In this all-new networking session, we will display a series of pain points on the screen, and you’ll have to determine which your most pressing business matter is for 2016 and find others who also share that pain point. You’ll have 30 minutes to chat with others in your group before a new group of challenges is displayed. This is an exciting way for you to meet other ProcureCon Pharma attendees who share the same challenges, make new connections, and collaborate on new ways to solve them.

Running out of something, be it an item or a service is the worst thing that can happen to a supply chain. What sort of resilience is necessary to help companies better respond to supply chain disruptions? How can you more effectively manage and mitigate risk associated with supply chain disruptions? Dr Azadegan has been leading this exercise with sourcing executives from top 10 pharma companies to get to the heart of how to have more resilient leadership. During this two part workshop you will be presented with a range of supply chain disruptions to various indirect categories. In small teams you will work through table topic exercises to assess how organizational resilience and supply chain resilience can affect recovery efforts during supply chain disruptions. The outcomes will be quickly analyzed and tabulated and the results will be shared after lunch to find out how you would measure up against your peers!
During this first part participants will:
• Work through supply chain disruptions in small teams
• Examine hypothetical cases of supply chain disruption
• Assess how organizational resilience and supply chain resilience can affect recovery efforts

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Biopharma is a highly competitive space. With so much movement, how can you re-think staffing to deliver the most value to the business? How can you improve skillsets through cross pollination? How can you use staff as the pipeline for future engagements?
Knowledge share and strategize on how to:
• Attract people with experience in non-procurement areas to increase access to talent
• Motivate talent to understand the needs of the business and come up with business solutions
• Develop robust succession plans to be prepared in case of unexpected change

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Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) has been touted as an enabler and driver for the triple aim of spend management, improving efficiency, and driving innovation/creating value. Many organizations have developed innovative approaches to SRM and started to realize many benefits; however, there is wide variation across the industry and best practices and effective approaches are still early in development.
This interactive session will share key trends in how SRM is being implemented across the pharmaceutical industry, based on a new benchmarking study, including:
• Perspectives on how SRM is being implemented across the industry
• Best practices, including both success stories and pitfalls
• Thoughts on how to develop a playbook for implementing and maintaining successful SRM

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How many suppliers are too many or too few? How do you determine if you have the right amount and if they are in the right spots? How can you minimize the number of providers you’re working with to limit risk?
This workshop will help you to:
• Identify key and preferred suppliers to begin more strategic relationships
• Consolidate suppliers
• Leverage consolidated buying to get a better deal
• Identify key and preferred suppliers to begin more strategic relationships

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Return from lunch energized to go through the results of this morning’s workshop. Dr Azadegan will examine key data points collected during the table topics exercises to highlight patterns in response and recovery to supply chain disruptions. Find out how you measure up against your peers and strategize on leadership tactics that can effectively mitigate response and recovery.

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The reality of sourcing around the world is this: it’s difficult. Join CWT Meetings & Events as we journey around the world to explore the intricacies of sourcing within global regions and highlight best practices to overcome the difficulties.

Learn more about:

• Sourcing around the globe
• Intricacies to expect in each region
• E-sourcing in emerging markets
• Supplier content
• Global vs. regional contracts/MSA’s

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Take a break, have a cup of coffee and explore the Networking Lounge. This is your home base for refreshments, snacks and chance to check out the latest technology and solutions to streamline your procurement processes and deliver maximum value to your organization.

One of the top challenging for sourcing professionals is working with internal business owners when you have different goals. As procurement now looks to increase value to the company through increased efficiency and waste reduction, how can you figure out how to improve purchasing and make things easier without driving everyone crazy? Dr Terry Barnhart is passionate about Lean interventions for durable, break-through performance improvements in creative environments. This workshop will draw from a project he led with Sandoz’ sourcing team that increased efficiency, drove out waste and improved stakeholder engagement
During this highly interactive workshop, participants will:
• Share purchasing pain points during a real time poll
• Use value stream mapping tools to map indirect spend
• Identify waste and re-work
• Develop solutions to engage business owners to speed up processes

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After a busy day of interactive, solution-focused workshops, relax with fellow speakers and attendees. Take advantage of the opportunity to network, share ideas off-line and check out new products and services from innovative procurement solutions providers.