Membership Value Proposition
- A Global Industry Perspective – The Council focuses on the global healthcare industry, looking at the issues facing medical device manufacturers, from manufacturer through healthcare provider.
- A Membership Comprised of your Peers – Our members are Director and VP level (or higher), all from medical device manufacturers.
- Member-Directed Topics and Case Studies – This facilitates significant sharing of relevant, useable, real-life experiences with respect to business practices, processes and initiatives.
- Manageable Size – The group is large enough to gain perspectives from companies across the size and product continuum, yet small enough to promote participation and sharing.
- On-Demand Access to the Membership –You have access to our members on an as-needed basis to help accelerate research by leveraging what other members have already done. This includes the ability to solicit cross-industry input through “quick & easy” surveys.
- A Non-Selling Environment – We have meetings, not conferences. There is no excessive sponsor selling that you find at conferences.
- Building Your Network - Because we have multiple meetings annually, you get to know your peers through repeated interaction. This helps you build your network, which you can leverage for both business and personal needs.
- Developing Your Team – Council membership includes three seats per meeting, providing the opportunity for your team members or other colleagues to participate in meetings and networking opportunities. This is a great way to take advantage of a particular topic, or to reward, recognize and even retain key staff members.
- Knowledge of Available Job Openings – We provide a network to interact with when you are looking to fill critical positions within your organizations. In addition, we periodically share open senior-level Operations and Supply Chain positions within and outside the industry when they are brought to our attention.
Sponsorship Value Proposition
- ROI - Compare the cost and potential benefit of one conference sponsorship with our meeting format, or having to make a trip to meet each member to make a cold call. Sponsorship provides two one-day meetings per year, each including multiple dinners/networking events. Attendance typically includes roughly 60 people from industry, most representing potential customers. This has been impacted by Covid. Beginning with our Fall 2021 meeting, we are now back to our in-person format with anticipated continued increases in meeting participation.
- A Membership Comprised of Your Current or Potential Customers – Our participating members are Director and VP level (or higher), all from Medical Device manufacturers, from Operations and Supply Chain.
- Visibility to What is Important to Your Customers – Council priorities and meeting topics are driven by what is important to Operations and Supply Chain executives across the Medical Device Industry. This provides Sponsors real-time visibility to the pain points of your customers. Over the last two years much of our focus has been on the pandemic and supply chain shortages. That said, we continue to drive a balance between tactical and strategic topics.
- Semi-Exclusive Sponsorships – We make every effort to limit our sponsorships to one per product or service area. Sponsorships with significant competitors are avoided where possible.
- Multiple Networking Opportunities Annually - Because we have two meetings annually, you really get to know the Members through repeated interaction.
- Manageable Size – The group is large enough to gain perspectives from companies across the size and product continuum, yet small enough to promote participation and sharing.
- Access to the Membership –You have access to our Members to help accelerate research. This often occurs through short surveys across our Members.
- A Non-Selling Environment – We have meetings, not conferences. Our forum supports relationship building, not direct selling. Excessive selling by Sponsors is not allowed.
- Managing Sales Expectations - Sponsors who have achieved the greatest business value take a long-term (multi-year) approach to developing strong relationships with the Members, which demonstrates the Sponsor’s knowledge of and commitment to the Medical Device industry.
For Additional Information
Contact the Medical Device Supply Chain Council