08 - 10 October, 2012
Boston, MA

Day 2- October 4, 2011 - Supply Chain Hot Topics

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7:45 Coffee & Registration
Coffee & Registration
8:10 Chairs Opening Remarks
Chairs Opening Remarks
8.20 BT PRESENTATION: Toward a Smarter Supply Chain
Jim deMin, , Senior Consultant, , BT
Jim deMin will offer BT’s point of view on today’s pharma supply chain in terms of communications based intelligence and process enablement, then discuss how technology is leading to a future when supply chains will be more intelligent, with packaging and transport equipment becoming “self aware.” With advanced analytics and new cloud-computing architectures, mountains of data will be sifted into the intelligence required to enable sense-and-respond business processes. Systems, processes and infrastructures will become more efficient, productive and responsive - in a word, smarter.Benefits and uses of this smarter supply chain include:
  • Maintaining real-time, on-shelf store inventories
  • Automatic recording and registration of warrantee (or return) data
  • Alerting consumers to past-date products in the medicine cabinet
  • Connecting to a wide range of web-based services
Jim deMin, Senior Consultant, BT
Jim deMin

Jim deMin,
Senior Consultant, , BT

8.50 Leveraging Interoperable Track & Trace Data To Improve The Efficiency & Effectiveness Of The Pharma Supply Chain
Ron Guido, VP Brand Protection, , Johnson & Johnson
Bullet Points TBC
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Ron Guido
VP Brand Protection, , Johnson & Johnson

Ron Guido has 34 years experience in the health care industry with Johnson & Johnson.  He has held executive positions in the areas of engineering, operations, sales, product marketing, international marketing, new business development, information technology and general management. His current role is Vice President, Global Brand Protection and Supply Chain Integrity for Johnson W [read more]
9.20 GS1 PILOT FRAMEWORK- CASE STUDY ON PHARMACEUTICAL INFORMATION FLOW: Outlining The GS1 Pilot Framework To Benchmark And Create Standards In Serialization Implementation
Bob Celeste, Director- Healthcare, , GS1 US
  • Producing a pilot framework to organize pilots and assemble pilots in a standardized manner
  • Connecting the dots: linking policy, operations, info- systems decisions and more in a systemic matter
  • Creating a methodology to understand the necessary steps that need to be implemented at what time
  • Sharing best practices from pilot programs to determine what has been effective and what hasn’t

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    Bob Celeste
    Director- Healthcare, , GS1 US

    Bob Celeste is a Director of GS1 Healthcare US. Mr. Celeste has more than 25 years of experience in business process and supply chain management in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and a variety of other industries. GS1 Healthcare US focuses on driving the adoption and implementation of GS1 standards in the healthcare industry to improve patient safety and supply chain efficiency. Previously, Mr. Ce [read more]
    9.50 Morning Refreshments
    Morning Refreshments
    10.20 PILOT CASE STUDY: Implementing Serialization From A Manufacturer Perspective: What Has Worked? What Hasn’t? How Can It Be Integrated With Existing Processes?
    Ron Guido, VP Brand Protection, , Johnson & Johnson
    David Buynak, Serialization Program Leader- North America,, Astrazeneca
    Kevin Webb, Senior Director Supply Chain Planning & Logistics, , BioMarin Pharmaceutical
    Gordon Glass, Global Manager Product Authentication, GE Healthcare
    • Sharing the lessons learned from pilot programs to understand the practical implementation steps required and what they would do differently next time
    • Discovering how to integrate serialization into existing processes including ERP systems
    • Evaluating RFID v barcode technology to determine read rates and if RFID can be efficient enough to be used in production
    • Discussing technological advances in pedigree/ serialization to determine how the implementation of serialization should be adjusted moving forward
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    Ron Guido
    VP Brand Protection, , Johnson & Johnson

    Ron Guido has 34 years experience in the health care industry with Johnson & Johnson.  He has held executive positions in the areas of engineering, operations, sales, product marketing, international marketing, new business development, information technology and general management. His current role is Vice President, Global Brand Protection and Supply Chain Integrity for Johnson W [read more]
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    David Buynak
    Serialization Program Leader- North America,, Astrazeneca

    David Buynak is the Program Leader for AstraZeneca’s Serialization Strategy Team within North America Operations. Mr. Buynak has over 25 years of experience in Operations including roles in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Services and Plant Management. Mr. Buynak has spent the past 5 years specializing in developing progressive strategies for AstraZeneca in product and supply chai [read more]
    Kevin Webb

    Kevin Webb
    Senior Director Supply Chain Planning & Logistics, , BioMarin Pharmaceutical

