NelsonHall and buyingTeam recently ran a study involving 120 CPOs and CFOs from FTSE 100 organisations across Europe and the US to better understand procurement’s changing role within business today and tomorrow.

Focusing on indirect (or non-core / GNFR) procurement, the in-depth study identified a number of challenges and opportunities for global businesses in realising maximum benefits from indirect expenditure.

Nearly 60% of Board level executives, perceived indirect procurement's importance as moderate to low (or putting it another way, place little importance on the value that indirect procurement can deliver back to the business).

However, experience has shown that better managed indirect expenditure can deliver significant profit improvements, reduce the levels of risk to which organisations are exposed, and positively influence buying behaviours across the organisation.

So why isn’t indirect procurement higher up senior executives agenda and how can organisations overcome these perceptual challenges?

During the 60 minute discussion you will hear:
- Current perceptions of the indirect procurement function and its desired future role within the organization
- The challenges currently faced by the indirect procurement function
- The business value that can be derived through indirect procurement
- The role of procurement outsourcing in enabling the indirect procurement function to take on a business partner role within the organisation.

In this session, Christopher Barretta from the Stanley Black & Decker Industrial Design team will discuss how the Objet Geometries PolyJet Matrix™ machines have improved the prototyping and evaluation process for the next generation of products coming to market. Through the use of 3D printing technology, the prototyping team delivers conceptual models faster, getting ideas in the hands of the designers for evaluation sooner.

Session attendees will learn:
• A general overview of the Stanley Black & Decker design and prototyping process.
• How the Objet Geometries 3D printing technology improved our prototyping and production of ID conceptual models.
• How this technology helped save manpower, time, and money while on our design evaluation process.

The unique capabilities of the Objet Geometries 3D printing system present infinite possibilities to the field industrial design prototyping. Possessing the ability to design/model a part in the morning when you get to your desk and then hand it off to a prototype specialist in the afternoon to be printed is proving to be invaluable. Rapid prototyping technologies, like the Objet systems, are forever changing the prototyping profession, and are a key part of delivering better products to consumers faster.

This environmental monitoring training will review the best practices for setting environmental monitoring alert and action levels for viable and non-viable data including product bioburden. In addition this webinar will address the responses/actions that should be taken when an excursion in the alert or action level occurs.

Description
Why Should You Attend:
Medical products are manufactured in environments that are designed to control the level of viable and non-viable particulate and these environments must be monitored to establish that the control measures are continuing to perform acceptably including the impact to product bioburden. You need to establish appropriate limits for ongoing monitoring so it is critical that you know how to set these limits. But once these limits have been set it is also critical for you to know what actions need to be taken to determine if there is product impact or other implications to the manufacturing process when the monitoring results exceed these defined limits.

This presentation will review best practices for setting bioburden/environmental monitoring limits and the various items that should be included in an investigation to determine the cause of a limit excursion for both viable and non-viable excursions. It will provide guidance on how to determine the who, what, when, where so that you can figure out the how and why. It will also provide guidance on how to write your investigation story so that manufacturing and regulatory bodies will be able to follow the investigation coming to the same how and why that you did.

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

Best practices for monitoring and establishing limits.
Product bioburden
Viable particulate
Non-viable particulate
Do I really need to investigate if the alert limits are exceeded?
Investigating an alert limit excursion.
In the environment
On the product
Who to investigate.
What to investigate.
When - what is the appropriate timeline to investigate.
Where should you look.
Documenting the investigation story.
Who will benefit:

This webinar will provide valuable information to all companies that manufacture medical devices in environments that are controlled and monitored for viable or non-viable contamination.

QA personnel
Manufacturing Supervisors
R&D
Instructor Profile:
Gerry O’Dell, is President of Gerry O’Dell Consulting, a consulting firm based in the United States with clients around the world. Gerry O’Dell consults to medical device and pharmaceutical companies related to all the major sterilization methodologies, microbiology, environmental control, laboratory compliance, failure investigation, etc. Her varied background includes extensive knowledge in sterilization technology, laboratory management, microbiological testing (including pyrogens), decontamination of returned goods, and compliance.

Prior to starting Gerry O’Dell Consulting, she worked for Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. as the Manager of Laboratory & Sterilization Services which managed the sterilization program for J&J Medical in addition to providing laboratory testing services to several J&J companies. Before becoming a part of Johnson & Johnson Medical, Gerry was Manager of Sterilization Services at Critikon, Inc where she started as a Lab Technician. She holds both a Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Microbiology from the University of South Florida and has over twenty-five years of experience in the medical device industry.

