Jan Beuling, Senior Director, Head of Supply Chain & Contract Manufacturing at Astellas
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Jan Beuling


Senior Director, Head of Supply Chain & Contract Manufacturing
Astellas

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Conference day one – Tuesday 19 April 2016

Tuesday, July 4th, 2017


09:50 ALL STAR PANEL – Which new strategies can you implement to manage complexity and achieve a best in class supply chain in 2017?

A fantastic panel of top-level supply chain decision makers from three top 20 pharmaceutical companies share their ideas and strategies for the next two years.

  • What does a ‘best in class’ supply chain look like – how can it be organised?
  • How can you use product lifecycle management considerations to help design our strategy?
  • What resources can you put in place to achieve a customer-centric supply chain?
  • How can you put an account management structure in place with an increasingly complex supply chain?

11:55 Our story – Using new strategies and structure to manage an increasingly complex portfolio whilst controlling cost

Jan oversees the overall supply chain management within the European Technology division of Astellas, including planning and inventory management, logistics and distribution, contract manufacturing supplies, procurement of direct materials, artwork and master data management. Jan has also developed highly successful strategies in developing new manufacturing facilities, ERP (SAP) implementations, merger and plant divestments, outsourcing of manufacturing activities and contract manufacturing in Russia.

•What strategies can you put in place to handle increasing price pressure: New ways to manage your S&OP, upstream planning processes, artwork management and master data
•How can you restructure your regional supply chain organisation to optimize their performance?
•How can you optimize the relationship with your 3rd party providers: 3PLs, distribution services, CMOs and direct material suppliers
•How can you manage supply chain uncertainty whilst your product portfolio is undergoing a change?
•What approaches can you take to forecasting with increasingly volatile markets?