Education Sessions

The Value to the Supply Chain Driven by Collaborative Shipping
America's Cup Room AB, Fourth Floor

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.

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.

Developing Retail Ready Packaging to Improve Supply Chain and
Store Operations Efficiency
America's Cup Room CD, Fourth Floor

Ian Ricketts Director, Customer Solutions and Operations Support Unilever

Ron Ozment Director of Forecast & Replenishment H-E-B

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

Jeff Tucker CEO Tucker Company Worldwide & CEO Qualified Carriers.com

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.

Stopping Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals and Consumer Goods
Randle Ballroom, Fourth Floor

Shawn Mastrian
Bergenfield & Associates

Lawrence Bergenfield
Bergenfield & Associates

Ron Barenburg
Mobile Data Systems

Education Sessions

Best Practices for Enhancing a Safe & Secure Supply Chain
America's Cup Room AB, Fourth Floor

Barry Conlon CEO FreightWatch International, Inc.

Ron Guido Vice President Global Brand Protection & Supply Chain Security Johnson & Johnson

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.
In this session, attendees will 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

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.

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.

Developing a Cold Chain Supply Chain
Cunningham Room C, Fourth Floor

Frank Devlin Director, Logistics and Loss Prevention CVS Caremark Corporation

Jean-Pierre Emond, Ph.D. Dean University of South Florida Polytechnics

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.