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AKAM Workshops & Conferences

Interacting with global key accounts in large international markets – 2nd Annual AKAM Conference

Dr Nicolas Swetchine, Head of Key Account Management, LafargeHolcim & Research Fellow in ‘New Institutionalism’ offered lessons from KAM in large international projects which are also highly relevant to many suppliers. Some companies are so focused on short-term results that key account managers have difficulty in finding the time to keep continuous relationships with key accounts when there…

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Webinar

Integrating Functions Through KAM

This webinar will explore your role as a relationship manager in the supply chain. You need to be an orchestrator of your company’s functions to meet the range of customer demands that add value to their business! That may involve your supply chain operations, procurement, returns management, accounting – even third parties. Simon Templar…

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Papers and articles

KAM: Selling? Providing services? Or both?

In this paper the well-known Professors Bjoern Ivens, Barbara Niersbach and Catharine Pardo explain the fundamental role of service in KAM. Their research developed a model of four types of service in which key account managers should be engaged in delivering to their internal and external networks: interaction, individualization, information and integration. This important finding…

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Papers and articles

Strategic Procurement

This is a Powerpoint presentation from Antony Faughnan of EC Harris, telling key account managers a lot of what they need to know about how professional buyers approach supplier relationships. All too often, key account managers understand little about the customer’s strategy and therefore disregard it – dangerously – as being irrelevant in their dealings…

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Webinar

Aligning your objectives with Procurement

You will create more joint value and build longer-term relationships if you can align your objectives with Procurement’s. Going head-to-head is NOT inevitable, nor is it a winning strategy! Who are Procurement clients and what is our relationship with them? What are Procurement clients’ undisclosed objectives? Pushing beyond the perception that all Procurement want…

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Dublin airport toolkit – 1st AKAM Annual Conference

At Dublin Airport KAM is driven not by single Key Account Managers but by a team of Key Account Managers, each of them being an expert of his/her field and coordinating a complex set of interactions with their counterparts on the airline side. Edel Redmond, Head of B2B Marketing, emphasised the importance of clarity in roles and…

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Key account management and customer value in the era of sustainability – 1st AKAM Annual Conference

Many industrial firms have moved from products to offering bundled products and services, redefining the notion of customer value, which is no longer about fulfilling predefined needs but exploring issues with the customer and defining the best answer. Professor Jakob Rehme (Linköping University, Sweden) explained how this approach requires a major change in terms of Account…

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Insights on tools and methods for selecting the right key customers – 2nd Annual AKAM Conference

The crucial job of selecting key accounts was addressed by Dr Marco Sisti of SDA Bocconi University in Milan. The idea of choosing key accounts according to size of their past sales with the supplier is regrettably still very common. There are definitely better ways of carrying out this all-important task, as this very practical presentation demonstrated.…

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Key Customer Relationships

Andrea Dori’s industry has also changed out of all recognition in the last few years. At one time, Illycaffè simply sold excellent coffee, but now, in addition to having extended its product and brand range, the company sees itself as participating in the hospitality industry. Whereas once it sold on the basis of quality, consistency…

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How to stay successful in long-term customer relationships: A case study from the automotive sector

Andrea Busnelli, Client Director Automotive Industry IBM, highlighted the importance of customer relationships, particularly when industries are changing fast, which so many are these days. He was even prepared to admit that IBM hadn’t always got it right, so had some valuable suggestions about how to avoid falling into that trap, such as proactively transforming…

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