BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200312T123000Z DTEND:20200312T140000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:STRATEGIC SOURCING ROUNDTABLE DESCRIPTION:Strategic Sourcing Roundtable Here are a few example topics from our 2019 discussions\, but\, what we discuss is totally up to you since this is a peer-to-peer discussion to help you with challenges large or small:\n\n-Added at the end 'How to work with loose cannons with regard to purchasing'\, \n\n-Back door selling\,\n\n-Change orders/scope creep\,\n\n-Contract management system\,\n\n-Data to support standardization buying\,\n\n-Forecasting prices for 2020\, \n\n-Centralization\,\n\n-Global procurement\,\n\n-Government shutdown\,\n\n-Inbound international logistics\,\n\n-Inbound/outbound logistics strategy\,\n\n-Indirect procurement system[s] and implementation\n\n-Indirect spend challenges x 3\,\n\n-Innovation\,\n\n-ISO certification\,\n\n-Lead-time reduction\n\n-Material cost\,\n\n-Medical [FDA] regulations x 2\n\n-Metrics x 3\,\n\n-Onboarding\,\n\n-Purchase order versus MPA\,\n\n-Single source challenges\,\n\n-Sourcing versus buying x 2\,\n\n-Staffing\,\n\n-Supplier 'controls'\,\n\n-Supplier diversity\,\n\n-Supplier skill gaps\n\n-Tariffs x 2\,\n\n-Tariffs\, \n\n-Value of purchasing within the organization\,\n\n-Work process streamlining\,\n\n-Work-life balances / celebrations X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Strategic \;Sourcing Roundtable \; Here are a few example topics from \;our 2019 \;discussions\, but\, what we discuss is totally up to you since this is a peer-to-peer discussion to help you with challenges large or small:
\n-Added at the end &lsquo\;How to work with loose cannons with regard to purchasing&rsquo\;\, \;
\n-Back door selling\,
\n-Change orders/scope creep\,
\n-Contract management system\,
\n-Data to support standardization &ndash\; buying\,
\n-Forecasting prices for 2020\, \;
\n-Centralization\,
\n-Global procurement\,
\n-Government shutdown\,
\n-Inbound international logistics\,
\n-Inbound/outbound logistics strategy\,
\n-Indirect procurement system[s] and implementation
\n-Indirect spend challenges x 3\,
\n-Innovation\,
\n-ISO certification\,
\n-Lead-time reduction
\n-Material cost\,
\n-Medical [FDA] regulations x 2
\n-Metrics x 3\,
\n-Onboarding\,
\n-Purchase order versus MPA\,
\n-Single source challenges\,
\n-Sourcing versus buying x 2\,
\n-Staffing\,
\n-Supplier &lsquo\;controls&rsquo\;\,
\n-Supplier diversity\,
\n-Supplier skill gaps
\n-Tariffs x 2\,
\n-Tariffs\, \;
\n-Value of purchasing within the organization\,
\n-Work process streamlining\,
\n-Work-life balances / celebrations
\n \;\n

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\n LOCATION:Location varies - stay tuned for where we will meet. March 12 2020 - Johnsonville UID:e.853.35589 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260407T165957Z URL:https://business.sheboygan.org/events/details/strategic-sourcing-roundtable-03-12-2020-35589 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR