Reasons for joining BIC - Book Industry Communication

Reasons for joining BIC - Book Industry Communication
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BIC is uniquely positioned as a neutral, not-for-profit organisation leading on standards, training, and best practice in the book supply chain in the UK and Ireland. As a member, you don’t just benefit from standards and best practice guidance – you help shape them. We are already home to over
100 organisations and businesses
, across the book supply chain, as members, supporters and patrons.
Already decided? Visit our ‘
How to join BIC’
page.
Membership is interactive
. BIC is led by the needs and voices of its members at every level. From working groups, projects, and committees, to board discussions, members influence the organisation’s priorities, initiatives, and actions for everyone’s benefit.
Benefits of membership include…
Improve supply chain efficiencies,
save money and the planet!
Best practice
:
access the latest knowledge and standards across the supply chain
The BIC Green Hub
:
providing organisations with the tools and resources to help them make supply chains greener and more sustainable
The Metadata Capabilities Directory
:
ensuring optimised product information and discoverability for titles, understanding how trading partners use, send and receive metadata to optimise communication
Technical clinics
:
providing an agile, real-time method to manage technical issues or queries
Financial Savings:
up to 25% discount for training and events
Exclusive member projects:
contribute to and get value from new initiatives
Invest in and influence the future improvement
and stability of the book industry’s supply chain
BIC Board
:
be part of the strategic leadership and influence of BIC by nominating and electing members from other member organisations, or your own
Networking
: meet your peers at BIC meetings and events, both virtual and face to face
Influence
: provide your business with a voice when contributing towards the next generation of standards and industry training
Strategic Planning
: members have the opportunity to work in partnership to influence and shape the future direction of key industry priorities across, for example, projects, national groups, library review groups and strategic committees
Accreditation
: benchmark your metadata and supply chain performance for free against the industry standard through BIC accreditation schemes
PR
: let your stakeholders know that as a member you embrace best practice and efficiency aligned to industry standards
Find out more in our
membership brochure
.
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