Howard Weathersby

VP of Global Business Development
WebOps

Mr. Weathersby is an experienced logistics and supply chain professional with a 30 year tenure in manufacturing and distribution operations management, including P&L responsibility for multiple privately held companies, and extensive experience developing and delivering logistics software solutions and Third Party Logistics services. A start-up and turn-around specialist, he has served as Vice President at Orbis Corporation, OptiLogistics, and TrenStar.

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April 30: Capitalizing On Supply Chain Partnerships For Greater Efficiency & Customer Service

Monday, April 4th, 2016

10:00 KEYNOTE: Electronically Tracking And Reporting Consigned And Loaner Field Inventory To Achieve Visibility And Optimized Inventory

• Visibility is key to optimizing inventory – examining case studies that highlight the realized benefits of electronically tracking and reporting of consigned and loaner field inventory
• Inventory tracking within existing Medical Device ERP deployments does not represent reality and results in costly guesswork
• Customer demands often require daily heroics on the part of a Medical Device Sales Rep resulting in inventory moves that will be recorded later
• Discussing the cost and complexity spectrum of Medical Devices requiring different field inventory management approaches
• Leveraging interactive analytics to identify issues and root causes and ultimately drive changes in policy and behavior

10:50 Interactive Roundtable Discussions

Choose two (30 minutes each)

#1 Restructuring Manufacturing And Supply Chain Operations To
Achieve Critical Mass
Darrell (Andy) Clapper
EVP Operations & Supply Chain Management
Welch Allyn

#2 Electronically Tracking And Reporting Consigned And Loaner
Field Inventory To Achieve Visibility And Optimized Inventory
Howard Weathersby
VP Global Business Development
WebOps

3. On-shoring: Creating a strong business case for doing what is good for the American Economy.
John Arbuckle, VP Sales & Marketing, Javelin Logistics
• IP-How do we protect this with the known and unknown threats present?
• Rising labor rates world wide
• Sustainable supply chains (carbon footprint)
• Unpredictable transportation costs
• Knowing your true cost of manufacturing
• Speed to market: today is the new next day

#4 Improving Import Lead Times in Brazil
• Uncovering the latest challenges in Brazil distribution and how medical device firms are conquering them
• Getting more stable operators and people capable to distribute your product in Brazil while remaining cost effective
• Stabilizing global trade lanes in Brazil
• Identifying which 3PLs and global carriers are leaders in Brazil and can support your supply chain

#5 Strengthening Your China Transportation And Distribution
Strategy For Cost Savings And Efficiencies
• Outlining changes in current market entry models into China to ultimately cut costs
• Stabilizing global trade lanes in China
• Assessing whether you need to modify your postponement strategy to manage China’s recent labeling initiative
• Identifying which potential partners are experts in China and can support your transportation and distribution strategy