Young Professionals Forum

If anyone from the Young Professionals Forum is interested in supply chain events in London, can I take this opportunity to advertise the Supply Chain Network - our next event is on 9 July.

Kirsten

Hi Kirsten,

 Can you post all future events on here? Thanks.

 Should make the event on the 9th.

 Andy Basey

Andrew

Thanks for this - look forward to seeing you on 9 July - I'm still carrying your fiver over!.

Plus will post other events - our next one should appeal, and I haven't even put it on the proper events page yet. 6 August it's entitled 'Just a drink' and like Ronseal it does what it says etc.

 Bye for now

 Kirsten

Fancy a drink with other logistics professionals in London this coming Monday evening (6 Aug) - get in contact via the Supply Chain Network's CILT web page, or contact me directly for details.

Kirsten

All members of the Young Professionals Forum who work in the supply chain are welcome to Supply Chain Network events. You can read about the group generally on the Supply Chain Network page on this website and our events are always included in the main events listing. Our September event is Getting the Benefit out of Benchmarking - the presentation element will be led by Gwynne Richards of Apprise Consulting.

Looking forward to seeing you there - you can use the contact page on my website to ask me for more details - just put "Supply Chain Network" in the comments box.

Kirsten

All members of the Young Professionals Forum who work in the supply chain are welcome to Supply Chain Network events. You can read about the group generally on the Supply Chain Network page on this website and our events are always included in the main events listing.

15 October will be a presentation by Iain Beveridge on the Rise in Home Shopping and its Impact on Sustainability. Iain is founder of Beveridge Associates Ltd, specialist consultants in e-fulfilment operations, systems and strategy. He has extensive catalogue and internet experience over 25 years, including many years as Distribution Director at N Brown Group plc, and Board roles at delivery management solutions specialist, MetaPack, and e-fulfilment provider iForce. The presentation will cover: History and growth of home shopping; Future growth of home shopping, and what is driving it; Sustainability impact on van use (Research summary, What is being done now, Where are the opportunities?); and Online vs conventional retailing - sustainability impact.

Looking forward to seeing you there - you can use the contact page on my website to ask me for more details - just put "Supply Chain Network" in the comments box.

Kirsten

Another invitation to the Young Professionals Forum: On the evening of 12 November the Supply Chain Network will be back to the pub, for a session on Outsourcing Logistics with Martin Williams, Director, Bisham Consulting - The concept of outsourcing all or part of your supply chain has been around for over 30 years. But while the terminology changes, client satisfaction remains relatively low. Logistics Service Providers are characterised as lacking in innovation and failing to deliver on promises. But is it all their fault? Martin will argue that without proper preparation by the client, failure is almost inevitable. A recent presentation that Martin gave on this subject to another CILT group was both thought-provoking and entertaining - a good mix!

Please get in touch if you'd like to come along - just put Supply Chain Network in the comments box: Kirsten Tisdale

Improving efficiencies, effective collaboration, logistics in five years time, next generation home shopping, freight exchanges... can't believe you're not interested! I've just posted up details of our Spring 2008 meetings on the Supply Chain Network page on CILT(UK)'s website: http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/lrsupch. Members of the Young Professionals Forum are always welcome - we usually meet in a pub in the Marylebone/Baker St area..

Please get in touch if you'd like to come along - just put Supply Chain Network in the comments box: Kirsten Tisdale

On 3 March, Nick Fox of World Design and Trade Co Limited (whose brands include Firetrap) will be talking about "Logistics in five years time", including:

-          Role of IT, how far can we really take it, are we interested in change, or do we just reinforce bad habits.

-          REALLY thinking WAY outside the box, how can we question everything in logistics, to the point of questioning our business model?

You can find more details about the Supply Chain Network on CILT's website: http://www.ciltuk.org.uk/pages/lrsupch. Members of the Young Professionals Forum are always welcome - we usually meet in a pub in the Marylebone/Baker St area..

Please do get in touch if you'd like to come along - just put Supply Chain Network in the comments box: Kirsten Tisdale