BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Opus Kinetic - ECPv6.15.12.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Opus Kinetic X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.opuskinetic.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Opus Kinetic REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:+08 DTSTART:20150101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191031 DTSTAMP:20260406T201651 CREATED:20190418T091559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T091825Z UID:10000445-1572220800-1572479999@www.opuskinetic.com SUMMARY:Procurement Certification in Combatting Risk and Fraud DESCRIPTION:Overview\nDelegates attending this workshop will understand how to reduce the risk and cost of fraud to their organisation and how to secure better value from better procurement and better contracting outcomes. \n\nCombating procurement fraud is vital. Procurement fraud costs SE Asia US$140billion each year. Nearly all organisations will have been victims of procurement fraud and the consequences can be much greater than the value of the fraud. \n• For private sector organisations\, tackling it vigorously can mean boosting profits by several percentage points – making the difference between being a ‘winner’ and‘loser’ – expanding or contracting.\n• For governments\, tackling procurement fraud effectively can boost its reputation\, thus attracting more inward investment\, improving public services and\, with globalisation\, making it a more competitive nation. \n  \nSpecific benefits for delegates include: \n\nAn understanding of procurement fraud\, the risks and how their organisation can combat it;\nAn understanding of why organisations often do the wrong thing to combat procurement fraud;\n30 ‘tools’ and checklist that can be applied by their organisation;\nan exceptional set of slides;\na template for creating an anti-fraud plan tailored for their organisation.\nAn improved understanding of first class procurement and contracting and how to achieve it.\n\nSpecific benefits for organisations include: \n\nCash savings through better procurement\nCash savings through combating procurement fraud\nbetter contracting outcomes\nImproved reputation\nImproved competitiveness\n\nWho Should Attend\n• Company directors\n• Senior and Middle ranking Public Officials\n• Finance Directors\n• Finance Staff\n• Auditors\n• Operational Directors and Managers\n• Operational Staff\n• Commercial Directors\n• Procurement Directors\n• Procurement Managers and Staff\n• Public Sector Policy Makers \nKey Learning Objectives\nDelegates will get to understand:\n• Scale and impact of procurement fraud in SE Asia\, by nation and region\n• Consequences and cost of procurement fraud to governments and businesses\n• Categories of procurement fraud\, including corruption\, contractor fraud\, conflict of interest\,  theft and cyber fraud and which is the most\ncommon\n• How procurement fraud is committed\n• Why people commit procurement fraud\n• The industries most susceptible to procurement fraud\n• Fraud prevention controls\, which are the most effective – and comparing effectiveness with practicality\n• Procurement cycle and points of risk\n• Minimising fraud in contracting\n• Bid-rigging indicators\n• How to reduce contractor and sub-contractor fraud\n• Tackling cartels and monopolies\n• How to reduce cyber fraud\n• Creating an anti-fraud culture\n• Ethical codes\n• Top tips to discourage fraud and corruption\n• First class procurement\n• Combating fraud through creating First Class Procurement: What it is and how can it be achieved\n• Fraud and investigation\n• Characteristics of fraud perpetrators and behavioural ‘red alerts’\n• Financial ‘red alerts’.\n• Creating an anti-fraud plan tailored for your organisation. \n\nLearning will be through lectures\, syndicate and class exercises. \nEnquiry Form\n\n\n \n \n SalutationMr.Miss.Mrs.Mdm.Dr.Prof.Capt.Name\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n PhoneEmail\n \n CompanyAdditional Comments:CAPTCHA URL:https://www.opuskinetic.com/training/procurement-certification-in-combatting-risk-and-fraud-3/ LOCATION:Hong Kong\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Banking and Finance,Corporate, Business Management and HR GEO:22.396428;114.109497 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170623 DTSTAMP:20260406T201651 CREATED:20170622T094424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211220T020927Z UID:10000076-1498089600-1498175999@www.opuskinetic.com SUMMARY:Combating Procurement Fraud (Hong Kong) DESCRIPTION:Overview\nProcurement fraud can occur at every stage of the contracting process. Organizations need to be aware of the vulnerabilities and risks associated with bribery and corruption. Regardless of the size of the organization\, purchasing activities will inevitably attract a fraudster’s attention when it reaches a significant level. Coupled with the possible lack of internal control\, confidential information may be leaked and fraudsters may make use of the opportunity to their benefit. Attending this course will give delegates the critical knowledge and skills to discover procurement fraud opportunities commonly used to breach and exploit corporate accounts. Understanding how such fraud is committed is crucial to take on countermeasures to strengthen the organization’s internal control. This course enables you to identify vulnerabilities in your organization’s procurement procedures\, operations protocols and contract and tender drafting and also provides solutions to those loopholes to mitigate the risks of fraud. Furthermore\, the section on procurement fraud detection will provide delegates with essential investigation skills and efficient response plans. \nWho Should Attend:\n\nHead of Procurement\nInternal Auditors\nChief Procurement Officers\nProcurement Managers\nAssistant Procurement Managers\nContract and Tender Managers\nRisk Management Managers\nLegal/Compliance Executive\nFinance Managers\nProject Managers\nBuyers\nFraud Investigators and Managers\nIncluding key personnel involved in the procurement process of their organization\, from all industries.