The ME B2B Summit, a benchmark event in the B2B market, is back and will take place on November 10th and 11th, in a 100% digital, free and gamified format.
The event has already taken place in person, in 2018 e 2019, and received a score of 9.2 from the hundreds of participants, who gathered at Theatro NET, in São Paulo.
This year, due to the pandemic, the Mercado Eletrônico team is preparing everything to offer the same in-person experience at home, with H2H themes. In other words, human to human, made by humans and for humans.
Check out more details of the entire program below:
Procurement of the Future: Voice-Activated Purchasing, RPA and Virtual Assistants
4.0 technologies have arrived to change everything and everyone, and the supply chain, of course, would not be left out. On the contrary, it is one of the segments most impacted by disruptive innovations in the market.
But what is the application of each of them in the current and future scenario?
The era of voice commands, for example, is not new, but it is becoming more common. After all, in a natural movement in society, we are increasing the speed at which we ask for what we need and simplifying the steps to achieve increasingly faster responses.
It is difficult to predict what may happen in the future, but the trend towards a friendly relationship between man and machine will positively impact Procurement, making it more agile, intelligent and connected. Are you ready?
The future of procurement is sustainable: circular economy, ESG and supplier management
Sustainability is a global and urgent issue. Companies and governments need to prioritize the issue that will prevent harmful consequences for nature and, consequently, for humanity.
The responsible performance of the purchasing department, with the adoption of socially and environmentally correct processes throughout its production chain, is essential for us to evolve together towards a more sustainable world for everyone.
In this debate panel, large companies will comment on what they are already doing in the ESG spectrum (environment, social and governance), internally and in their supplier management, to create more conscious operating dynamics.
In the future, we will be eternal beginners
By 2025, 85 million jobs will be impacted by the actions of machines worldwide. On the other hand, 97 million jobs may emerge that are better adapted to the new division of labor between humans, machines and algorithms.
In this scenario, fear for the future is a common feeling. But there is nothing to fear, after all, with the speed at which things change, in the future, we will all be eternal beginners.
The specialist professional will no longer exist, but rather the one who is more adaptable to change, who allows himself to learn in order to unlearn and vice versa.
To earn their place, human beings will have to constantly learn and develop new skills, which do not require great universities, but rather experience and maturity. Critical thinking and problem-solving are some examples that will be at the top of the list.
Finding the ideal purchasing team: different people, different teams
Researchers have already shown that diversity is important for any type of ecosystem, whether in social relations, politics or universities. In the corporate world, in addition to all the benefits already known, the diversification of people generates profit, as it increases the companies' capacity for innovation.
Thinking about the purchasing area, a supply team made up of complementary people becomes more efficient in every sense, as it contains professionals who master different technical, cultural, social and behavioral skills to achieve objectives.
But in the purchasing area, and in the supply chain in general, the commitment to diversity must be even more comprehensive and impact supplier companies and the entire production chain.
Uncertain scenarios: adjusting the purchasing area in real time
The idea of responsiveness is well known in the world of technology, especially when we think about how internet content and applications adapt to different devices (computer, tablet and cell phone, for example).
But responsiveness is much more comprehensive than that. The concept talks about the ability to respond quickly to different scenarios and circumstances, and fits perfectly into the universe of corporate purchasing and supply chain.
The coronavirus health crisis has caused countless disruptions in the supply chain and exposed weaknesses. After this historic moment, the importance of these sectors for the survival of the entire society became clear, as well as the need to create responsive processes that can be adjusted in real time.
Declines and increases in demand, international lockdowns, health crises. From now on, the response must be rapid to minimize the impact.
How long is time?
Is time a friend or an enemy? It depends on what we are doing. For someone stuck in traffic, 50 minutes is a long time. For someone hanging out with friends, time flies. The rush and modern life of the XNUMXst century have changed the way we view time.
It doesn't seem like we have enough time to get everything done. But do we really need to get everything done in such a short space of time?
In this talk, which will close the ME B2B Summit, we will talk about the delicate relationship between human beings and time and what to do to be more present in the now, whether at home or at work.
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