ProcureCon Pharma US 2015 (past event)
November 04 - 06, 2015
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Arash Azadegan
Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management
Rutgers Business School
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Arash.
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Friday, March 10th, 2017
09:15 Decision Making in the Face of Disruptions – Part 1
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
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
14:00 Decision Making in the Face of Disruptions – Part 2
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.
Practical Strategies for Sourcing in a Global Environment
Wednesday, May 10th, 2017
09:20 Industry Chat | Utilizing Contingent Labor Best Practices to Achieve Your Business Objectives
Business expansion and technologically demanding projects are driving a need for contingent labor, project-based services and independent contractors. How does a VMS help companies hire and manage the best workers quickly and efficiently?
Gain insight firsthand from current VMS users on:
• How best to align your program goals to those of your business
• Best practices for contingent workforce program design and implementation
• Top reporting strategies for ongoing improvement
10:00 Panel Discussion | Drive Efficiency and Foster Innovation through effective Procurement in R&D
Clinical and non-clinical activities as they relate to R&D are by and large the biggest categories of indirect spend for biopharma. With so many investments being made in drug R&D, how can procurement better support innovation and drive efficiency?
Find out how to:
• Better align with R&D and clinical stakeholders on the strategic side to maintain objectivity in sourcing for a relationship-based category
• Integrate with suppliers and roll out alliance management for the day-to-day operations of outsourced activities
• Work with CROs to define a strategy for data management that can show a broader perspective while being compliant with regulatory rules
• Examine R&D strategic needs at the global level to pinpoint opportunities for procurement participation to drive value and efficiency