Day Three: Manufacturer And Provider-Only Collaboration And Benchmarking Day

Managing talent is an important part of a successful supply chain, but one that often takes a back seat when "putting out fires" and dealing with more pressing business matters. But the fact is that managing your teams and leaders needs to take on the front seat and be something you are constantly and consistently working on. Ensure you are on the right track by listening to these supply chain executives who are very passionate about - and skilled at! - talent management.
• What skill sets are most often missing from supply chain folks and how do you build them within your teams?
• Global talent: Managing and improving your personnel in different countries
• Recruiting and motivating leaders within your supply chain to maintain top talent

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Seated with similar companies: by device class type or provider, and size of company for true benchmarking discussions!

• How can we leverage a common field inventory deployment?
• How do our inventory levels compare to the rest of the industry?
• What percentage of your total spend is in vendor managed inventory (VMI)?
• Comparing inventory turn levels

Seated with similar companies: by device class type or provider, and size of company for true benchmarking discussions!

• Coordinating and creating more visibility around demand with your customers and sales team
• Implementing continuous improvement programs to drive discipline
• Comparing demand planning technologies and choosing the right one for your firm
• For startups and smaller firms, how do you deal with uncertainty of demand?

While many device manufacturers are struggling to adopt best practices for consignment inventory, MicroVention Terumo seems to have a successful system in place. Brian Harrington will share how MicroVention established their consignment inventory management program and what they are doing to maintain its effectiveness.

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Throughout the first two days of the event, we’ll have a white board for you to leave a note telling us what topics you want to dissect that haven’t yet been addressed or addressed in enough detail. Our esteemed advisory board will tackle these remaining challenges with you!

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Choose 3, 30 minutes each

#1 Aligning The Needs Of The Patient, Buyer, And Supplier To Create Value And Control Inbound Freight Costs
Stephanie Matejka, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Management, Mayo Clinic

#2 Disaster Supply: Managing Your Stockpile And Obtaining Supplies When Everyone Is Vying For the Same Small Supply Line
Colleen Cusick, Director, Materials Management, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

#3 Establishing An Effective Consignment Inventory Management Program
Brian Harrington, Director, Supply Chain Management, MicroVention Terumo

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Worried you are missing out on good conversation at the table next to you? Don’t be! Once the Collaboration Roundtables are complete, each roundtable moderator will take a few minutes to share with the entire audience the most important take-aways that were identified during each discussion.