Dave Hunter

Vice President of Supply Chain Management
Providence Health & Services

Dave Hunter is currently the Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Engineering & Hospitality for Providence Health & Services (PH&S). He has been in healthcare supply chain for 30+ years. Dave served in hospital supply chain management positions for his first ten years with Providence in Olympia and Yakima, Washington, as well as with Carondelet Healthcare in Tucson, Arizona. Since 1993 he has worked for PH&S in system or regional supply chain management positions.

Since 2003 he has lead all supply chain activities within Providence Health
& Services, a $15 billion per year organization. This includes strategic and capital sourcing, procurement, value analysis, and operations & logistics in this 33 hospital system stretching from California to Alaska. Total supply and purchased services spend for Providence exceeds $2.25 billion annually. Dave also oversees a $140 million per year self-distribution center which services three western states within the Providence service areas. He has recently assumed responsibility for Clinical Engineering, Facility Engineering, Nutritional Services, and Environmental Services for Providence. The Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 ranking for 2014 placed PH&S 22nd for its first ranking on this distinguished list.

Dave resides in the Seattle area with his wife. He has a B.A. in Business & Economics from Seattle Pacific University, and a Masters in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University. Hunter has served his community of Carnation, WA as city council member, mayor, and served five years on the local school board, including two years as Board President.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Dave.

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Day One: Evolving Your Supply Chain In The Changing Healthcare Environment

Thursday, February 4th, 2016

09:35 Provider Perspective: Moving To A Low Unit Of Measure And Just-In-Time In Your Hospital Distribution Center To Pull Out Cost And Add Value To Suppliers

Providence Health & Services is one of the nation's largest hospital systems with 33 hospitals stretching from California to Alaska, and is ranked within the top 25 healthcare supply chains in 2014 by Gartner. Learn how this leading provider operates to gain insight into how medical device suppliers can better work with them and how other providers can follow lead for a more effective hospital distribution center.
• Setting up your DC to move to a low unit of measure and JIT
• Using industrial engineers to identify the optimum order size to reduce numbers of orders at sites (resulting in a 60-70% reduction of inventory and an increase in fill rates to 99%)
• Sharing plans to head into areas where the supply chain hasn’t traditionally had exposure, like the OR and clinical inventory areas

16:25 Interactive Roundtable Discussions

Choose 3, 30 Minutes Each

While the first part of LogiMed is jam-packed with detailed presentations and thought-provoking panel discussions, we end the day with interactive roundtable discussions. This is your chance to sit with each of the day’s speakers to ask questions about their presentations, share your thoughts, and dive deeper into the subject matter. Additional roundtable topics not discussed yet in the morning are available too! And what’s even better is that you pick which roundtables to partake in – choose the ones relevant to your most pressing initiatives and send your team mates to others to cover full ground.

#1 Working With Your 3PLs To Achieve Inventory Accuracy And On-Time Shipments
Scott Williams, Sr. Director, Supply Chain, Dexcom

#2 Provider Perspective: Moving To A Low Unit Of Measure And Just-In-Time In Your Hospital Distribution Center To Pull Out Cost And Add Value To Suppliers
Dave Hunter, VP of Supply Chain Management, Engineering & Hospitality, Providence Health & Services

#3 Optimizing Your Supply Chain In The Changing Healthcare Environment
Don Casey, CEO, Medical Segment, Cardinal Health

#4 Outsourcing Freight Payment to Create a More Cost Effective, Efficient Supply Chain
Stacey Tapler, Director, Logistics, B Braun Medical

#5 Creating Owners and Leaders in Your Supply Chain: Lessons Learned from Other Industries
Rupa Roy, Director Assets & Inventory, Aesculap

#6 Integrating Systems Following Mergers and Acquisitions
John Ordway, VP Operations, Moximed

#7 Exploring How The Affordable Care Act Is Impacting The Healthcare Supply Chain
Richard Bagley, Director, Strategic Sourcing, Intermountain Healthcare

#8 Procurement Transformation
Ian MacDiarmid, Director, Division Supply, Abbott Vascular

#9 Creating Change And Using Value Analysis To Enhance The Supplier/Provider Relationship
Gloria Graham, Clinical Materials Specialist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

#10 Planning for Success When Offshoring Your Manufacturing
M. Scott Sample, Director of Product Development, Cyberonics

Would your firm benefit from discussing solutions to these challenges with the medical device supply chain community? Contact Fabricio Santos at 646-502-3233 or fabricio.santos@wbresearch.com to learn how your company can moderate a roundtable at LogiMed.

Day Two: Optimizing Global Supply Chain Processes And Partnerships

Friday, March 4th, 2016

08:55 PANEL: Provider/Manufacturer Collaboration: Uncovering Strategies To Reduce Cost Within The Entire Supply Chain

The inaugural US LogiMed last year was a huge success, but one of the biggest pieces of feedback we received from attendees was that in order to truly create maximum efficiency in the healthcare supply chain, there must be more communication and collaboration among providers and their suppliers. Here's your chance to learn the challenges of your customers and how they are having to operate as a result of healthcare industry changes following the Affordable Care Act.

Audience members, be ready to ask your questions and take part in the discussion!

• Providers share how to develop stronger relationships and work together to better the supply chains
• Understanding different nuances with different sized organizations. How can suppliers fit into the world of both large and small hospital networks?
• Where can efficiencies in the supply chain be realized?
• Manufacturers in the audience ask questions and share their ideas and insight into how providers and manufacturers can strengthen the supply chain to reduce cost all around