Addressing Supplier Relationship Management

Network Outputs - Procurement & Supply Chain

Meeting Details

Host:KnowledgeBrief

Venue: 9 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DR

Facilitated by: Jon Harvey

At this Innovation Research Meeting, members have:

1. Scanned the key trends from business and wider world that are current, highlighting the key issues germane to this network
2. Focused upon those trends which are having a direct impact on your day-to-day professional and management decisions
3. Identified actions to take in order to innovate and lead thinking within this overall context
4. Pinpointed issues for further discussion on-line and at the Quarterly Strategic Outlook and reviewed the meeting

Meeting Agenda: Procurement and Supply Chain Innovation Meeting

08:00 Arrival and breakfast

08:30 Welcome, round table of introductions

Jon Harvey, Network Facilitator, KnowledgeBrief

Jon will provide an introduction to the objectives of the innovation exchange and will invite participants to introduce themselves.

08:40 Scan:

Jon will then share with the group some of the Key trends latest thinking on innovation theory, from the business and wider world.

09:00 Focus:

Three members will share one to two innovative ideas or experiences with the group around one or two of the following headings:

• How can we harness the colder economic climate to source supplies and materials more efficiently and effectively?
• What opportunities are there to alter the blend of collaboration and competition in how we procure?
• What are the strategic challenges underpinning any shift towards more 'hyperspecialisation' and more fragmented outsourcing?

10:00 Act:

Personal reflection and how plenary review and prioritisation of key next actions.

10:25 Future and review

1. Topics for further on line discussion and KBNetworked updates
2. Future dates for diaries
3. Review of the meeting

10:30 Close and further network discussion until 11:00