Ravi Anupindi

Faculty Director, Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM), Chair, Advisory
University of Michigan

Ravi Anupindi David B. Hermelin Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Operations Management. He is the Program Director for the Master of Supply Chain Management Program . He was a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (Fall 2010) and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India (Winter 2011). Prior to joining the University of Michigan in 2002, he taught at the Stern School of Business, New York University (2000-2002) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1993-2000).

Ravis main research areas include supply chain management, strategic sourcing, supply chain risk management, lean operations, supply chain sustainability, value chains for economic development and global health care delivery. His current projects include decision models for commodity operations, supply chain risk management maturity framework, voluntary producer responsibility for sustainability, and health care delivery issues in TB, Malaria, and vaccines. His work has appeared in several leading journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of MSOM, Marketing Science, The Lancet, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

At the Ross school he has taught the Operations Management (core) and an elective class in Strategic Sourcing. He currently teaches elective courses in Global Supply Chain Management and Innovations in Global Healthcare Delivery. He is the co-author of a textbook, Managing Business Process Flows (3rd Edition) , Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2011.

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Day Two: Optimizing Global Supply Chain Processes And Partnerships

Friday, March 4th, 2016

13:30 PANEL: Streamlining Supply Chain Logistics In BRIC And Mexico

Most medical devices view emerging markets as a great opportunity area for business growth, but they come with their own unique challenges from ever-changing country specific labeling requirements to cultural team disparities. The array of experiences from this distinguished panel (top 10 medical device manufacturer, leading mid-sized, and recent start-up) is as unique as these countries are!
• Capturing all the information that is necessary to be efficient in import and export in each of these countries
• Identifying which vendors can support this information capture to help you make the best decisions about where manufacturing plants and other business hubs should be located?
• Working with regulatory and master data personnel as well as your 3PLs to overcome logistics challenges
• Identifying unique supply chain strategies for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Mexico

13:50 Continuation of PANEL: Streamlining Supply Chain Logistics In BRIC And Mexico

• Capturing all the information that is necessary to be efficient in import and export in each of these countries
• Identifying which vendors can support this information capture to help you make the best decisions about where manufacturing plants and other business hubs should be located?
• Working with regulatory and master data personnel as well as your 3PLs to overcome logistics challenges
• Identifying unique supply chain strategies for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Mexico

14:30 Medical Device Emerging Markets Supply Chain Optimization Study – Identifying The Gaps

While emerging markets are the leading opportunity for growth for medical device manufacturers, running a supply chain in emerging markets creates many challenges. Several speakers at LogiMed will address how they are tackling some of the emerging markets supply chain issues, but the industry still has a long way to go.

The University of Michigan is interested in identifying the gaps in emerging markets supply chain best practices and then studying these gaps over the next year in partnership with the LogiMed community. Learn how this study may look and share your input on what you’d like to see examined within emerging markets. The results will be shared at LogiMed 2016!

15:55 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. 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.

Choose 3, 30 minutes each

#1 Re-Evaluating The Medical Device Supply Chain: Cost-To-Serve, Forward Deployment, Embedding, Consignment, And Channels
Matt Brzica, Director, Healthcare Solutions, DSC Logistics

#2 Changing Medical Device Logistics Models In Emerging Markets
Craig M. Simon, President and CEO, Fedex SupplyChain

#3 Achieving Operational Excellence By Developing A Lean Culture Within Your Supply Chain Organization
Rick Desmarais, Director Lean & Operational Excellence, Johnson & Johnson HealthCare Systems Inc.

#4 Supply Chain Transformation
Todd Skiles, SVP, Ryder Supply Chain Solutions

#5 Reducing Lead Times In A Make-To-Order Environment
Don Lynch, Director of Supply Chain, Welch Allyn

#6 Case Study: Defining And Establishing A Supply Chain From The Ground Up
Marty Kerber, SVP, Engineering and Manufacturing, inSleep Technologies

#7 Exploring Changing Customer And Country-Specific Labeling Requirements And Its Impact On Your Supply Chain
Dawn Fowler, Sr. Manager, Global Labeling & Documentation, Endologix

#8 Medical Device Emerging Markets Supply Chain Best Practice Study – Identifying The Gaps
Ravi Anupindi, Faculty Director, Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM), Chair, Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights, University of Michigan

#9 UDI And Global Data Standards And How They Can Benefit The Supply Chain
Jenny Gough, GS1 Specialist, Operations, Molnlycke Healthcare

#10 Global S&OP Transformation
Deedee Adams, Director, Global Demand Planning, Program Lead, Operation STRIVE, Maquet Getinge Group

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.