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The “circular economy” is here to stay (but we bet you don’t even know what it is). Don’t worry. We didn’t either. But we spent the past Saturday afternoon in detention studying.
Like the cast of The Breakfast Club, regardless of what walk of procurement, finance, or supply chain life you come, it pays to come together on such an important topic – even if you ignored it until now. And we promise a much kinder (and captivating) show than the teachers at Shermer High School can put on.
Join Spend Matters and Tradeshift as we discuss the circular economy and how it will change the basis of how we get more value from suppliers – while avoiding getting run over by economic change. After all, McKinsey estimates shifting toward circularity could add $1 trillion to the global economy by 2025 and create 100,000 new jobs within the next five years.
That’s all good. But who cares if you can’t explain it? Why does it matter for procurement and supply chain?
During this webinar, the founders of Spend Matters and Tradeshift (Jason Busch and Christian Lanng) will start there and then debate what it means (and doesn’t mean). Jason and Christian will then share what procurement, finance, and supply chain organizations need to know to educate their own teams and take concrete action.
In this 45-minute webinar, we will:
• Define the circular economy
• Debate what it is (and isn’t)
• Explore why procurement and supply chain practitioners should care about it
• Argue over which types of companies and procurement organizations are likely to get run over by it
• Delve into the role of technology (new approaches to P2P, supplier management, supply chain, and sourcing strategies)
• Explore the role of SaaS/cloud and network/platform solutions
• Help you sound smart: tips and checklists for the rest of your team
• Offer lessons learned from one of our favorite movies (written, produced and directed by the master from our zip code – the late John Hughes)