Gartner is hosting a Supply Chain Roundtable on October 14th from 7:30-11:00 am at their Chicago office to discuss trends in the healthcare and life sciences supply chains. The agenda includes a discussion of supply chain trends led by Stephen Meyer highlighting how supply chains are responding to changes in technology, regulations, and other areas. Eric O'Daffer will then present on Gartner's new Patient Driven Value Network maturity model for healthcare providers' supply chains, exploring metrics, supplier collaboration, and total cost to serve. The roundtable aims to provide insights for organizations to transform their supply chains and accelerate innovation.

1. Supply Chain Roundtable:
Trends in Health Care & Life Sciences
Wednesday, October 14th
7:30-11:00 am
Hosted by Gartner
Please joinGartnerSupplyChainResearchAnalystsStephen
Meyerand Eric O’Dafferfora discussiononsome of
Gartner’smost recentresearchinthe Healthcare Life Science
SupplyChain. Findouthoworganizationsare transforming
theirsupplychains,whatsupplychainleadershiplookslike,
and howyoucan accelerate innovationatyourorganization.
AGENDA:
7:30-8:00 am- Registration,Networking& Continental
Breakfast
8:10-9:00 am- SupplyChain Trends in HealthCare & Life
Sciences
PresentedbyStephenMeyer
The healthcare environmentcontinuestochange rapidly,
and advancesintechnology,regulations,andotherareas
make supplychainsmore importantthanever.Learnabout
the macro trendsthat are definingsupplychainsinthe 21st
century,andhow leadersinhealthcare andlife sciencesare
responding. See the resultof Gartner'sresearchand
interactionsandgaininsightintothe capabilitiesof the best-
in-classsupplychains.
9:00-9:30 am - Break & Networking
9:30-10:20 am - Introducingthe PatientDriven Value
Network Model for IDNs
PresentedbyEric O’Daffer
ThissessiongivesfirsthandinsightintoGartner’snew PDVN
model forsupplychainmaturityatIDNs. This five stage
maturitymodel highlightsthe newcapabilitiesthatproviders
will needtodeveloptobe successful inthe future.
Guidingmetrics,collaborationwithsuppliersandtotal cost
to serve conceptsare exploredindepth.
10:20-10:45 am - Q&A
10:45 am - Close & Adjourn
Featured Speakers & GartnerAnalysts:
Eric O'Dafferisa ResearchVice Presidentinthe Gartner
Healthcare SupplyChaingroup.Mr.O'Daffer's focusis on the
end-to-endvalue chain,startingatthe pointof care looking
back. He focusesmostof histime withprovidersandhow
theybestmanage all the componentsof supplychain.This
involvesboththeirinternal processesaswell asbest
practicesfor partneringwiththeirsuppliersandservice
providerstooptimize the clinical effectivenessof their
productsand the bestdeliveredcostpossible
StephenMeyerisa ResearchDirectorinGartner's Supply
Chaingroup.Mr. MeyerjoinedGartnerwith 19 years of
experience inglobal supplychainmanagementrolesinthe
life sciences,chemical andretail industries. He hashad both
functional andleadershipresponsibilityforsourcing,
planning,operational excellence,warehousing,andlogistics
for bothmedical device andpharmaceutical companies. At
Gartner,he helpsclientsinthe Life Sciencesindustrycreate
supplychainsthatcan deliverincreasedvalue intoday’s
changinghealthcare landscape. Hisprimaryfocusareas
include inventorystrategies,riskmanagement,andmulti-
enterprise collaboration.
Wednesday,October14th
from 7:30 to 11:00am
Location: Gartner Office
200 WestJacksonSuite 2000
Chicago,IL 60606 Phone:312 526 0266
RSVP to: craig.stoops@gartner.com