\n\n  \nEndorsed By: URL:https://www.opuskinetic.com/training/combating-procurement-fraud-hong-kong/ LOCATION:Hong Kong\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Procurement GEO:22.396428;114.109497 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161025 DTSTAMP:20260406T201651 CREATED:20170622T093712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211220T020918Z UID:10000071-1477267200-1477353599@www.opuskinetic.com SUMMARY:Procurement Certification in Combating Risk and Fraud DESCRIPTION:Overview\nRegardless of the size of the organization\, purchasing activities will inevitably attract a fraudster’s attention when it reaches a significant level. Coupled with the possible lack of internal control\, confidential information may be leaked and fraudsters may make use of the opportunity to their benefit. Attending this course will give delegates the critical knowledge and skills to discover procurement fraud opportunities commonly used to breach and exploit corporate accounts. Understanding how such fraud is committed is crucial to take on countermeasures to strengthen the organization’s internal control. This course enables you to identify vulnerabilities in your organization’s procurement procedures\, operations protocols and contract and tender drafting and also provides solutions to those loopholes to mitigate the risks of fraud. Furthermore\, the section on procurement fraud detection will provide delegates with essential investigation skills and efficient response plans. \nWho Should Attend\n\nCompany directors\nSenior and Middle ranking Public Officials\nFinance Directors\nFinance Staff\nAuditors\nOperational Directors and Managers\nOperational Staff\nCommercial Directors\nProcurement Directors\nProcurement Managers and Staff\nPublic Sector Policy Makers\n\n\nKey Learning Objectives\n\nANALYSE the causes and history of past major fraud cases and learn from past experiences\nUNDERSTAND consequences of procurement fraud to prepare for adverse circumstances\nRESPOND promptly to fraud detection and red flags\nMONITOR procurement cycles to review procurement planning\nESTABLISH clear job responsibilities for procurement management ADMINISTER actions on fraud to redress against fraudulent suppliers\, bid          rigging and cartels\nREDUCE risk of contract fraud by advocating appropriate tendering process and evaluation\nSTRENGTHEN internal controls to protect company resources by conducting effective procurement fraud checks regularly\n\nEndorsed by: \n   \n \nOur definitive portal\, The Power Times provides information and news on power generation\, transmission and distribution entities. There is in-depth coverage of projects\, contracts and business news\, to technological innovations and improvements\, and to future market trends. We offer technology-focused e-newsletters\, company search via online product and company directories. Other facilities include job postings\, events calendar\, interactive news commentary\, blogging\, social media connections\, technology basics and much more. \n  \n \nWe are\, The Hotel Times an online hospitality news portal to provide quality information to hoteliers and industry consultants. The portal serves a worldwide audience of hospitality professionals\, providing them with both daily updated content and interactive services. The site offers industry news\, multimedia streamed features\, discussion platforms\, a recruitment center\, a supplier marketplace and several focus areas in areas such as technology and sales & marketing. \n  \n \nThe Pharma Times portal provides pharmacists\, pharmacy technicians\, and others in the industry with the most comprehensive suite of web-based tools and pharma information available. The vast pharmaceutical and biotech industry is comprehensively covered to keep you up-to-date on breaking news\, company announcements\, trends and analysis. \n  \n \nThe SME Times portal present articles that provide actionable information for small business owners and their employees\, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Profiles of entrepreneurs will be inspirational making you learn how to be one and progress to the next level. Our support to the small business community has resulted in an online discussion forum to share ideas and knowledge\, ask questions\, find help and encourage each other. \n  \n \nThe Property Times presents real estate news\, information\, advice\, research\, opinion and commentary for industry professionals and consumers alike. We are dedicated to sharing input from industry professionals\, articles on breaking news\, and statistics showing exactly what’s going on in the market. With up-to-date news published by our organization\, investors stay informed on local and national trends. Thus a more informed decision leads to making higher net returns. \n  \nFor further information of this course\, please email to info@opuskinetic.com