourself! Don't be afraid to share your own opinion.

We are happy to announce that we have launched the registration form for the twentieth year of eBF 2024! Don't miss the opportunity to take advantage of discounted early bird tickets and reserve your spot at the festival now. Join us and look forward to unforgettable days from June 11 to 14, 2024, when we will meet again. It will definitely be worth it!

Registration HERE
Price list HERE

The weather is not favoring the holidays, but we can report that the ticket price list for the 20th anniversary of the Ostrava eBF 2024 has already been published! There will also be the traditional early birds tickets, while flying through this whimsical summer there is nothing stopping you from catching them until the end of September. We are glad that you are contacting us and we believe that the publication of the prices will help everyone who already needs to include eBF 2024 in their plans. RegistrationTon eBF will be launched soon.
Look at the price list

Summer knocks on the door and EBF 2023 says goodbye. At the end and as a farewell, we have prepared a short video for you, which will certainly please the demanding viewers. We look forward to seeing the semester courses for the EBF team Digital procurement team / digital custom team (pbacademy.cz) and EBF 2024 (ebizforum.com). Enjoy the summer.

The promised video here

The seventh year of the SPOLU exhibition was a huge success. More than 300 registered visitors to the opening itself catapulted this event to the top of the field, and there were rumors in the corridors that this was the Ostrava opening of the year! The works of painters, photographers, jewelers, ceramic masters were admired and it only showed how many excellent artists there are among us, who, in addition to shopping, have great talent in other fields as well. So don't hesitate to take the brushes out of the cupboards, dust off the beloved SLR camera, because next year we will start everything TOGETHER again! It is not for nothing that it is said that "art is the key to innovation and creativity in all areas of life".

The exhibition itself was open for the entire duration of the eBF festival and it was amazing to see how individuals or even groups were milling around the exhibition hall, it was alive! On Thursday, we combined art and expertise. The MEDICAL stage in these amazing backdrops was bursting at the seams and they had to quickly find more chairs. Come and reminisce with us and take a look at the photo gallery of the festival - HERE