EXECUTIVES TO ADDRESS
TECHNOLOGY, PROCESSES & PEOPLE DRIVING INNOVATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION
BSMA 10th CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 12, FOSTER CITY, CA
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Foster City, California, September 15, 2017:
Eminent executives of the bio-pharma industry will focus on innovative technology advances and solutions in global transportation of drugs and clinical trial supplies in the bio-pharma industry at the
10
th
Annual Conference of BSMA
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October 12 in Foster City, CA
. The summit, titled
“DRIVING INNOVATIONS & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMING BIO-PHARMA”
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will be a unique forum for learning, sharing and networking to advance the industry as well as personal careers
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Since its inception, the conference has been
recognized to be the most informative, interactive, technology-enabling and solution-sharing event in the bio-pharma space
where drug manufacturers lead, academia provides research, and service providers build the extended supply chain. Empowering small and mid-sized companies to further the resurgence of manufacturing in California is the spirit of the forum.
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“Leveraging Technology-driven
Logistics
Services for Quantum Improvement in Cost, Quality and Service”
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Collaboration, driven by information and technology, is delivering unprecedented services to bio-pharma manufacturers in the form of actionable intelligence for real time decision making; increased agility and improved asset management; and, even customized and personalized service. Solutions to be discussed will include new collaborative service models; ocean-air-land freight optimization, deployment of IoT in
supply chain
networks; and, leveraging artificial intelligence ( AI) and machine learning. In addition, leveraging data control towers, empowering strategic partnering in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and transportation mode conversion will be addressed.
PANEL:
- Tim Bishop, Senior Manager, Quality Assurance, Healthcare Americas Region, UPS
- Rich Kilmer, CEO, CargoSense
- Richard Ettl, CEO, Skycell
- Wahiba Hall, Head Global Transportation and Warehousing, Pharma Division, Bayer
- Virginia C. Addicott, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Custom Critical
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Joel R. Glende
, CEO,
Paladin Logistics Consulting LLC
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“Ensuring the Delivery of Temperature-sensitive Drugs for Clinical and Commercial Distribution”
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Technology, systems. business process and people are beginning to make major inroads in overcoming , the formidable challenges of delivering extremely temperature sensitive products through demanding environments with inadequate infrastructure in the global marketplace. Solutions have emerged to monitor actual conditions for compliance with regulatory standards. Insights will be provided for avoiding the Achilles Heel of the global supply chain that Cold Chain represents. The stakeholders of the industry will present solutions for the successful deployment of the emerging temperature-controlled logistics and cold chain technology, manifesting from end-to-end of the supply chain. A comprehensive assessment will be made of packaging, engineering standards, business processes, information systems and monitoring mechanisms.
PANEL:
- Richard Ettl, CEO, Skycell
- Steve Winyard, Portfolio Strategy, Packaging - Life Sciences, Inmark
- Doug Wettergren, Governmental Compliance, Envirotainer
- Des Charlery, Logistics Operations Manager, Fisher Clinical Services
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Vishal Singal
, Principal, Consulting Group,
QuentilesIMS
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