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Best Practices Platform: Industry Case Studies

A NEW Program at DCAT Week

The DCAT organization and the DCAT Education Committee are pleased to invite our Member Companies to apply to participate in a new program at DCAT Week “Best Practices Platform: Industry Case Studies,” which will feature innovative approaches taken to optimize the pharma customer-supplier relationship.

The program provides a unique opportunity to highlight how your company is using new ways to solve the industry’s challenges and how to bring supply management to the next level.

Suggested topics include:

  • The de-risking of raw material supply.
  • Approaches in supplier risk management, including decision criteria/methodology used in risk assessment (financial, business, supply assurance) and risk mitigation.
  • Approaches to improve speed/time to market.
  • Artificial intelligence or other new technology that is being used in supply management, including sourcing.
  • Ways to improve supply-chain visibility.
  • Other innovative approaches in supply management that your company would like to share.

Presentation Criteria:

Who can apply/present?

  • DCAT Member Companies may apply to present with a partner company in, or outside the industry.
  • No more than two presenters per topic with a maximum of five slides per presentation.
  • Presenters should be from senior management or operations.
  • Selected companies will be required to provide a slide deck in February 2024.

How are the presenters chosen?

  • A task force of industry colleagues selected from DCAT volunteer committees will evaluate all applications and select four companies to present based on the most useful, valuable, and innovative insight for a mid to senior-level audience involved in sourcing, procurement, and supply management.
  • Only presentations with practical insight will be considered; promotional content will not be accepted.

How many presenters will be chosen to participate?

  • The 90-minute program will feature four 15-minute presentations with an additional five minutes of Q&A for each Member Company accepted.

When will the program take place?

  • The 90-minute program will be held during DCAT Week on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the InterContinental Barclay, Grand Ballroom (2nd Floor). The program is complimentary and exclusive to DCAT Member Companies. Click here to register to attend.

The application window for presenters is now closed. Selected presentations will be determined and notified no later than the week of January 22, 2024.

Questions? Contact Jacob White, DCAT Editorial Coordinator, at 1-856-388-2796 or jwhite@dcat.org.

Interested in attending the Best Practices Platform: Industry Case Studies? To register to attend and for further information, click here.