STRATEGIC SOURCING ROUNDTABLE

Strategic Sourcing Roundtable - 

What is the best way for this roundtable to help you address your challenges involved with supply chain topics?  Should we talk about a 'best practices' topic you would mention in advance of the roundtable or do we discuss your 'hot button' issues?

Here are example topics.  Will we address these as a  'best practices' or a 'hot topic'?
-How to work with loose cannons with regard to purchasing?, 
-Back door selling,
-Change orders/scope creep,
-Contract management system,
-Data to support standardization,
-Forecasting prices 
-Centralization,
-Global procurement,
-Government shutdown,
-Inbound international logistics,
-Inbound/outbound logistics strategy,
-Indirect procurement system[s] and implementation
-Indirect spend challenges x 3,
-Innovation,
-ISO certification,
-Lead-time reduction
-Material cost,
-Medical [FDA] regulations x 2
-Metrics x 3,
-Onboarding,
-Purchase order versus MPA,
-Single source challenges,
-Sourcing versus buying x 2,
-Staffing,
-Supplier controls,
-Supplier diversity,
-Supplier skill gaps
-Tariffs x 2,
-Tariffs, 
-Value of purchasing within the organization,
-Work process streamlining,
-Work-life balances / celebrations
 

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