CPhI brings the 5th Annual Pharma SCM Confex which will be focusing on building Strategies Today to pave Roadmaps for Tomorrow. SCM Pharma Confex is set to be the biggest conglomerate of buyers and suppliers from the logistic and pharmaceutical industries, creating business opportunities through a dedicated worldwide forum.
Pharma Supply Chain Management Confex - 2014CPhI brings the 5th Annual Pharma SCM Confex which will be focusing on building Strategies Today to pave Roadmaps for Tomorrow. SCM Pharma Confex is set to be the biggest conglomerate of buyers and suppliers from the logistic and pharmaceutical industries, creating business opportunities through a dedicated worldwide forum.

In the 5th edition, the Pharma SCM Confex will expand its geographical focus to include the entire region of South East Asia and discuss challenges faced by Heads, Directors, VPs and Presidents of SCM, Logistics, Warehouse and Planning of leading pharma companies.
About the Organisers: UBM India
UBM India is India’s leading live media and events company that engages people and enriches businesses. We at UBM India provide the industry with platforms that bring together buyers and sellers from around the world, through a portfolio of exhibitions, content led conferences & seminars, tech media, live events, data services and powerful media brands. UBM India hosts over 20 large scale exhibitions and 40 conferences across the country every year; thereby enabling trade across multiple industry verticals. A UBM Asia Company, UBM India has offices across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. UBM Asia is owned by UBM plc which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. UBM Asia is the leading exhibition organiser in Asia and the biggest commercial organiser in mainland China, India and Malaysia. For further details, please visit www.ubmindia.in
Why will SCM Heads attend the 5th Annual Pharma SCM
Knowledge: To gain superior, timely, industry expert knowledge for both personal and professional development
Renowned speakers: Get an opportunity to learn from high caliber presenters with years of specialist knowledge
New trends: To discover new products and emerging technologies that impacts their organisation
Participation: To ensure that the right techniques are implemented and avoid costly trial-and-error learning
Solutions: To obtain immediate answers and tangible solutions to challenges faced within their organisations
Competitive edge: To capitalise on learning’s, best practices, proven strategies and innovation giving to their organisations a
competitive advantage
Networking: To take the unique opportunity to build and maintain a professional network of peers from their industry and region
Venue & Travel
International Business Park, Oberoi Garden City
Goregaon East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400063 India
Phone: (91)(22) 6147 0000
Benefits of Sponsoring/ Exhibiting
- Stand out from the crowd: Ensure the industry is talking with you – not your competition.
- Influence the industry elite: Strengthen your relationships with key market leaders.
- Maximise the return on your marketing spend: No matter what your corporate goals, our bespoke events and
packages will fit your business like a glove
- Heighten your brand exposure to your core target audience
- Demonstrate your thought leadership and your latest products
Key Highlights:
Key Panels:
- Protecting Supply chain
- Overview FDA’S Supply Chain Security Pilot Program
- Reverse Logistics Processes
- Cold Chain transports and its Developments
- Latest IT and technology developments surrounding SCM
- Panel Discussion: Economy, DGFT Trade rule, NPPA, Raw material and Regulatory changes impacting Logistics
- Panel Discussion: South Asia Supply Chain Security
New Networking Opportunities
Pharma SCM provides an effective and high-quality platform for business development with both existing and potential clients. You can accomplish more in two days at Pharma SCM Confex, than you might otherwise achieve in weeks:
- Network with your peers target audience from across the country and around the world and get to showcase your products through the various features we are offering at the conference such as competitions, speed geeking, speed networking, i3 centre
- Participate in power meeting, during which you have the opportunity to speak and answer questions on one-to-one basis with your potential clients
- Interact with influential and key decision makers of the major pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and identify your business as a leader in the field
- Let us pre-organise for you one-on-one business meetings with your potential clients. Sponsor at Pharma SCM and rest assure that will walk away with qualified leads that lead to new business now as well as into the future
- Take advantage of the prolonged sating of visitors at the event due to the new and innovative features we will develop and make sure that visitors are there to spend time and network effectively
Conference Day One - Thursday, 16 October 2014
Registration and Refreshments
Opening remarks from the Chair
South Asia Supply Chain: Elucidating Current Scenario
Session Description: Promoting the supply chain integrity is evolving as a responsibility shared among all stakeholders. This session will set the stage for the conference by providing attendees with a 20 minute presentation on how criminal networks are changing the Indian Scenario followed by a presentation on how counterfeiting drugs continue to make its way into doctor offices and affecting the lives of patients everywhere.
