About SIRF Roundtables

SIRF Roundtables has been established to enhance the effectiveness of its member companies through collaborative programs to support implementation of international best practice and to develop improved technologies.

SIRF Roundtables provides opportunities for representatives from member organisations to come together to meet and learn from each other. SIRF Rt does this through a number of forums and events conducted throughout the year across Australia and New Zealand. These forums and events include Roundtable meetings, Common Interest Work Group meetings (CIWGs), National Forums and other events like the Australian Maintenance Excellence Awards, and Workshops conducted by visiting experts.

There are four Roundtables and each has a number of networks.

1. The Industrial Maintenance Roundtable (IMRt) has a network in New Zealand, Western Australia,  South Australia, Victoria / Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.

2. The Knowledge Management Roundtable (KMRt) draws together practitioners focused on the management of knowledge within companies from throughout Australia and New Zealand. There is a network in Victoria/Tasmania and a network in NSW is now forming.

3. The Manufacturing Excellence Roundtable (MERt) has networks in New South Wales, Victoria / Tasmania and South Australia.

4. The Supply Chain Roundtable (SCRt) draws together practitioners focused on the management of logistics from procurement to dispatch from companies throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Networks typically have approximately 20 to 40 member companies and each network has a facilitator who is experienced and knowledgeable in the business of the Roundtable. The intention is that networks should be limited in size so that they are networks of friends and colleagues rather than conferences.

Each network of each Roundtable conducts four Roundtable meetings per year and approximately eight to twelve CIWG meetings per year.

CIWG meetings are focussed on a particular aspect of the topic covered by the Roundtable. CIWGs generally run for a series of meetings to suit the interests of members.  CIWGs tend to attract specialists in the particular subject, have a practical focus and are often held at members sites.