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Procurement & Supply Chain Working Group
Presentation
This group exchanges use cases and determines best practices to enhance the procurement and supply chain processes in each company.
The Future of Procurement
- Impact/opportunities of emerging technologies such as blockchain or AI
- Value proposition beyond just "savings"
- New trends in procurement such as circular procurement or cognitive procurement
Organisation + Governance
- Sustainable procurement processes
- Sourcing strategy - how to steer? How to commit to the business?
- Skills development + strategic workplace management
- Procurement risk management
Vendor Management and Operational Efficiency
- Use-cases in areas such as RPA
- Procurement channels
- Supplier segmentation and strategies for managing the supplier relationship
- How do we outsource to an external workforce, particularly IT
- Procurement analytics
Working Group confidentiality rules can be accessed here.
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
- The primary participants are Heads of Procurement, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management as well as Senior or Manager-level professionals in the procurement and supply chain department.
- This group is Telco-only.
Wim De Meyer and Ayush Pandey coordinate the activities for this group.