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The Foundation Icil organises ‘Forum Supply Chain: because today it is necessary aliarse and think together'

18/01/2012

18 January 2012

Next Thursday 26 January the Foundation Icil organises in Barcelona the ‘Forum Supply Chain: because today it is necessary aliarse and think together'. The day will celebrate in the headquarters of the foundation in Barcelona (street Conxita Supervia, 9-11) of 9 to 13:30 hours.

The Forum Supply Chain is cream with the aim to sensitise on the importance to look for alliances, inside the chain of supply and out of her, even with the competition. Inside the chain of supply this collaboration pursues to reduce the conjoint costs between provider and customer, that like this will be able to deliver the profit achieved, and increase the speed of reaction of the chain, so that it arrive the more quickly possible to the consumption, winning with this competitiveness, when leading the delivery of new technologies, or profit, when arriving to the market before that the other with solutions more economic. Out of the chain of supply the alliances allow to obtain sinergias in every aspect of the supply chain: procurement, production and physical distribution and achieve that those that collaborate are competitive in front of the rest. This forces to leave to contemplate to the company like an isolated body and share with the other in an environingingment of confidence between the parts.

Program:

09:15 - 09:30 h. – Accreditations and reception participants

09:30 - 09:45 h. – Presentation: proposal Icil to support to the professionals; What can contribute a forum in supply Chain transversal and multisectorial.

09:45 – 11:00 h. - Meaning of the term supply chain, how adapt it to the reality of my company; How has to prepare a pyne not to be desalojada of the chain of supply in front of the new requests of a customer each day more globalizado, technological and demanding in terms of costs, terms and quality?

11:00 – 11:30 h. Pause-coffee

11:30 – 13:00 h. Round table: Which requests have to fix in our supply chain if we attend to markets low cost countries by reasons of cost and these present levels of risk in front of which have to answer in advance?; Which importance has the centralisation of my decisions in the global management of my company to range my productive centres to the rest of my supply chain?; How keep a management of processes adjusted when the chain is increasingly extensive and the most likely is that suceda something?; We have clear that we have to grow in service and assume greater responsibilities in the chain of supply or will follow pushing our products expecting that by his qualities are sufficient reason to increase our sales?

13:00 – 13:30 h. Conclusions

will participate the following speakers: