SlidecastSeminars Shahab Shiri The 5 Seminars • • • • Paul Melkebeke – Sourcing in Asia (16/10/2015) Dirk Buyens – Working & living abroad (01/12/2015) Steve Miller – ACE it! (12/02/2016) Joeri Van den Bergh – Who’s up Nxt? (01/03/2016) Paul Melkebeke – Sourcing in Asia Who & What? • Paul Melkebeke • • Vice President Samsonite • Belgian Samsonite • Had HQ in Oudenaarde once • Number 1 luggage company in the world Content • Europe China : big differences in life, culture and working • Samsonite is the number 1 in the luggage world, Asia is the biggest market • Remember that the way of travelling has changed a lot in Europe (for example: RyanAir with their hand luggage) Content • Samsonite had 2 crashes: in 2001(WTC) and 2009 (crisis) • Their focus is to oursource things that can be outsourced • A lot of things in Samsonite gets outsourced • Per day, around 120 000 pieces gets outsourced • 86% is outsourced , 14% in house manufactory (everything else is outsourced) Content Requirements preferred supplier for Samsonite: • Development skills & sample room • Consistent Quality • On-Time delivery • Customer Service & Communication! • Competitive prices • Customer should always be on number 1 priority Content China’s competitive advantages • Chinese business men have entrepreneurial spirit, they take a lot of risks • Skilled, they know what they are doing • Logistics: in China it is a lot more efficient. The logistics are very good. Advantages of communism: they want a bridge/port, they will easily make it (in comparison, the Indian logistics are very bad) • Speed & competitive prices, Content China’s Challenges • Manpower (boy>girl, availability & costs: the ware increasilingy raising) • Social compliance: get degree in university => no job available • Respect for intellectual property (copyright/patents) • Exchange Rate Number 1 market is the United States, very soon it will be China Content • 4 challenges for manufacturers • 1. Rising Factory Costs (most demanding customers are Chinese & South-Korean) • 2. Rising consumer sophistication • 3. Rising value chain complexity • 4. Heightened volatility RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, don’t fix it! Content • Future? • Rising competition outside of China • New sourcing • • • • • Eastern-Europe for European Market Mexico South-east Asia India Africa Content Summary • Rules that change, the impact is the still the biggest challenge in Asia • India is the closest to be like China. They still have a long way to go. No other East-Asian country is currently capable of taking over. Samsonite as a company needs to be ready at all times for possible changes in the market Reflection • This seminar was really interesting, as the teacher taught us a lot of new ideas and facts about e-commerce in China. However, I wished it would be more about other countries in China as well. The seminar really gave us a good insight on how big Samsonite is in China. Dirk Buyens – Working & Living Abroad Who? • Dirk Buyens • Has lived abroad • Valencia & Minessota • Professor at Vlerick Business School • Up to 80% of students are international on the Belgian Vlerick campuses Content • “The times, they are changing” • Working and living abroad is very essential for our future • We learn and experience things we will never forget Content The 5 core competences to go international • 1. Language/Communication skills • 2. Outside-in-View • 3. Multi-ethnocentricity reflex • 4. Homelessness skill • 5. Seeing through the cultural facade Content • The 4 phases on how to encounter ‘the world’ when • • • • you go international Seeing the nationality Seeing a human who is like me, but still different Seeing things which I was not aware of, and I do not understand Seeing patterns Content • “It is difficult to describe how ‘wet’ water is, without diving into it…” • Language, pragmatic, proximity advantage Content Useful tips for internationalization • Search for international experiences • Get in touch with other people’s cultures and identity • Read books/articles from other countries about different cultures EXPERIENCE the world Content Preparation in advance • Everywhere in the world is ‘good’. There is no wrong place to go. • Do research about the country and culture. • Know yourself • If possible, learn the language of the country you are going Be open minded, show interest and work hard when you are there! Content When you are back • Everyone will love to hear your story • You will have learned many new things • It will be a lifer changer • Enjoy what you have experiences Reflect on what you have experienced! Reflection • This seminar about working and living abroad was very interesting in combination with IBM. We will all have to go abroad twice next academic year, and this seminar motivated me even more to look forward to it! Very interesting and good seminar. Steve Miller – ACE it Who? • Steve Miller • American Expat • Leadership Coach & Trainer • Experience in HR and Teambuilding