Gerry is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and actively participates in the Sterilization Standards Committee activities. She is currently Co-Chair of the AAMI Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Working Group and a member of the U.S. Sub-TAG for ISO/TC 198/WG 1. She is also a member of the Sterilization Residuals, Radiation Sterilization, Sterility Assurance Level (SAL), Compatibility of Materials Subject to Sterilization, and Microbiological Methods Working Groups; actively participating in the development of several standards and guidance documents. Gerry is a Registered Microbiologist with the National Registry of Microbiologists in the area of Consumer Products & Quality Assurance. She is also a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM), and PDA.

In this Lean Documents and Document Control training learn the different types of lean documents and the usage of lean document principles; types of controlled documents; examples of lean and non-lean controlled documents. Pros and cons of lean vs. non-lean documents.

Description
Why Should You Attend: Just as a manufacturing process produces a product, controlled documents are the product of a business process. Just as in manufacturing, a product cannot move forward if it is waiting for component parts, a document cannot move forward if it is waiting for information, or if its use is constrained by other documents. Although many life science companies advocate lean manufacturing, lean laboratory, and lean operations, they have cumbersome controlled documents and systems which cause significant operating expenses, and make it difficult to introduce process improvements in a timely manner.

This webinar presents key concepts on introducing lean principles, while maintaining a state of control and regulatory compliance. It will help you understand applying lean manufacturing principles, theory of constraints, DHF, DMR, DHR and how to create a lean DHF, DMR, DHR.

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

Definition of lean documents.
Problems with traditional document approach.
Applying lean manufacturing principles.
Applying Theory of Constraints.
Design History File.
Device Master Record.
Device History Record.
Typical challenges and how to overcome them.
Examples of various types of lean documents.
Use of lean document principles; types of controlled documents; examples of lean and non-lean controlled documents. Pros and cons of lean vs. non-lean documents.
How traditional document approach generates waste.
Clues from Theory of Constraints and Lean Manufacturing.
What a lean document approach would have.
Creating a lean Design History File.
Creating a lean Device Master Record.
Creating a lean Device History Record.
Preparing for an electronic document system.
Who Will Benefit:

This webinar will provide valuable insights to design engineers, manufacturing engineers, operations managers, quality system managers, and document control managers
Project leaders implementing an electronic document system
Functional managers
QA managers
Lean Project Managers
Instructor Profile:
Jose Mora, is a Principal Consultant specializing in Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Systems. For over 24 years he has worked in the medical device industry specializing in manufacturing, process development, tooling, and quality systems. Prior to working full time as a consulting partner for Atzari Consulting, José served as Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Boston Scientific and as Quality Systems Manager at Stryker Orthopedics, where he introduced process performance, problem solving, and quality system methodologies. During that time he prepared a white paper on the application of lean manufacturing methods to the creation and management of controlled documents and a template for strategic deployment.

José led the launch of manufacturing at a start-up urology products company as Director of Manufacturing for UroSurge, Inc. at the University of Iowa’s business incubator park in Coralville, IA, creating a world-class medical device manufacturing operation, with JIT, kanban systems, visual workplace and lean manufacturing practices. José worked for 10 years at Cordis Corporation, now a Johnson & Johnson company, where he led the successful tooling, process development and qualification of Cordis’ first PTA (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty) catheter.

His medical device experience includes surgical instruments, PTA & PTCA dilatation and guiding catheters, plastic surgery implants and tissue expanders, urology implants and devices for the treatment of incontinence, delivery systems for brachytherapy, orthopaedic implants and instruments, and vascular surgery grafts and textiles. During his time at Cordis, José managed the Maintenance and Facilities Department, taking that operation to a level rated as “tops” by the UK Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) during one of their intensive audits. Jose managed Manufacturing Engineering as part of the Guiding Catheter Core Team of managers, a team that took the Cordis Guiding Catheter business to lead the market, bringing it up from fourth place. By introducing world-class techniques, the Guiding Catheter design and manufacturing was completely re-engineered for robust design and tooling, under Jose’s leadership.

He was also instrumental and played a leadership role in the complete re-engineering of the Tooling Control System, including design drafting, the tool shop and technical support. Wherever he has worked, he has a track record of introducing world-class methodologies such as Kepner-Tregoe, Taguchi techniques, Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing, Five Ss (Visual Workplace), process validation to GHSS standards, and similar approaches.

