Conference Highlights

• What true “visibility” in the healthcare supply chain requires from trading partners, and how it impacts total costs for all stakeholders
• How to improve demand signals so manufacturers receive the information required to produce the product quantities that are needed, without waste or shortages
• What supply chain partners must do to prepare for and respond to hurricanes and public health events
• Why it’s critical to gain better real-time understanding of consumption, expirations, back orders, and other factors impacting demand, and how to do it

Who Should Attend

• Supply chain professionals, demand planners and forecasters, operations leaders, inventory management professionals, S&OP professionals, strategic/national accounts leaders
• Manufacturers, distributors, health system supply chain leaders, group purchasing organizations (GPOs), and IT/solutions providers
• Anyone else interested in improving demand visibility, forecasting, and inventory availability in the healthcare supply chain

...And Why

• Collaborate to improve demand planning and ensure product availability
• Guide the industry initiative to increase visibility and reduce shortages, disruptions, and waste in the supply chain
• Connect with peers and trading partners to discuss demand planning challenges
• Take-away ideas for ensuring your supply chain continuity

Wednesday, February 5

Welcome And Objectives • 1:30-1:50pm

Opening Session:
A Vision For A Connected, Fully Visible Healthcare Supply Chain • 1:50-2:40pm

Joe Walsh, Founder, Supply Chain Sherpas

• Former Chief Supply Chain Officer for Intermountain Healthcare who now consults with provider and supplier organizations nationwide
• Energetic speaker who engages audiences through storytelling, data, trends, and candid and provocative perspectives
• Respected supply chain visionary who invites leaders to challenge their own limiting beliefs about what’s possible and truly transform the supply chain

Managing A Major Shortage: Lessons Learned • 2:40-3:25pm

Greg Hylton, Vice President, Vendor Relations, Medline Industries, Inc.
Nancy Ewing, Director Category Management, SCL Health
Lindsay Gauthier, Ethicon US Supply Chain Leader, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems

• How shortages, such as last year’s IV fluid event, impacts providers and what they do to manage through them
• What trading partners did to help each other through the crisis, what worked well, and what didn’t
• What tools and practices should be applied to future disruptions

Table Discussions Focused On Managing Shortages • 3:25-3:40pm

Break • 3:40-4:00pm

Government Affairs Update:
Looming Issues Impacting Product Availability • 4:00-4:20pm

Linda Rouse O’Neill, Vice President, Government Affairs, HIDA

• What’s happening at the state and federal level regarding use of EtO for medical product sterilization
• How these trends could impact product availability

Initiative Update: New Resources From Collaborative Workgroups • 4:20-4:40pm

David Forbes, Program Director, Healthcare Supply Chain Collaborative, HIDA

Break • 4:30-4:40pm

Concurrent Breakouts And Working Sessions • 4:40-5:30pm

Metrics:
Creating A Common Vocabulary For Measuring And Managing Supply And Demand

Facilitators: David Forbes, Director, Healthcare Supply Chain Collaborative, HIDA
John Lebowitz, Lead Program Manager, Strategic Marketplace Initiative

• The importance of having a common language for measuring and improving performance in areas like fill rates, back orders, and more
• Group discussion aimed at moving the industry toward common metrics

Deeper Dive:
EtO, Coronavirus, and Other Issues Currently Threatening The Supply Chain

Facilitator: Linda Rouse O’Neill, Vice President, Government Affairs, HIDA

• Assess risk of supply chain shortages related to potential EtO plant closures
• Discuss potential industry responses

Best Practices For Managing Shortages And Back Orders

Facilitator: Dana Frank, Director of National Accounts, Concordance Healthcare Solutions
Nancy Anderson, Associate Executive Director, Strategic Marketplace Initiative

• Understand new industry template for shortage notifications
• Discuss adoption benefits and strategies
• Further develop best practices for back order management

Networking Reception • 5:30–7:00pm

Thursday, February 6

Networking Breakfast • 7:00–8:00am

Case Study:
Improving Demand Planning At A Large IDN • 8:00-8:30am

Michael Darling, Vice President, Supply Chain, St. Luke’s Health System of Kansas City

• How a major health system is leveraging daily supply consumption data from provider to distributor to manufacturer
• What types of floor-level information are being gathered and shared
• How this data is used at the distributor level to better manage inventory

Cardinal Health Case Study:
Collaborative Global Supply And Demand Planning • 8:30-9:00am

Lori Anter, Director, Global Demand Planning, Cardinal Health
Peter Bennett, Director, Global Supply Planning, Cardinal Health

• Why collaboration between the demand planning and supply planning functions is so critical
• How the two groups work together at Cardinal, what the impact has been, and where the collaboration is heading

Table Discussions Focused On Demand Planning • 9:00-9:15am

Hurricanes Happen:
Creating A Realistic, Effective Plan For Supply Chain Disruption • 9:15-9:50am

Tim Vogt, Supply Chain Relations Manager, BD
Kim Bedwell, Director, Safety & Environmental Health, Owens & Minor
Scott Wilcox, Operations Manager, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

• Lessons learned from recent weather emergencies: what worked, what didn’t, and what was unexpected
• New tools that allow suppliers and customers to jointly prepare for a hurricane, snowstorm, or other disruptive weather event
• Strategies to consider, such as sequestered inventories and pre-determined emergency orders

Break • 9:50-10:10am

Mayo Clinic Case Study:
Using Analytics To Improve Supply Continuity • 10:10-10:40am

Jerry Dietenberger, Manager, Operational Excellence Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Mayo Clinic
Melanie Paape, Manager, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, Mayo Clinic

• How Mayo is improving its analytics, and how it’s using that information to better understand total inventory and areas of vulnerability
• How the organization incorporates information from suppliers into prioritization and decision-making
• Why inventory optimization plays such an important role in supporting continuity of supply

Break • 10:40-10:50am

Concurrent Breakouts And Working Sessions • 10:50-11:40am

Moving Forward On The Demand Planning Maturity Path

Facilitator: Lori Anter, Director, Global Demand Planning, Cardinal Health

• How the most advanced organizations manage demand
• Why it’s critical to share that information with their trading partners to reduce both shortages and excess inventory
• What steps are most critical to move your organization up the maturity path

Emergency Readiness:
Partnering With Government Agencies, Coalitions, And More

Facilitator: Mary Beth Spencer, Senior Manager, Government Affairs, HIDA

• Partner with government agencies in advance of emergencies to ensure a smooth, rapid response during a crisis
• Understand the role of regional healthcare coalitions in emergency readiness
• Identify ways to engage with these organizations to improve supply chain readiness

Working Session: Improving Allocation Management

Facilitators: Greg Hylton, Vice President, Vendor Relations, Medline Industries
Lindsay Gauthier, Ethicon US Supply Chain Leader, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems

• Discuss common practices for allocating products during shortages
• Consider what works and what doesn’t
• Create a work plan for developing industry best practice recommendations

Break • 11:40-11:50am

Interactive Discussion: Next Steps in Building End-To-End Visibility • 11:50-12:20

Closing Remarks • 12:20-12:30pm