    Kevin has led the Planning & Logistics team at BioMarin since joining at the end of 2006, responsible for commercial and clinical products. BioMarin is a multinational biopharmaceutical company that specializes in providing first-to-market therapeutics to patients with rare genetic diseases. Kevin has over 20 years of experience in supply chain management focusing on sales WBR_AMPE [read more]
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    Gordon Glass
    Global Manager Product Authentication, GE Healthcare

    Subject matter expert for GE Healthcare’s Medical Diagnostics business regarding GS1 Global Standards, electronic coding, product serialization, and producttrack and trace (including electronic product pedigree). Coordinates intelligence gathering of global requirements, by market, for electronic coding, product serialization and traceability/authentication and then translates this information to [read more]
    11:20 HOSPITAL PERSPECTIVE: Implementing Serialization From A Hospitals Perspective: What Progress Has Been Made? How Do They Plan On Collaborating With Manufacturers?
    Chris Tucker, Director- Bar Code Resource Office, , VHA Office of Health Information, VA
    • Finding out the progress hospitals have made in preparing for serialized products
    • Discussing how they will process pedigree when shipments arrive:
      • What if there’s a problem in the container?
      • At what point do they discover it?
      • How do they correct it?
    • Determining the tools, technologies and methodologies they are using to upgrade from manual to automatic systems
    • Collaborating with wholesalers/ retailers/ hospitals to align goals, share best practices and realize what type of data each participant should capture to create a smoother transition of serialized products
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    Chris Tucker
    Director- Bar Code Resource Office, , VHA Office of Health Information, VA

    Chris L. Tucker, RPh., is the Director of the Bar Code Resource Office (BCRO) within the Veterans Health Administration Office of Informatics and Analytics (VHA OIA). His office provides strategic direction for point of care bar code technology applications such as BCMA, Clinical Laboratory, Anatomic Pathology, and Transfusion Verification. He received his pharmacy degree from Kansas University in [read more]
    12:05 Lunch
    Lunch
    12:55 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
    This is your opportunity to raise your questions and exchange ideas in a more intimate, casual environment. Each table is assigned a topic and a moderator. The moderator moves from one table to the next every 25 minutes so that all delegates will get a chance to discuss each topic.

    TABLE 1: COLD CHAIN
    Managing Rising Costs And Different Temperature Control Requirements Across Different Markets In Your Cold Chain
    • Creating a risk management approach to manage excursions in the cold chain
    • Establishing KPI’s to eliminate waste in key parts of the cold chain to create more efficiency
    • Collaborating with key partners including 3pls and distributors to create proper distribution, product-handling requirements and discover cost- savings
    • Getting to grips with varying temperature control requirements across multiple borders to understand best practices in getting products through the supply chain quicker


    Karen Oliver, Director Global Accounts, World Courier Inc., Les Sparrow, Manager Technical Support & Analytical Services, World Courier, Inc. 

    TABLE 2: GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
    Realizing Financial Value From Sustainable Supply Chain Efforts 
     David Linich, Leader of Life Sciences Sustainable Supply Chain Services,Deloitte

    TABLE 3: MULTI- CHANNEL DISTRIBUTION MODEL
    Establishing How The Distribution Landscape Is Changing: What Value Will Wholesalers Provide? What New Channel Strategies Are Being Implemented?
    • Examining the role of specialty distribution moving forward to realize what impact this will have on cost structure and the supply chain
    • Assessing the role of wholesalers using cost benefit analysis:
      • What value do they provide?
      • What services will they offer moving forward?
      • What are the alternative distribution channels?
    • Evaluating pros and cons of the internet and Canadian pharmaceutical model to derive key learnings for the pharmaceutical industry

     Volker Schulz, Senior Director, Customer Development – Healthcare, Exel 

    TABLE 4: Kinaxis Roundtable Discussion:
    The Role Of Simulation In Supply Chain Planning And Responding To Change
    • Typical scenarios in planning and responding
    • Tactical versus strategic use of simulations
    • Simulation tools and limitations
    • Users and Consumers

    Bill Dubois, Business Consultant, Kinaxis

    TABLE 5: Reusable Cold Chain Shipping Containers 
    Using Reusable Containers to Improve Product Quality and Lower Total Shipment Cost
    • Pallet shipper model
    • Small package model
    • Total cost considerations for reusable containers
    • Rent versus lease versus buy models for best value based on need
    • Reusable unit versus consumable unit models
    • Ecological impact of reusable containers

     
    John Howe, COO/ CTO, Intelligent Thermal Solutions, LCC
    3:05 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
    Afternoon Refreshments & Networking
    5.05 End of Day 2
    End of Day 2
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