Strategic Sourcing Roundtable Here are a few example topics from recent 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:
-Added at the end - How to work with loose cannons with regard to purchasing?,
-Back door selling,
-Change orders/scope creep,
-Contract management system,
-Data to support standardization buying,
-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
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CST
7:30 am to 9:00 am
2nd Thursday of every other month
Odd-numbered months (Jan/Mar/May/Jul/Sep/Nov)
Location varies - stay tuned for where we will meet.
ON NOVEMBER 11, WE WILL MEET VIRTUALLY
No fee
A benefit of Sheboygan County Chamber Membership
John Rogers
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