Business Soundbites Event

Thursday May 11th, 2017
5-7.30pm

Kent Business School, Sibson Building, Parkwood Road,
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7FS

FREE to attend

Looking to be more efficient and expand your business?

With Brexit now officially underway, business optimisation and operational efficiency utilising business analytics have become all-important to UK-based companies.  Kent Business School can help you run your business more effectively and efficiently, resulting in a positive economical impact.

At this event, Kent Business School’s Management Science group, together with Tim Waggott (CEO – Port of Dover) and Neal Williams (CEO – Priority Freight), demonstrate, through case studies on the Port of Dover and international freight forwarder Priority Freight, what optimisation looks like and how it can transform the way you conduct business.

Afterwards, there will be the opportunity to meet other guests for a drink in the atrium of the new, state-of-the-art Sibson building.

Programme

5-5.20pm

Event registration and welcome.

5.20-6.10pm

Presentation – Business optimisation – Dr Jesse O’Hanley (Reader in Environmental Systems Management, Kent Business School)

• Optimising your business – how the KBS Management Science group can support your business (methods, tools, approaches)

Case study – Port of Dover – Tim Waggott (CEO) and Dr Jesse O’Hanley (Reader in Environmental Systems Management, Kent Business School)

• The business challenge
• KTP project; KBS and Port of Dover (objectives, methodology used)
• External factors influencing and changing the project: Brexit, terrorist threats, tourism
• Project outcomes so far

Case study – Priority Freight – Neal Williams (CEO) and Brian Gutierrez (KTP Associate, Kent Business School)

• The business challenge
• KTP project; KBS and Priority Freight (objectives, methodology used)
• External factors influencing and changing the projects
• Project outcomes so far

6.10-6.30pm

Q&A

6.30-7.30pm

Drinks and music Sibson Atrium.

This event is free to attend, however spaces are limited so register now to secure your place.