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Program

This will be the industry’s first virtual event

Five events, one interactive platform – practical solutions for cutting cost and maximizing the profitability of your manufacturing and supply chain processes

Day One Wednesday 09 September 2009
09:00	Gregg Brandyberry former Vice President Procurement, Global Systems and Operations, GLAXOSMITHKLINE	Keynote Presentation 1: Electronic sourcing - how to create your own stimulus today Establish your own electronic sourcing program Identifying the many tools and techniques available How to significantly improve your ability to deliver year-on-year incremental savings “straight to the bottom line” Optimizing your technology investment to achieve a stunning ROI (>10X in less than 12 months) The latest ways to get suppliers to collaborate with your company while optimizing the best supply solutions
09:30	Q&A session
09:40	Luca Russo Operations & Logistics Director Janssen-Cilag S.p.A	Keynote Presentation 2: Profiting in an economic downturn - streamlining your supply chain to reduce costs, mitigate risks and maximise your impact on the bottom line Reviewing developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry Gaining competitive advantage by outsourcing to emerging markets Discussing pros and cons of outsourcing as a cost-effective alternative Reviewing anticipated market trends: outsourcing all supply chain processes within the next few years to concentrate on core-competences The role of technology in future-proofing your manufacturing processes Understanding the constantly changing regulatory environment Preparing for the future - the virtual manufacturing plan
10:10	Q&A session
10:20	Corrado Snaiderbaur Demand Planning Director Chiesi	Keynote Presentation 3: Effective demand planning and forecasting techniques for reducing inventory and speeding goods to market Analysing how an accurate demand planning tool can help you reduce inventory costs and increase customer service levels Leveraging the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process to improve the supply chain Reconciling top-down forecasts and bottom-up demand plans Working with sales and marketing to improve forecasting accuracy Measuring and using forecast accuracy Creating a baseline forecast of future demand Managing and reducing inventory throughout the upgraded distribution network
10:50	Q&A session
	PHARMA MANUFACTURING		PHARMA SUPPLY CHAIN
	Contract Manufacturing	Operational Excellence & Process Optimisation	Secure Chain	Process Optimisation	Cold Chain
11:00	Realising the benefits of contract manufacturing in emerging markets – is it cheaper and do the benefits outweigh the risks? Himanshu Vasant Chawda, Vice President - PhaEZ Project, CADILA PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	Clarifying GMP standards and how you can keep your facility up to date - create non stifling, cutting edge GMPs that are also good for business Michael Bruckheimer, Executive Director Group Quality Assurance, NOVARTIS	Towards mass serialisation: an overview of pilot projects and next steps towards cross-border standardisation Claire Barber, Global Projects & Change Director, AstraZeneca, on behalf of the EFPIA	Optimising purchasing processes in your supply chain Salman Wasti, Deputy Director Purchasing, SANOFI PASTEUR	Optimising the monitoring of the cold supply chain Nigel Cryer Head of Quality Manufacturing and Supply Chain NORGINE
11:30	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session
11:40	Pharma sourcing from India and China - past, present and future Mike Chace-Ortiz, Senior Director, Product Strategy and API Intelligence, THOMSON REUTERS	Implementing both short and long term measurable goals successfully Lawrence W. Becht, Process Team Leader, MERCK	U.S. ePedigree versus European Pedigree Scott Rasmussen, GPO Distribution QA ABBOTT	Good importer practices context and recommendations Anthony Barone, Director Global Logistics Policy, PFIZER	Monitoring cumulative temp exposure at the unit level to the patient Dave Ulrich Quality Assurance Director, Distribution ABBOTT LABORATIORIES
12:10	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session
12:20	Diversification and the Important Role that a Highly Efficient Supply Chain will Play to Drive Profit Diversifying the product portfolio to build sustainable profit Managing more complexity without increasing costs Building an accurate demand plan to drive profitable decisions Simultaneously drive reduced inventory and improved service levels through inventory optimization Leveraging an Executive driven S&OP process to gain market share and increase profit David Johnston Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution JDA SOFTWARE
12:50	Q&A session
13:00
10:20	Marco Irione Senior Manager Accenture Simon Pollard Senior Manager SAP	Networking session: The Perfect Plant
13:30	Offering quick delivery and high quality products at reasonable costs - contract manufacturing partnerships in India Kim Steffensen, Department Head Contract Manufacturing & Licensing, NOVO NORDISK	Lean manufacturing in Pharma – connection the dots Tom van Laar, Head of Global Technical Operations, NOVARTIS	Developing strong business and quality systems for the identification, qualification and ongoing management of key suppliers Eileen Counihan, Director Commercialization & EMEA Compliance, MERCK SHARP & DOHME	Centralization of the forecasting process: a case study Peter Lena, Director of forecasting, SEPRACOR	Shipping in / out of India: examining the unique regulations, customs and local transport partners Dr Ramendra N. Pandey, Senior Director, Head of ChemPharm Analytical Development, Analytical & Pharmaceutical Development Centre, JANSSEN-CILAG
14:00	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session
14:10	Networking session