for over 30 years Content • To ACE it! • To what? • To fulfil something with excellence (A+) Content • Playing “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living” – Nelson Mandela • Playing for outcomes Actions (skills) Challenges (learning) Experiments (passion) ACE Content • The ACE Model Allows you to reflect on yourself based on the actions, challenges and experiments using the game plan and outcome. Content • TED Talk: 30 days challenge This video taught us a new tool/way to push our challenges. The 30 days challenge is very simple: you take a challenge, something you have wanted to do for a long time, and you try to keep it up for 30 days. In my personal case, this would be playing the guitar. I always wanted to play a guitar, but I have never managed to do it. If I could keep up a schedule for 30 days straight, I definitely will be able to play a few tunes. The 30 days challenge is a very smart idea and I will definitely use it in the future. Conent • Deciding Tool: Cartesian Questions This Tool allows you to review all possible options when making a decision. This is a very useful tool when making a tough decision. Content • Responding Tool: SODA Stop, Observe, Decide, Advance This tool allows you to know how to respond in certain situations. When something happens, you stop, then observe the situation. After observing, it is important to make a decision, and to continue (advance) with life. Reflection • Steve Miller had a brilliant English accent and voice. It was very lovely listening to him, and we got some pretty useful tools about how to think more ‘broadly’. I especially liked the 30-days challenge video, as I tried to do a 30days challenge myself immediately a few days after the seminar. I worked out hard for 30 days straight, so this speaker motivated me a lot to go for what we really want to do! Joeri Van den Bergh – Who’s up next? Who? • Co-founder InSite Consulting • Focuses on the different generations of people • Marketing between the different generations • Gen Y Expert Content • • • • Useful facts to know for this seminar: People that were born between 1996 and later on are Gen Z People that were born between 1977 and 1996 are Millennials or Gen Y People that were born between 1965 and 1976 are Gen X People born before 1964 are called Baby boomers Content • NXT Gen • We can clearly see that Gen Y and Z are very influenced in the decisions that parents have to make. Especially in the food that is consumed, the holiday destinations and the products they buy. These are just a few examples of how Gen Y and Gen Z are very important for today’s marketing. • Characteristics of Gen Z: A very common stereotype for Gen Z is that that these young adults and kids are mostly messaging while watching television. Content • The age of impatience • The new generation is often seen as very impatient. Generation Z uses their laptop, smartphone or tablet to watch movies and series that are not even out yet. • Tl;dr is a abbreviation for ‘too long didn’t read’, which perfectly states that the younger generation is very impatient. Content • The on-demand experience This is a way of life where everything is very easy and user friendly to use. For example: Uber allows you to just ‘order’ a taxi with a few clicks. It is ready whenever you need it. This generations loves that kind • Phygital Buying your coffee before you even arrive at the coffee shop, to reduce the waiting time. Content • Gender Equality • You would think the baby boomers do not pay a lot of attention to gender equality. In fact, it is the other way around. The baby boomers are the ones that are the most busy with gender equality. The younger generations do not pay a lot of attention to men and women being equal. Content • Traditional Society • Is changing impressively • Is becoming ‘more’ female • Marketers have to follow the trend, to change their ideas to these new societies • However, the youngest generation is dreaming of a better world and they want to be part of it. Content Imperfection • Is the new perfection • Example: • Nike’s new slogan: ‘Just Do It’, which focuses on the imperfection, rather than on the perfection. Reflection • Very well given presentation about the new marketing generation! Loved it, as you could feel it had something to do with the ‘present’ and the ‘future’. Own Seminar: Flyse presents – ZERO to ONE (22/04/2016) • When I saw this seminar on Facebook, I thought it would be very interesting. I saw that one person of Uber is coming, and I knew that he would be a very good speaker. He told us a lot about how the way Uber works in a professional way. This was definitely a speaker which I will not forget soon. Out of the 3 speaker, I liked Filip Nuytemans the most. He even changed the language from Dutch to English, which was very sweet of him, since we were an international group. The other 2 speakers (Wouter Adriaens from Quivr and Wouter Van Hauwermeiren) were less interesting, but still good to hear!