TIA to Hold Global Business Performance Optimization Symposia Series Focusing on Supply Chain Best Practices

­­­Arlington, VA (August 27, 2019) –– The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today announced a Business Performance Optimization Symposia Series focusing on quality assurance, customer success, sustainability, and supply chain best practices to be held in Bangalore, India; London, United Kingdom; and Dallas, Texas.

“In today’s evolving telecommunications landscape, understanding and using the tools that drive business benefit are more important than ever before,” said Ken Koffman, CTO and Senior Vice President of Business Performance at TIA. “The Business Performance Optimization Symposia will allow companies to share best practices, explore innovative solutions, and work together to address the challenges of tomorrow.”

Led by the TIA’s Business Performance Community regions and hubs across the globe, the symposia series will focus on how quality assurance best practices such as the TL 9000 Quality Management System and TIA Assessor can help an organization’s bottom line and improve the stability, security, and predictability of its supply chain. The series will also discuss innovative approaches for building customer loyalty, business improvements through sustainability plans and tools, and what reliability means in a 5G/SDN/NFV world.

Register online to attend one or more event in TIA’s Business Performance Optimization Symposia Series:

OS Bangalore

A Regional Conclave to Discuss Supply Chain Best Practices

September 4, 2019 // Bangalore, India

This regional conclave will center on an initial framework for software quality standards as well as best practices for deriving business benefits from implementation of TIA’s TL 9000 standard.  It will also highlight specific improvements introduced by local companies and feature updates from TIA’s global activities.

OS London

Sustainability, Technology and Best Practices for the Supply Chain

September 26-27 // London, United Kingdom

This Symposium will focus on how sustainability best practices and next-generation technology optimize a business’s supply chain for greater efficiency.

Topics covered will include:

• Sustainability and the Supply Chain
• The Present and Future of Smart Buildings
• Success with the Assessor Sustainability Tool
• Measuring Reliability in a 5G World: TL 9000 and Network Quality Assurance for Next-Gen Networks
• The Value of Sustainability Practices in Improving Business Performance
• Customer Experience Topics

OS Dallas

Quality Assurance Best Practices for the Supply Chain

November 12-13 // Dallas, Texas

This symposium will focus on how quality assurance best practices utilize data science and analytics to optimize a business’s supply chain for greater efficiency.

Topics covered will include:

• The Role of Quality Assurance in Security
• Benchmarking Quality & Performance Reliability
• Business Assessment Tools and Strategies
• The Value of TL 9000 Certification in the Supply Chain
• The Value of Sustainability Practices in Improving Business Performance
• Customer Experience Topics

TIA’s Business Performance Community (BPC) is a global division of member companies that develops and implements quality and performance practices to improve execution across the information and communication technology (ICT) industry. The BPC advances and promotes TIA’s strategic objectives, services and products and creates standards and tools to drive business excellence. This includes, but is not limited to, quality and business management systems, measurement systems and improvement platforms for sustainability, customer experience and benchmarking.