Education Sessions
The NACDS Supply Chain & Logistics Conference provides a unique forum where industry partners come together to network, discuss business issues and practices, and receive educational programming selected to address the challenges of the retail pharmacy supply chain.
Read final report from 2010 keynote speaker Dr. Brian Gibson, Auburn University
Monday, March 14, 2011
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
- The Value To The Supply Chain Driven By Collaborative Shipping
America's Cup Room AB, Fourth Floor
In an era of rising fuel prices, a mandate to improve supply chain efficiency and a commitment to
embracing sustainability, this session will highlight a pilot between two manufacturers and a retailer
where they take collaboration to the next level. The companies will share what they are learning in the areas of reducing shipping costs, lowering inventories and improving turns.
Jennifer Bojdak
Supply Chain Director NA Distribution
Energizer
Tom McHugh
Director, Supply Chain Systems
CVS Caremark Corporation
Mike Murphy
Director of Customer Supply Chain
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. - Developing Retail Ready Packaging to Improve Supply Chain and Store Operations Efficiency
America's Cup Room CD, Fourth Floor
As companies look for opportunities to reduce costs and make their labor more efficient, some retailers and suppliers are collaborating to reconfigure case sizes to improve supply chain efficiencies as well as to make stocking shelves easier and more efficient, thus creating more time for store employees to meet consumer needs. This session will highlight the work of two companies that are working to accomplish these objectives.
- Transportation Trends: 2011 and Beyond
Cunningham Room C, Fourth Floor
The next two years promise to be a challenge for all involved in the transportation industry – shippers and carriers alike. New emphasis on safety, security and corporate and government compliance combined with a downsized transport sector will stress the need to build and reinforce business relationships in order to maintain and improve performance. This session will highlight these challenges and identify strategies shippers might consider now.
Jeff Tucker
CEO
Tucker Company Worldwide
&
CEO
Qualified Carriers.com
- Stopping Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Goods
Randle Ballroom, Fourth Floor
Shawn Mastrian
Bergenfield & Associates
Lawrence Bergenfield
Bergenfield & Associates
Ron Barenburg
Mobile Data Systems
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Ian Ricketts Director, Customer Solutions and Operations Support Unilever |
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Ron Ozment Director of Forecast & Replenishment H-E-B |
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
- Best Practices for Enhancing a Safe & Secure Supply Chain
America's Cup Room AB, Fourth Floor
In 2010, there was a 20% increase in motor carrier thefts. With each theft and subsequent arrest comes an opportunity for our industry to become more intelligent in understanding how to prevent these crimes from occurring again.
In today's global marketplace patients and consumers are exposed to counterfeit products across all industry sectors. Pharmaceuticals are the 3rd most counterfeited product category in the world representing approximately 8–10% of the total market. Valued at $80 billion worldwide, this estimate does not account for the costs of liability, brand damage, and threats to patients. The pharmaceutical industry is fighting back and all stakeholders are collaborating to help safeguard the supply chain.
This session will discuss the adoption of “best practices” by NACDS members to counter the menace of counterfeit and “gray market” drugs. Hear the latest strategies, procedures and technologies that are being deployed to help prevent dangerous medicines from entering our stores.
Attendees will also learn about current trends and incidents as well as new best practices for shippers as they work to ensure that the products they ship arrive at the correct location.
- Best Practices from Joint Industry Study on Reverse Logistics
America's Cup Room CD, Fourth Floor
Over the past 15 months, an industry work group has been investigating current trends and studying new best practices in the reverse supply chain. This session will highlight the results of the study and explore these new best practices. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask both the consulting group and participating companies about their experiences and ideas for companies to rethink how they approach unsaleable products.
Dan Raftery
President
Raftery Resources Network
Panelists:
Becky Bly
Manager, Supply Chain Promo Merchandise Manager
and Lifestyle Disposition
Walgreen Co.
Neil Meischeid
Director, Distribution Support
Rite Aid Corp.
- Developing a Cold Chain Supply Chain
Cunningham Room C, Fourth Floor
Temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals must be shipped and stored in a manner that does not risk exposure to unsuitable conditions; potentially impacting the safety and effectiveness of the drug product. Since temperature is one of the most important parameters to control, many agencies such as FDA have regularized the cold chain process. The cold supply chain refers to the continuum of safe handling practices, including materials, equipment and procedures, that maintain a product within a temperature range from the time it is manufactured to the time it is delivered to the end users. This session will present the challenges that need to be addressed and real examples will be used to describe each step necessary to achieve a successful cold supply chain for a retail pharmacy chain.
Frank Devlin
Director, Logistics and Loss Prevention
CVS Caremark Corporation
Jean-Pierre Emond, Ph.D.
Dean
University of South Florida Polytechnics
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Barry Conlon CEO FreightWatch International, Inc. |
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Ron Guido Vice President Global Brand Protection & Supply Chain Security Johnson & Johnson |