Manufacturing companies need to continuously strive after standardisation of manufacturing processes and IT solutions, particularly in large-scale multi-site MES platform implementations. Effectively utilising MES allows business needs and targeted cost reductions to be identified and subsequently tracked through the lifecycle of the MES system. These business KPI's can, at any time and phase of the project, be compared to the latest cost estimates of IT modules required to achieve the anticipated cost reductions.

Methodology for MES (M4MES), the proprietary methodology of Atos Origin, is supporting manufacturing companies to effectively implement MES systems. It is a best-practice methodology, based on several recent implementations of MES systems by Atos Origin in various parts of the world and for various types of manufacturing companies. It has been tested extensively in large multi-site MES projects in both the US and Europe.

Session’s learnings:

• MES projects are more and more large-scale multi-site platform implementations which require a structured approach to reach the targeted business goals
• Business needs and targeted benefits should drive MES projects in all its phases, not just during the initiation phases for acquiring the budget(s)
• Today's MES solutions are first and foremost enablers of manufacturing operations improvements, which is why MES projects cannot be treated as solely IT projects anymore
• M4MES is defined by AtosOrigin to effectively meet the needs and requirements of today's MES platform implementations

Time: 14:15 GMT

The intelligent supply chain and the benefits of sustainability

The economic downturn has forced many companies to review their local and global supply chain strategy. Today the majority of these reviews and improvement initiatives are focused on:

•Reducing supply chain risks and costs

•Improving efficiency and profitability

To future proof your supply chain, decrease risks, and reduce the TCO you will have to incorporate and then dominate the Sustainable Supply Chain Triangle (SSCT).

This webinar will:

•Explain the key aspects of SSCT

•Outline the major supply chain issues that need to be addressed now

•Give a structured approach on how to start to incorporate sustainability

•Look at business process synchronization and supply chain visibility

•Show the importance of adopting an holistic view of your supply chain

Intended Audience: Senior Supply Chain Managers in Oil&gas, FMCG, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Consumer products, and Utilities industry sectors

Time: 14:15 GMT

PLM has evolved.....
What does this mean for your business?
Join us at this one hour live webinar and find out.

PLM has moved away from the traditional role of engineering data management is now considered a total strategic business support, capable of unlocking information and disseminating across the entire value chain.

During this one hour long live webinar we will be looking at:

•Core drivers of efficient PLM

•The areas where PLM can make a difference within the business environment

•The prerequisites to an efficient PLM platform

•Practical examples that underpin the above bullets

The potential of PLM is enormous, join us to discover how it can:

•Support all business processes

•Help manage complex environments

•Help improve productivity

•Support collaboration

This webinar will be followed by a live Q&A session with your host. Submit your questions today via the registration form.

Technical Requirements
- PC headset
- PC speakers
- Broadband Connection

Intended audience: Directors of Supply Chain, Operations, Innovation, Research and Development, and Quality, Plant Managers

Time:14:00 GMT

Global food and beverage manufacturers are on high alert. Business challenges facing companies today include increased regulatory reporting requirements, concerns over food safety and accurate nutritional label content, as well as poor raw material data traceability, and cumbersome collaboration across the global supply chain.

Many leading food and beverage manufacturers successfully implement Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for Process integrated product development tools and automated supplier collaboration capabilities. The case study by Tyson Foods demonstrates the advantages of these solutions.

Rapid growth presented the company with a maze of challenges to overcome. Discover firsthand how Tyson Foods leveraged PLM to achieve the following benefits:

•Accelerated time to market

•Improved collaboration and reduced cycle times

•Empowered decision-making by improving visibility

•Shortened time needed to complete audits

•Minimised risk by bolstering supply chain contingency planning

•Decreased ingredient and packaging costs

The webinar will be followed with a live Q&A session, this is your chance to get your questions answered. Make the most of it, register today!

The Speakers:
Kimberly Glenn, Director of Research and Development, Tyson Foods. Kim started her career at Hudson Foods developing products for national account customers and wholesale clubs. With the acquisition of Hudson in 1997, she came to Tyson Foods to develop items for the school foodservice and hospitality arenas. In 2004, she took on the challenge of serving as business lead for a product data management implementation program. Since early 2007, Kim has served as Director of R&D responsible for Regulatory Labelling and Specifications, Nutrition Services, Sensory Insights group, and the Product Data Management software suite.

