Creating A Simple, Coordinated And Visible Supply Chain

08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast & Registration

09:00 - 09:10 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Ty Bordner, Vice President, Solutions Consulting at Amber Road

Ty Bordner

Vice President, Solutions Consulting
Amber Road

09:10 - 10:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Organizational Readiness – How Do Organizations Best Transform Their Workforces To Use New Processes And Systems?

For those organizations who are in the process of implementing, or have just completed a long and sophisticated implementation of a new ERP system for MRP, Procurement, Forecasting and Demand Planning, this discussion will examine how the internal staff can best be trained and prepared for the transition over to these systems.
  • Clearly defining an analytics strategy
  • Changing the organizational mindset to be ready for implementing analytics
  • Assuring the necessary skills are in place
  • Focused workforce training and change management
Prashant Kulkarni, Director, Supply Chain Applications at Allergan

Prashant Kulkarni

Director, Supply Chain Applications
Allergan

Vijay Rajan, VP, IT Strategy & Innovation at Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Vijay Rajan

VP, IT Strategy & Innovation
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

10:30 - 10:50 Supply Chain Excellence System Deployment through Six Sigma

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into technology ERP systems, but is industry getting back the value they deserve from these investments? Cheap ERP and technology implementation can actually end up being a disconnected, giant waste of time.

This session will examine the ways to gain supply chain value from investments in technology:

  • How it's the organizations who have paired the right technology capabilities alongside a vision from senior leadership have achieved success 
  • Why technology should or should not be a priority prioritized for investment (and process redesign)?
  • What steps your organization should be thinking about taking

10:50 - 11:15 Morning Networking Break




Ravi Anupindi, Faculty Director, Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM) at Stephen Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Ravi Anupindi

Faculty Director, Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM)
Stephen Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

12:30 - 13:30 Grab-and-Go Lunch And Close Of LogiPharma 2015

13:30 - 23:59 Post-Event LogiPharma Charity Golf Outing!

Course to be announced