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Roche - The Agile Journey of Roche Procurement
Most have heard of ‘Agile’ by now and the theory sounds promising - to setup your organisation, team and ways of working to be ready to respond and innovate quickly in a world that is changing at an unprecedented speed. In Procurement and Contracting, the Agile success stories that come from IT and App building can feel remote and hard to translate to our world. In Roche, these pressures sit alongside the need to constantly bring ‘value beyond savings’ from suppliers and contracting. Join Colm Diamond and Mirko Kleiner spoke at the European Summit 2022 of the WorldCC about Roche’s journey on how the Procurement and Contracts function are changing their structure, how they think and how they work fundamentally to try to get Agile to work for them and how it’s going in reality.
Zalando - How to introduce Procurement into an Agile Culture?
The COVID-19 crisis has emphasised the importance of new -more agile- approaches in procurement. But is it just another buzzword, or has it become reality?!-Learn from Zalando - How to introduce Procurement into an Agile Culture?
AGCO Int. - How Collaboration with Vendors / Competitors increases Innovation
The COVID-19 crisis has emphasised the importance of new -more agile- approaches in procurement. But is it just another buzzword, or has it become reality?!-Learn from AGCO Int. - How Collaboration with Vendors / Competitors has increased their Innovation.
AGILE BUDGETS. AGILE CONTRACTS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FINANCIAL NEED MEETS MARKET REALITY?
Market and business uncertainty has created an unprecedented need for agile and adaptable systems and processes. Finance is at the forefront, struggling to set and manage budgets, forecasts and cash flow in today’s unpredictable conditions. Learn from our Panalists Tim Cummins, Rikard Olson & Mirko Kleiner
SwissCasinos - Is it possible to source an ERP System in just 4 Weeks?
The COVID-19 crisis has emphasised the importance of new -more agile- approaches in procurement. But is it just another buzzword, or has it become reality?!-Learn from Daniel how SwissCasinos sourced an ERP System in just 4 !-This story was recently awarded as the Winner of the World Procurement Awards 2020!
APA Group - How Agile is changing an Industry & Lives!
Henriette introduced us in how applying Agile is currently changing a whole Industry and also her Live!-In other words she’s talking us trough how Lean Agile Procurement has helped to shape significant change in individuals, teams, organisations and supply chains within the energy industry.
6 Success Stories - Agile in Procurement just Talk or Reality?!
The COVID-19 crisis has emphasised the importance of new -more agile- approaches in procurement. But is it just another buzzword, or has it become reality?!-Learn from 6 cases all around the world how agile in procurement impacted their business positively. One of the stories just won the World Procurement Award 2020!
Business Agility Institute - Agile Contracting & Procurement Symposium
6 great speakers from 3 continents; Dean Leffingwell , Mirko Kleiner, Stewart James, Manjit Singh, Larry Cooper and Allan Kelly shared their experiences, tips and even their templates with you at the Agile Contracting & Procurement Symposium organized by the Business Agility Institute. Find my slides for FREE DOWNLOAD here.
What could Business learn from Startups?
In Agile organisations, external partners are often treated as suppliers instead of partners, not recognising the opportunities they could potentially bring to their teams. In faster changing and complex environments, it will become a competitive advantage for companies to have fast access to an ecosystem of trusted partners with matching values and a fast contribution to goals. Join us this Friday as Mirko Kleiner will discuss what businesses could learn from startups in how they work with external suppliers.
Slides from my Speech "Success Factor Agile" from Agile Bodensee Conference, Konstanz/Germany
Approximately 60-90% of all sales are in the hands of procurement, which is a key success factor for companies. At the moment, digitization is taking place, especially in the area of imple procurement. However, the latest study by the University of St. Gallen shows that there is no recipe for the effective procurement of complex products and services. Does agility offer a solution? - It is about billions and thus nothing less than the survival of suppliers and customers!
Going Digital, Procurement in Kanton Zug
Repeating last year’s very successful event, CIPS-Switzerland is teaming up with the Technologie Forum Zug and the Economic Promotion team of the Kanton Zug for this special Procurement & Supply Chain (P&SC) event. Speakers include leaders from companies with regional or global headquarters in the Canton around the theme of “Going Digital, flowdays took place with a booth to represent the disruptive approach lean-agile procurement.
GOTO Night with Mirko Kleiner & Joe Justice
The GOTO Night with Mirko Kleiner & Joe Justice was split into 2 parts. First the Inspiration Speech by Mirko Kleiner, the Creator of Lean-Agile Procurement presented a new promising approach for procurement, followed by an intro in scrum@hardware by Joe Justice, CEO of Wikispeed and Scrum@hardware at Scrum inc. The Slides, as well as impressions are published in this blog post
Agile Breakfast 08/2016 - Intro in Lean-Agile Procurement
At Agile Breakfast Luzern August 18th 2016 flowdays presented Lean-Agile Procurement to bigger audience of agile experts at once. The feedback was positiv!
Find in this post the slides of the speech and some results of the open space.