Wes Frierson is the Director of Product Strategy for Oracle's PLM for Process solution. In the past, Wes worked in Product Development and Consulting roles helping to develop and deploy the product around the world. Wes has extensive experience in the Consumer Goods and Retail industries, having worked with industry leaders such as Heinz, Coca-Cola, Tyson, and McDonald's.

Peter Verstrate, Senior Manager, Kalypso. Peter brings over 20 years experience in the FMCG industry holding senior management positions in product development, quality management, production and sourcing. Prior to joining Kalypso, Peter worked for Campofrio Food Group, Smithfield Food, Sara Lee and Ahold. He holds an MSc in food technology from Wageningen University.

Technical Requirements
- PC headset
- PC speakers
- Broadband Connection

Intended audience: Directors of Supply Chain, Operations, Innovation, Research and Development, and Quality in the Food & Beverage and Retail sectors.

Time: 14:15 GMT

A methodology and toolset for implementing and maintaining MES systems.

Manufacturing companies need to continuously strive after standardisation of manufacturing processes and IT solutions, particularly in large-scale multi-site MES platform implementations. Effectively utilising MES allows business needs and targeted cost reductions to be identified and subsequently tracked through the lifecycle of the MES system. These business KPI's can, at any time and phase of the project, be compared to the latest cost estimates of IT modules required to achieve the anticipated cost reductions.

Methodology for MES (M4MES), the proprietary methodology of Atos Origin, is supporting manufacturing companies to effectively implement MES systems. It is a best-practice methodology, based on several recent implementations of MES systems by Atos Origin in various parts of the world and for various types of manufacturing companies. It has been tested extensively in large multi-site MES projects in both the US and Europe.
The practical implementation of M4MES at DSM Dyneema will be explored in this webinar. The M4MES toolset and benefits will be explained based on practical experiences.

Session learnings:
•MES projects are more and more large-scale multi-site platform implementations which require a structured approach to reach the targeted business goals

•Business needs and targeted benefits should drive MES projects in all its phases, not just during the initiation phases for acquiring the budget(s)

•Today's MES solutions are first and foremost enablers of manufacturing operations improvements, which is why MES projects cannot be treated as solely IT projects anymore

•M4MES is defined by AtosOrigin to effectively meet the needs and requirements of today's MES platform implementations

Featuring: Case study - DSM Dyneema's experiences with Methodology for MES (M4MES)

The Speakers:
Mark Giebels - Senior MES Consultant, Atos Origin. Mark has a strong background in Manufacturing Execution Systems, having performed PhD research and product management for a leading supplier in the field, before becoming a manufacturing solutions consultant for Atos Origin. Based on his extensive knowledge of MES, Mark provides clients with valuable advice and support in selecting, designing and implementing MES systems.

Joop Essing - MES program manager, DSM Dyneema

Tom Kuipers - Global Offering Manager MES, Atos Origin. Tom has a 20 year background in manufacturing before he joined Atos Origin. He passed through many roles and responsibilities in manufacturing, like product R&D, plant & process engineering, production management, before he became a manufacturing consultant. Based on this experience and knowledge, Tom provides the clients with advice and support on positioning improvements in manufacturing and the use of IT in these improvements.

Technical Requirements
- PC headset
- PC speakers
- Broadband Connection

Time: 16:00 GMT

Opportunities to optimize manufacturing system performance can be found through cell culture supplementation. Specifically in animal-free cell culture supplements. InVitria, a company specializing in cell culture media supplements, is leading the way in animal-free supplements.

InVitria conducted several experiments with Matt Croughan at Keck Graduate Institute. Here are the findings:
- The benefits of animal-free supplements have been proven in small scale for research & development as well as mass production with bioreactors
- The use of cell culture supplements in increasing overall performance in manufacturing systems has shown to be beneficial for both performance and consistency

Key learnings:
• Cell Culture Strategies in Optimization of Overall Manufacturing Performance
• Effects of Cell Culture Supplements Relative to Productivity
• Animal-Free Supplement Benefits

The speaker: Steve Pettit - Director, Cell Culture Development, InVitria. Steve has over 20 years of cell culture and virology experience.

Additional Speaker: Brittany Medbery - Marketing Coordinator, InVitria

This is a must attend webinar for Managers, Supervisors, and R&D in the biopharmaceutical formulation and manufacturing, bioprocessing, stem cell and regenerative medicine, medical devices and diagnostics, and those involved in life sciences research.

Technical Requirements
- PC headset
- PC speakers
- Broadband Connection