Stacey Tapler

Director, Logistics
B. Braun Medical

Stacey has 20 years of Logistics and Supply Chain experience. Currently she is the Director of Logistics for B Braun Medical, Inc. and her responsibilities include the management of all distribution facilities, transportation and customs compliance. With B Braun’s focus on Operational Excellence, Stacey leads improvements within Logistics and plays an important leadership role interfacing with Global colleagues regarding global freight and distribution improvements.

Stacey started her career with J.B. Hunt Transport as a Logistics Manager and had roles with increasing responsibility within Diageo and Samuel Adams in the areas of transportation and warehousing. She earned a B.S. in Logistics from Penn State University and an MBA from DeSales University. She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and three children.

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

Thursday, February 4th, 2016

14:40 Outsourcing Freight Payment To Create A More Cost Effective, Efficient Supply Chain

Freight payment outsourcing is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about optimizing your supply chain; but maybe it should be! Stacey Tappler will share the many benefits B.Braun has gained through outsourced freight payment and the steps they took to get there, so you can quickly implement this strategy and see great returns.
• Explaining why outsourcing freight payment is one of the best things a company can do for themselves
• Determining which outside freight experts to work with to pay and manage your freight invoices
• Obtaining data from your freight payment vendor to use for analysis
• Understanding how to analyze the data from your freight payment vendor to create a more cost effective and efficient supply chain

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.