Pre-Conference Workshop: What Supply Chain Leaders Must Know About Cybersecurity And Business Continuity Planning
Supply chain by definition involves relationships with hundreds or thousands of vendors and other external business partners, creating an enormous surface area for the cybersecurity team to defend. This workshop will bring together supply chain and IT leaders from across the healthcare supply chain to focus on critical strategies for ensuring continuity and resilience in the face of cyber threats.

Ron Browne
Chief Information Security Officer
Owens & Minor

Ellery Fisher
SVP & Chief Information Officer
McKesson Medical-Surgical

John Ford
Healthcare Cybersecurity Expert & Founding Partner
TRIFIDENT

Smarter, Safer, And More Sustainable Supply Chains
Hear from three dynamic healthcare supply chain leaders in the opening session of the MedSupplyChain Conference.

• Supply Chain’s Role in Digital Strategy
  In an era where fewer than 25% of companies have comprehensive digital strategies, supply chain leaders are uniquely positioned to drive technological transformation. Broad operational perspective can inform critical decisions on data sharing, infrastructure, and integrated ecosystems. Learn to leverage your supply chain expertise to champion digital initiatives that enhance overall organizational health and efficiency.
• Building Value-Driven Healthcare Supply Chains
  Shared values are a foundational component of healthy partner relationships and often a critical consideration when health systems are evaluating trading partners. Suppliers who can align with their customers' missions, from ESG initiatives to health equity goals, to create robust, adaptable supply chains that withstand challenges and drive long-term success.

Randy Bradley
Associate Professor of Supply Chain
University of Tennessee

Sara Henderson
VP, Supply Chain
Avera Health

Automating The Supply Chain: Turning Trials Into Triumphs
Automation and technology scaling initiatives should be driven by strategic needs and identified solution gaps, not by the allure of new tech alone. Cardinal Health’s approach prioritizes reducing employee burden through careful assessment of operational challenges before seeking appropriate technological solutions. Flexibility during technology trials is crucial, allowing for rapid pivots and refinements to ensure successful enterprise-wide implementation and scalability.

Peter Bennett
SVP, Global Logistics
Cardinal Health

Using The Gartner Hierarchy Of Metrics To Improve Healthcare Supply Chain Performance
Gartner’s Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics is considered the industry standard for end-to-end supply chain performance measurement. In this session, we’ll dig deeper to understand how these metrics can be applied in the healthcare sector. You’ll get ideas for:

• Identifying opportunities to improve supply chain performance – and the health of the overall business
• Making the right trade-offs based on understanding how the metrics interact
• Reducing end-to-end supply chain costs

Corwin Hee
Senior Director Analyst
Gartner

Case Study: Reducing Environmental Impact Through Improved Logistics

Travis Miller
VP, Supply Chain Operations, Midwest Region
Advocate Health

Chet Damania
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Customer Solutions
Johnson & Johnson

Infusing Supply Chain Expertise Throughout The Healthcare Organization
The supply chain team’s work builds efficiency and profitability within the departments they support. But in many organizations, supply chain’s scope is limited: specialized departments such as IT, lab, etc. might control their own procurement. In this session, exchange ideas with a panel of health system leaders on the benefits and strategic considerations of infusing supply chain expertise more broadly within the organization.

• Evaluate the ideal positioning of supply chain within an organization
• Understand how broadening supply chain’s scope can enhance profitability and efficiency across the organization
• Consider strategies for ensuring that clinical staff are fully focused on patient care, not supply chain tasks

Judy Webb-Hapgood
Chief Supply Chain Officer
University of Miami

Factoring Health Equity Into Healthcare Supply Chain Policies And Decisions
Explore the critical role of health equity considerations in shaping effective healthcare supply chain policies and decision-making processes. Learn how integrating equity-focused strategies into procurement, distribution, and inventory management can significantly impact supply chain and patient outcomes.

2025 Outlook For Global Logistics
Lars Jensen is back for a third year with his insights on global shipping trends ahead in 2025 – and what they mean for product availability. Whether you’re directly involved in freight management, or just on the receiving end of supply chain delays, you’ll gain important insights from this presentation.

Lars Jensen
CEO
Vespucci Maritime

Greening The Supply Chain: Reducing Waste Through Distribution Efficiencies
Distribution can be a powerful lever for achieving sustainability goals in healthcare supply chains. From optimizing transportation logistics to sourcing eco-friendly products, there are a number of opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of the whole supply chain. Learn strategies for navigating diverse customer priorities and capabilities while working towards industry-wide alignment on ESG goals and objectives.

Karen Conway
ValueWorks