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How does F&L deliver value?

It's about YOU
What F&L is .... and is Not

F&L is

A broad community of senior business leaders who want themselves and their teams to look outside their own organisations.  “Looking in your own business doesn’t tell you what’s around; it is my competitive advantage to know what is happening elsewhere and use that to enhance our strategy”.  “Sharing knowledge and collaborating is how we see around the corner”.  

They are open-minded and want to move their own strategies forward through collaborative discussion with customers, suppliers, competitors, practitioners, sector experts and industry leaders across the supply chain.  F&L is a trusted platform to do that.

Because life is not becoming simpler for supply chain and logistics practitioners. We need a clear window into others’ businesses and we need the help of everyone to tackle our own and bigger challenges.  This is in-depth round-table collaboration between all stakeholders for their mutual benefit.  Dialogue is market-led and current (today & next 3 years).

F&L is not 

  • A conference organiser built around paid keynote speakers.  
  • A lobby group.
  • An organisation which accepts any funding from anyone with an agenda to pursue (our revenue is simply membership fee multiplied by number of members).
  • An organisation which seeks to align around any single message from its membership.
  • An organisation which produces benchmarking figures, although our members do benchmark their own thinking by being aware of what others say and do.

Different formats

“So far I have always been able to take learnings which could be embedded (great or small) in my day-to-day job. Believe that linking in with industry leaders is making that happen”

“I don’t see the same old thing re-packaged here: F&L is unique insight from industry & knowledge which is not mainstream”

“For me the value of the different connects have been great” & “immense value in these connections and conversations”

“Super-senior across Europe; this is a powerful platform for our sector”

“The annual fee is amazing value”

How to maximise benefit: F&L talks year-round.  We meet online & in-person, in small topic-driven groups, as a full network, in your country and others, for brief exchange and for longer discussions, ensuring we access all facets of dialogue.  In-person meetings are interactive and focus on tangible outcomes for all.  Online meetings are short, focus on what’s happening today, and get straight to the point.  Because F&L is about you, all participants and members sit at the same table because everyone plays a part in operating the global supply chain and logistics sector. The single most important way to gain value is to make sure that you & your colleagues are consistently at the table.

Who: This is for senior business leaders who want themselves and their teams to look outside their own organisations.  We seek and maintain a mix of skills, experiences, perspectives, industry sectors, job functions, manufacturing remit, transport mode, geographic spread and more.  Dialogue is market-led and current (today & next 3 years). 

What: A multi-stakeholder community talk through issues, find collaborators,  listen to and learn from each other and the market, ask questions & contribute topics / expertise for discussion.  “Getting things done” and accelerating their competitiveness.  Other associations and sector-specific organisations are always included whenever discussions merit.  

Ask about joining a meeting to see for yourself

F&L is Neutral / Independent ✔️   Confidential (no press, no media, no recording) ✔️   Not-for-profit ✔️
Lean ✔️   Responsive to membership & market conditions ✔️   
 Established 1994 ✔️   A flourishing & constantly updating network ✔️

“There are so many takeaways that I cannot summarise – F&L is an amazing platform for networking, inspiration, learning what works for others and what we should maybe avoid.  I have a lot of new contacts and look forward to the next event”

“If you look at history, innovation doesn’t come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect”

“F&L’s format is super-good because it’s not too big and not too small; you have the ability to  connect with nearly everyone – and it’s the right insight between critical topics and current market developments”