Jon W. Hansen

Current

• Lead Facilitator at KM Value Network (Ontario Knowledge Cluster)
• Chief Architect at CATAAlliance Supply (Chain) Practices Hub
• Consultant and Speaker at Hansen Consulting & Seminars Inc.

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Past

• President at e-Procure Solutions Corp.
• CEO at Parts Logistics Management Corp.

Education

• Elmwood

Recommended

10 people have recommended Jon W.

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Logistics and Supply Chain

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• The Light of Love

Jon W. Hansen ’s Summary

I have an unquenchable passion for procurement and through my seminar series and various articles, papers and columns I strive to create an environment that empowers professionals to think outside of the framework of that with which they are most familiar.

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"Jon Hansen is very knowledgeable and articulate on this topic we affectionately call eProcurement, and I believe that he is really one of the few who have been able to truly visualize the multi-faceted aspects of what can make it work."

Bob Sievert - Director, eProcurement Bureau Commonwealth of Virginia


“Jon is brilliant with the subject matter”

Bob Gage
Corporate Director Purchasing
Kruger Inc. (formerly Scott Paper Canada)


"Your paper was an outstanding example of the theme of this year’s symposium . . . the audience emerged energized and enthused about the benefits delivered by your presentation . . . your experience and insights is a welcome addition to our professional body of knowledge."

(Robert W. Dye – President, Purchasing Management Association of
Canada)


“It is reassuring to see that there are methodologies like yours that have been developed in industry and that are available to assist the DND in reaching its goals in the realm of smart procurement and procurement transformation.”

Dan Ross
Assistant Deputy Minister
National Defence

Jon W. Hansen ’s Specialties:

All areas of Supply Chain Management centering on innovation and results improvement, lecturer and speaker, published writer.

Jon W. Hansen ’s Experience

• Lead Facilitator

  KM Value Network (Ontario Knowledge Cluster)

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  January 2008 — Present (5 months)

  The Ontario Knowledge Cluster brings together diverse and seemingly disparate avenues of thought leadership and practice proficiency with the intent of establishing a collaborative process through which real-world solutions to complex problems can be achieved.
  
  To be successful both today and for many years to come it is important that the Cluster be built on this foundation of true collaboration and cooperation in which each member leaves a unique imprint on the evolution of collective outcomes. This is one of my primary mandates as lead facilitator.
  
  Use the following link to learn more about the KM Value Network (Ontario Knowledge Cluster):
  
  http://procureinsights.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/km-value-network-ontario-knowledge-cluster-launched/

• Chief Architect

  CATAAlliance Supply (Chain) Practices Hub

  (Think Tanks industry)

  December 2007 — Present (6 months)

  Through a variety of medium such as my seminar series and various articles, papers and columns I strive to present the ideas and insights that will empower professionals to think outside of the framework of that with which they are most familiar.
  
  It was in this spirit that I introduced the Procurement Insights Blog in May of 2007 (http://procureinsights.wordpress.com/)
  
  It is also with this same level of enthusiasm that I have accepted the role of Chief Architect for the CATAAlliance Supply (Chain) Practices Hub. CATA (http://www.cata.ca/), is recognized as the thought leader in terms of industry best practices, serving a core membership base of 28,000. The Supply (Chain) Practices Hub represents the next logical step in delivering value to both private and public sector professionals throughout the world.

• Consultant and Speaker

  Hansen Consulting & Seminars Inc.

  (Privately Held; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Seminar and Conference Speaker
  Supply Chain Consulting
  Columnist
  
  I am often retained by organizations such as the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC), the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) and the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) to provide either a 1-Day orientation seminar or 2-Day accredited course based on my award winning Changing Face of Procurement Conference Series. This 4-Part Series has successfully provided both public and private sector organizations with the insights they have needed to effectively evaluate the viability of their e-procurement strategy (including RFP creation) or alternatively, to drive greater value from an existing e-procurement program.
  
  I launched the Procurement Insights Blog (http://procureinsights.wordpress.com/) in May 2007. In the the first month there was close to 15,000 post reads.

• President

  e-Procure Solutions Corp.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

  August 2002 — May 2007 (4 years 10 months)

  Motivated by the identification of the 2 commodity characteristics discussed in the Acres of Diamonds paper (in particular the Dynamic Flux findings), I led a development team that investigated the potential to utilize advanced algorithms as a means of reliably increase purchasing autonomy at the local level while still adhering to centrally established objectives.
  
  The research was partly funded by the Government of Canada’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development - SR&ED program. The end result was the introduction of the first algorithm-based purchasing tool that enabled a major public sector organization to realize a 23% cost of goods savings annually over a period of several years, while simultaneously reducing the total number of centralized buyers required to manage a major contract to 3 from an original 23.

• CEO

  Parts Logistics Management Corp.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1995 — August 2002 (7 years 8 months)

  Sold company to a publicly traded organization in May 2001

Jon W. Hansen ’s Education

• Elmwood

  1972 — 1978

Additional Information

Jon W. Hansen ’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• The Light of Love

Jon W. Hansen ’s Interests:

Writing (published in terms of articles and columns, I am working on my first book) Research and Analyses Family time and Community Church involvement

Jon W. Hansen ’s Groups:

PMAC, NIGP and NAEP (actively engaged as a speaker and lecturer)
Chair for the Summit Roundtable on Federal Government Procurement Practice (2006)
Formerly sat on the PSBC for ITAC, Marzar, CATA (Supply Chain), Viadeo, Connectture, XING, Zoom, Spoke, SiliconIndia, Business Intelligence Group, Associatedigitale, VLAB, IASA

•    The DallasBlue Business Network member
•    eOffice member
•    ASSODIGITALE - www.assodigitale.it - member
•    VSVN member
•    Solacria Association member
•    International Association of Software Architects member
•    Supply Chain Movement member
•    Supply Chain Professionals member
•    U.S. Government Relations / Global Public Relations Group member
•    Business Intelligence Group member
•    International Network of Social Entrepreneurs member
•    Trade Professional.Net member
•    SAP Community member
•    For Knowledge Persons member
•    Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) member
•    Linking China member
•    Business Intelligence Professionals member
•    TopLinked.com member
•    Speakers and Panelists member
•    THE GLOBAL SOURCING COUNCIL (GSC) member
•    SITE - Swiss Info & Template Exchange member
•    Capgemini Global Supply Chain Network member
•    Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, & Lean Group member
•    Supply Chain Bloggers Council member
•    Green Supply Chain member
•    SCN RFID Lab member
•    SCN Better Faster Smarter member
•    SCN Supply Chain Management Software member
•    Green ITers - The Clean Tech Global Thinkers member
•    After the Invite member
•    ADF International Network member

Jon W. Hansen ’s Honors:

Ottawa Finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004 and 2005
Supply Chain Symposium Honourable Mention in 2005 for paper "Acres of Diamonds: The Value of Effectively Managing Low-Dollar, High Transactional Volume Spend"

Jon W. Hansen ’s Contact Settings

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