Bio Supply Management Alliance Announces 3rd Annual Biotech Supply Chain Academy Conference

Biotech industry leaders from around the world will gather in South San Francisco, California, on October 26, 2010, to address improving the global supply chain to maximize patient care
By: Tim Salaver, Bio Supply Management Alliance
 
 
Biotech Supply Chain Academy 2010
Biotech Supply Chain Academy 2010
March 20, 2010 - PRLog -- The world’s leading community for biotechnology supply chain professionals will be meeting at the Embassy Suites in South San Francisco on October 26, 2010, for the 3rd annual Biotech Supply Chain Academy conference.  The expanded multi-track conference titled “Transforming the Global Supply Chain for End-to-End Visibility and Quality Patient Care” will be identifying and developing supply chain solutions for the industry’s expanding world presence with a clear focus on patient care.  The Call for Papers requests expert speakers to present on topics enumerated below and others deemed pertinent and valuable. The deadline for paper submissions is August 1, 2010.

Industry and Academia leaders from around the world will present a large slate of sessions designed to increase collaboration and cooperation between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and providers. The focus of the conference will be the Top 10 issues facing the biotech industry:

1. Biotech Industry Research from Wall Street, Venture Capital and Manufacturing Industry Experts
2. Development of Supply Chain Talent Management: Practices from the Best in Other Industries and Academia
3. Creating the Patient-focused Supply Chain: Best Practices for the Identification, Measurement, and Execution of Risk Management
4. Information Technology Management: The Holy Grail! Technical Solutions to Enable Procure to Pay and ePedigree
5. Global Strategic Sourcing: Sourcing Development Strategies in a Collaborative Environment to Maximize Supplier and Vendor Relationships
6. Visibility in the Supply Chain: Proven Solutions from End-to-End
7. Cash Management: Ensuring the Financial Bottom Line of SCM
8. Applying Lean Six Sigma and QA to Optimize Patient Care and Eliminate Waste
9. Cold Chain & Logistics Management: Technologies and Best of Breed Case Studies
10. CRO, CMO, R&D and Business Analytics Services: The New Outsourcing Frontiers of India, China and Europe

“The executive and academic leaders of the biotech industry have built a strong foundation for the discussion of challenges, exchange of solutions, and implementation of advancements in the supply chain in an open, collaborative manner,” says Devendra Mishra, the executive director of the Bio Supply Management Alliance (BSMA) and adjunct professor of Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and  Management.  “Today they are committed to fostering the mission of improving the efficacy of the end-to-end supply chain by reducing the drug development pipeline cost and time line through global synergies and developing highly capable supply chain management talent for higher quality patient care.”  

The BSMA Board of Advisors are: Alison Moore, Ph.D., Vice President, Corporate Manufacturing, Amgen; Mark Buck, Global Supply Chain and Procurement Leader, Bio-Rad Laboratories; Chris Horan, Vice-President, Supply Chain, North American Region, Global Business Process Management & Operational Excellence, Genentech; Laurel Junk, Vice President, Procurement and Supply Chain, Kaiser Permanente; Dave Malenfant, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Alcon Laboratories;Thomas Panzer, Vice-President, Global Supply Chain, Bayer Healthcare;R. Andrew Ramelmeier, Ph.D., Vice-President of Manufacturing and Process Development, BioMarin Pharmaceutical;David Windsheimer, Vice-President, Global Logistics, Life Technologies; Mahender Singh, Ph.D., Research Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;Nancy Nix, Ph.D., Director, Executive MBA Program, Professor, Texas Christian University;Nabil Rageh, Ph.D., Director, Doctor of Business Administration Program, Professor, Operations Management, Golden Gate University;Phil Kaminsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley.

Because life depends on usTM, the Bio Supply Management Alliance supports B2B networking, continuous learning and career improvement of bio supply management professionals.  For more information, go to http://www.biosupplyalliance.org.

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About Bio Supply Management Alliance

The Bio Supply Management Alliance was born of the need to create a worldwide community of operations and supply chain management leaders and professionals in the biotechnology industry. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, home to more than 600 biotech firms, the Alliance provides a forum for collaboration, learning and best practice sharing of practitioners, executives and thought leaders in these uniquely demanding industry sectors. Founders Tim Salaver and Devendra Mishra have forged relationships with key industry leaders and defined initiatives with a vision to create process, people, and policy improvements in this vital sector. Our advisors are senior executives from top firms, thought leaders from academic institutions such as MIT, UC Berkeley, Texas Christian University, Golden Gate University, and Pepperdine University and organizations such as APICS The Association for Operations Management.
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