Session Description:- Cargo Transparency: Know how on how exactly your cargo reaches to the X customer.
- Cargo Theft: This session will share measureable results and lessons learned to help identify practical steps that can be taken to eliminate pharmaceutical cargo theft.
(20 minute presentation by Cargo Authorities)
Overview FDA’S Supply Chain Security Pilot Program
Session Description: This session will provide an overview of FDA’s Supply Chain Security Pilot Program and the goal of the program. Attendees will also gain insight on how industry is preparing and deploying the pilot and its benefits.
(FDA representative or Regulatory consultant)
Guide or a route finder in ensuring supply chain security. Focus will be on points to be meticulously looked upon to ensure complete SC securlity
Refreshment and Networking Break
Panel Discussion: South Asia Supply Chain Security
This session will showcase regulators and industry leaders discussing the impact of Cargo transparency, monitoring and how developments and changes are needed to be addressed.
Demand Planning: Understand ways to plan demand by way of enhancing accuracy of forecasting.
Supply Planning: Effectively undertake supply planning to reduce cost and thereby achieve Supply Demand fullfilment
Adapting to Standards and Recent Regulation in the Pharma Supply Chain
- Serialization
- Primary Bar-coding
New Regulation-its implementation, current status of implementation and effective/economical approach of implementing the same in order to comply to the set standards
Delivering an ROI from Serialization and Track & Trace
Session Description: How can the data be used effectively to Improve Recalls, Chargeback’s and Improve Supply Chain Visibility?
Considering the expensive affair, justification on the ROI for using the method/technology
Panel Discussion: Economy, DGFT Trade rule, NPPA, Raw material and Regulatory changes impacting Logistics
This session will showcase all stakeholders discussing the impact of Economy, NPPA rule, raw material availability/demand, regulatory changes towards logistic which contributes to 45-50% of cost to Pharmaceutical Companies.
Warehouse and its management
- Outsourcing criteria and platforms available.
- Ensuring a structured warehouse management System in order to have speedy and compliant supply
- Warehouse security: What can companies do to Solidify & Strengthen their Supply Chain?
Ensuring warehousing management for safety and efficiency of storage in order to comply to regular audit checks
This is a perfect opportunity for delegates to bring their live challenges in SCM to the table and benefit from the combined experiences and know-how of the speakers as well as fellow delegates from the industry.
Refreshments and Networking
Reverse Logistics Processes
This session will elaborate on reverse logistics with special focus on safety, susceptibility, security, quality maintenance and successful tracking.
When end product is sent back due to quality, excess supply, untimely delivery, no requirement: how do you ensure that products is returned safely with security and quality maintenance
End of conference Day 1
Conference Day Two - Friday, 17 October 2014
Cold Chain transports and its Developments
- Balancing Effective Cold Chain Strategies across the Supply Chain
- Ensuring a Secure Cold Storage Premises
- Cold Chain Technology in India: The future
Session on updating latest developments around cold chain both in terms of technology and economical affairs
Case Study session on End to End temperature control for ambient temperature profile development
Specific drugs require end to end temperature control-demonstration with a case study
Refreshments and Networking
Latest IT and technology developments surrounding SCM
- Planning developments
- Procurement developments
- Logistic Developments
- Distribution developments
- Warehousing developments
The leadership conclave allows you to sharpen and gain new skills. You hear the ideas and thoughts from leading experts in leadership or your specific industry. Gain relevant and practical advice that you can implement into your leadership. Get the attributes to take your next big step.
Speed networking/ Passport activity
Contract relationship management
Contracts between 3PL providers, suppliers and customers are at the heart of successful business in the SCM process. This is a 2hour session designed to supplement technical knowledge with the ability to create and maintain positive working relationships, and in doing so improve performance and results in your SCM process where managing valuable contracts is critical to company business outcomes.
End of conference Day Two