Day Two Thursday 10 September 2009
09:00	Federico Ynzenga Operational Excellence Senior Director Agile Logistics and Supply pfizer	Keynote Presentation 1: Driving operational excellence and process improvement across the supply chain - key tools for increasing productivity and maximising your resources Knowing what sustainable improvement in quality and efficiency requires Referring to the thrust of continuous improvement in all areas of manufacturing performance with Operational Excellence as an umbrella approach Identifying and eliminating the seven wastes: defects, overproduction, waiting, transporting, motion, over-processing and inventory Successfully implementing Lean Six Sigma strategies to improve productivity, increase resource utilisation and more accurate understanding of product costs Deploying operational excellence across multiple plants Engaging and managing your workforce is key to achieve operational excellence Surviving the economic downturn by achieving operational excellence
09:30	Q&A session
09:40	Speakers: SAP & ACCENTURE	Keynote Presentation 2: Production and Supply Chain excellence in the Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences Industry Outlining efficient strategies on how to achieve production and supply chain excellence Optimising and integrating manufacturing execution process efficiency through to back office ERP systems with the Accenture Perfect Plant approach Addressing challenges in demand and supply planning, specifically around integration between planning of primary manufacturing and secondary manufacturing to maximize supply chain excellence Making confident decisions based on an instant line of sight with a business intelligence solution that provides complete visibility of information across the enterprise providing Ensuring Advanced Enterprise Performance Management by utilizing a solution to focus on strategic planning, budgeting and consolidation requirements
10:10	Q&A session
10:20	James Hagan Vice President Corporate Environment, Health Safety and Sustainability GLAXOSMITHKLINE	Keynote Presentation 3: Green manufacturing: innovative methods to achieve a more sustainable operation to reduce cost and improve efficiency Analyzing the cost, benefits and the business case for going green Learning how to appropriately recycle and reuse the chemicals produced in drug manufacturing Determining how to successfully create a more sustainable process and the techniques you can use to reduce your environmental footprint Understanding which aspects of your process you can make green
10:50	Q&A session
	PHARMA MANUFACTURING		PHARMA SUPPLY CHAIN
	Contract Manufacturing	Operational Excellence & Process Optimisation	Secure Chain	Process Optimisation	Cold Chain
11:00	Case study: Supplier Relationship Management at Johnson & Johnson's Global Pharmaceutical Supply Group (GPSG) Paul Coppens, Director Global Procurement Operations, JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA	Designing Lean Six Sigma Component Architecture: Ideas into Results Bruce Smith, Six Sigma Champion, Manager, Manufacturing Central Groups, ELI LILLY	Cargo security programs and their impact on pharmaceutical shipments Brad Elrod, Senior Manager, Global Logistics Security Pfizer Global Logistics	Choosing and implementing an effective outsourcing strategy in order to maximise resources and create a cost-effective product Kurt Reber, Head of Contract Manufacturing, NOVARTIS	Case Study – Managing Temperature Sensitive Clinical Supplies For International Clinical Trials C. Ray Goff, Jr. Director, Vaccine R&D WYETH RESEARCH
11:30	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session
11:40	Evaluating the role of globalization on the regulatory landscape and how this will impact the manufacturing processes Dr. Michael Beatrice , Corporate Vice President Quality and Regulatory Compliance, ABBOTT	Operational Excellence and Process Optimisation - initiating a program and case study projects W. Michael Jackson, Director, Manufacturing and Engineering, STIEFEL LABORATORIES INC	Improving risk identification strategies across the supply chain William G. Eubanks, Manager, Global Product Security Investigations, TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS and Scott Kammer, Senior Manager, TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS	Realising the benefits of a sustainability program: what are the cost implications and is it worth the investment? Thomas Pagliuco, Director Energy, SCHERING-PLOUGH	Getting more out of your stability data to assess temperature excursions Claude Ammann, Director, Quality Assurance/Quality Control, TOPOTARGET
12:10	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session	Q&A session
12:20	Networking sessions

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