Wednesday 15th April 2015 - Main Conference Day One

An invaluable opportunity for you to turn theory into practice by applying your knowledge in an experienced classroom environment. Each master class is moderated by a leading practitioner and is open to a 25 – 30 active participants who form part of a high level interactive discussion. Join a master class and take part in the conversation to move your industry forward.

• How to set-up a robust S&OP process design
• Understanding the concept of concrete building blocks to explore the process
• Examining methods that have a proven track record, including pharmaceutical customer examples
• Real-life examples of how these building blocks can achieving concrete business benefits including: Improved forecast accuracy, lower inventories, cost efficiency and improved availability

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Lunch will be served in the masterclass room.

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• Using the e-channel to foster and speed up distribution of individualized dosing and combinations
• Combining multi-channel marketing with logistics and distribution When just in time to treatment adds additional value to patients and physicians
• Open additional value creation engaging pharmacies in customer-centric value adding services
• Creating alliances while sharing gained additional benefit throughout new distribution models

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• The global serialization challenge and how it impacts the industry's operations as well as the country's healthcare system.
• A focus on the EU Falsified Medicines Directive. What's happening next in Europe ?
• The importance of having a strategic approach

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• What real-time metrics should you put in place to manage volume, requirement and regulatory changes?
• What strategies can you put in place to bridge the gap between the API and raw material supplier to the customer?
• How should planning synchronise and communicate more effectively with distribution to release working capital?

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• Determining what criteria for channels should be considered when moving into new markets
• What are the pros and cons of each channel strategy?
• What are the benefits and risks of going to wholesalers vs. distributors vs. direct to patients?
• Implementing key performance indicators (KPIs) to bring the right quality of service to the customer

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• How would you best assess which serialisation equipment and technologies are available?
• Which vendor companies have you used that you might recommend to work with?
• How would you assess what’s practical in terms of cost versus meeting requirements?

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• Successfully implementing change management and processes to support system connections
• How to obtain meaningful KPIs: Ensuring consistency of data from different systems; what needs to be put in place?
• Examining the GATOR project and has successfully improved the supply chain IT TechOps strategy
• Exploring how GATOR can be used to move from S&OP and allow future IBP (Integrated Business Plan) processes

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Building a sustainable relationship

Identifying mutual and quick wins to better serve the patient

Delivering the Joint Business plan and measuring outcomes

Moving to a more strategic partnership

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• How innovative packaging solutions can help to meet regulatory requirements
• Real life examples of how the packaging features have prevented product diversion
• Exploring how temperature control tracking can be integrated with security requirements
• What are the main challenges in implementing the packaging solutions and how to overcome them

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What are the critical challenges when serving multiple channels from the same warehouse?

How to maintain accuracy and traceability, whilst at the same time keeping the operation cost effective?

What can we learn from other industries?

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• Observations from leading pharma companies: what are the greatest challenges in pharma serialization to date?
• Winning strategies: What is key to keep in mind to fulfill serialization requirements globally today and tomorrow?
• How to stay on top with upcoming changing regulations, deal with many uncertainties and keep focus on the main strategic direction

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• Examining the main capabilities of the Supply Planning Process Center of Excellence and how it can be used in end-to-end sustainability
• How to ensure local adoption, and knowledge for global-scale planning processes and systems
• What strategies can be implemented to prevent the risk of stock-out?
• Ensuring effective communication with local business agencies, wholesalers and internal units in the final mile of distribution

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These informal subject-specific roundtables give you a unique opportunity to drill down into the details of the software and technologies for integrated planning that most interest you. Each roundtable is limited to 10 people for maximum interaction and is designed for you to meet like-minded peers and source practical solutions collaboratively.

Table 1: How to overcome the problem of theft, diversion and anti-counterfeiting -

• Which anti-counterfeiting methods are most effective – including ePedigree and eDocuments?

• What standards should be implemented for transportation?
  
  
• What methods work well for reducing the risk of diversion?
  
  
• What strategies work well for security for controlled substances?

Ann L. Merchant, President, Schreiner MediPharm


Table 2: End to end serialization

Jyrki Syvari, Corporate Director Supply Chain Integrity, Boehringer Ingelheim

Table 3: GS1 advice - How to be ready in advance of the Falsified Medicines Directive serialisation requirement

Tania Snioch, Director Healthcare, GS1


Table 4: Overview of live temperature tracking technologies for improving track & trace

• Overview of Tracking Methods - passive & active devices, software

• Pros / Cons per technology

• Exchange on experiences - ex. Active tracking, passive tracking

• Examples on how tracking adds value

Richard Ettl, CEO, SkyCell AG


Table 5: How to meet the European serialisation and traceability guidelines.
Haris Kamal, Vice President of Life Sciences, Frequentz

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These informal subject-specific roundtables give you a unique opportunity to drill down into the details of the software and technologies for integrated planning that most interest you. Each roundtable is limited to 10 people for maximum interaction and is designed for you to meet like-minded peers and source practical solutions collaboratively.

Table 1: Planning software

• What innovative planning software systems have been implemented and worked well?
• What are the opportunities in using cloud based technologies? Which planning software technologies are you currently looking to invest in?

Trevor Miles, VP Thought Leadership and Industry Principal, Life Sciences, Kinaxis


Table 2: Data: Your Roadmap to Visibility

• Where are we on the data maturity curve to full Supply Chain Analytics?
• To MDM or not to MDM that is the question?
• Current reality v future state vision – how far do we need to go?
• Are we equipped to take the next step – time, skills, resources, cost? can we afford not to?
• Measuring to improve or reporting to applaud – metrics to change behaviour?

Mark Stockley, Senior Manager, Cognizant



Table 3: Examining the use of a business intelligence tool in Supply Chain

Cecilia Moyano, Global Supply Chain Business Intelligence Manager, at a leading Pharma Company

Alberto Reinoso, Global Head Technical Operations IT, at a leading Pharma Company

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