URL:https://www.opuskinetic.com/training/procurement-certification-in-combating-risk-and-fraud/ LOCATION:Hong Kong\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Procurement GEO:22.396428;114.109497 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161017 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161018 DTSTAMP:20260406T201651 CREATED:20170623T081918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211220T021053Z UID:10000156-1476662400-1476748799@www.opuskinetic.com SUMMARY:Implementing & Managing Successful Service Level Agreements DESCRIPTION:Overview\nA Gartner Group report on SLAs & services management states “ . . . SLAs are a powerful aid in building partnerships with customers\, assuring customer input to IT planning and providing a measurement base for IS performance”. In addition\, studies over the last fifteen years have found that organisations with effective services management and SLAs outperform those that don’t – a key success factor in today’s post-GFC world. \nThe problem however\, is making sure you’ve got the right SLA with the right services for the right customer at the right time. Poorly structured SLAs and poorly defined services can impact on organisations achieving their business objectives\, cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars\, and generate disgruntled end users of those services. This 2 day seminar will give all you need to know to design\, develop\, implement and manage world class SLAs for your organisation. It will also show you how to identify\, define and deliver services that are not only agile but give your organisation sustainable competitive advantage. \n\nWho Should Attend\n\nCEO\n COO / Operations Manager\nCFO / VP Finance\nFinance Director\nCIO / IT Manager\nGeneral Manager\nService Delivery Manager\nCustomer Support Manager\nCustomer Service Manager\nTechnical Support Manager\nPlanning Manager\nQuality Manager\nProject Manager\nVendor Manager\nBusiness Process Manager\nOutsourcing Manager\nHR Manager\n\n\nKey Learning Objectives\n\nUnderstand the strategic importance of SLAs and services management for your organization.\n Discover how to structure an SLA that is effective and powerful yet easy to manage.\nIdentify which services your organisation should be offering to build agility in the SLA.\nLearn how to define services using the ten components and 3 “C”s – Clear\, Concise & Comprehensive.\nAscertain whether your organisation is ready for SLAs – what you should look for.\nBuild world class SLAs and establish where & how to source your services for cost effectiveness.\nManage your services and SLAs for sustainable competitive advantage using well proven techniques\nEffectively monitor and measure service delivery performance and quality using SERVQUAL – a well proven methodology for measuring service        quality.\n\n  \nEndorsed by: \n \n  \n \nOur definitive portal\, The Power Times provides information and news on power generation\, transmission and distribution entities. There is in-depth coverage of projects\, contracts and business news\, to technological innovations and improvements\, and to future market trends. We offer technology-focused e-newsletters\, company search via online product and company directories. Other facilities include job postings\, events calendar\, interactive news commentary\, blogging\, social media connections\, technology basics and much more. \n  \n \nWe are\, The Hotel Times an online hospitality news portal to provide quality information to hoteliers and industry consultants. The portal serves a worldwide audience of hospitality professionals\, providing them with both daily updated content and interactive services. The site offers industry news\, multimedia streamed features\, discussion platforms\, a recruitment center\, a supplier marketplace and several focus areas in areas such as technology and sales & marketing. \n  \n \nThe Pharma Times portal provides pharmacists\, pharmacy technicians\, and others in the industry with the most comprehensive suite of web-based tools and pharma information available. The vast pharmaceutical and biotech industry is comprehensively covered to keep you up-to-date on breaking news\, company announcements\, trends and analysis. \n  \n \nThe SME Times portal present articles that provide actionable information for small business owners and their employees\, and aspiring entrepreneurs. Profiles of entrepreneurs will be inspirational making you learn how to be one and progress to the next level. Our support to the small business community has resulted in an online discussion forum to share ideas and knowledge\, ask questions\, find help and encourage each other. \n  \n \nThe Property Times presents real estate news\, information\, advice\, research\, opinion and commentary for industry professionals and consumers alike. We are dedicated to sharing input from industry professionals\, articles on breaking news\, and statistics showing exactly what’s going on in the market. With up-to-date news published by our organization\, investors stay informed on local and national trends. Thus a more informed decision leads to making higher net returns. \n\nFor further information of this course\, please email to info@opuskinetic.com URL:https://www.opuskinetic.com/training/implementing-managing-successful-service-level-agreements-4/ LOCATION:Hong Kong\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:Contracts,Procurement GEO:22.396428;114.109497 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR