Health Procure 2015 Conference Day One - Tuesday 17 February
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08.30 Registration and welcome coffee
08.50 Opening remarks from the Chair
Jonathan Dutton, Director, JD Consultancy
INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE CASE STUDIES:
09.00 Maximising benefits by implementing cost reduction strategies at Singapore Health
- Utilising market intelligence for developing sourcing strategies
- Gaining from jointly selecting lead technology and suppliers with key stakeholders and clinicians
- Overviewing the division between pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical procurement within Singapore Health
Lok Mun Leng, Deputy Director Strategic Procurement, Singapore Health Services
09.30 Identifying aggregate purchasing opportunities: a case study from Health Alliance New Zealand
- The importance of adequate coordination in aggregate purchasing
- Learning from successful aggregation processes in the past
- The potential advantages and the drawbacks of aggregate purchasing
Ross Darrah, Head of Procurement, Health Alliance New Zealand
IMPLEMENTING HIGH VALUE PROCUREMENT MODELS AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT
10.00 Reviewing the impact of general trends and challenges in effecting health procurement productivity
- Analysing the evolution of the procurement environment in the healthcare sector
- Evaluating current health procurement trends and challenges
- Exploring and designing future models and strategies
Alba Chliakhtine, Director Procurement, Health Purchasing Victoria
10.30 Morning tea
11.00 CASE STUDY
Discussing how Summit Care addresses the “triple h” health procurement challenge
- Reviewing how to procure for a hotel look
- Analysing the best practices to improve hospital care within Summit Care
- Achieving the feel of a home in aged care centers
John Engeler, Head of Procurement, Summit Care
11:30 CASE STUDY
Highlighting how Eastern Health faces drug shortage challenges
- Analysing drug stock outages: a pain in the chain?
- Achieving better procurement outcomes from a proactive approach
- Streamlining your procurement processes in a continuously changing environment
Dharam Singh, Pharmacy Procurement Manager, Pharmacy Department, Eastern Health
12.00 Discovering different approaches to implement procurement systems, models and strategies
- Key considerations to ensure the decision of the used model is successful
- Reviewing the specific demands and necessities in these models
- Results from procurement and supply chain transformations
Natalie Budovsky, Head of Strategic Sourcing, Healthdirect Australia
12.30 Networking lunch
CREATING BENEFITS BY REFORMING SUPPLIER AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
13.30 CASE STUDY:
Optimising performance management with suppliers
- Developing procurement outcomes focused on quality
- Obtaining reduced supplier costs while meeting all contract requirements
- The benefits of a partner driven strategic alliance in the procurement process
Tracey Shearer, Director Group Procurement, UnitingCare Queensland
14.00 PANEL DISCUSSION:
Identifying the main challenges and opportunities in supplier contract management
- Analysing the key issues and considerations in developing and managing contracts
- How can you set up the responsibilities of suppliers in an effective way?
- Different ways to build accountability mechanisms in supplier contract management
Panel moderator:
Jonathan Dutton, Director, JD Consultancy
Panellists:
Baranee Tharan, Procurement Manager, Australian Unity
Dharam Singh, Pharmacy Procurement Manager, Pharmacy Department, Eastern Health
Russell Purchase, Contracts Manager, Uniting AgeWell
James Piplios, Executive Director, Procurement and Facilities, Epworth Healthcare
14.45 Afternoon tea
15.15 CASE STUDY
Improving contract and supplier relationship for long term benefit
- Examples of continuously monitored supplier risk assessments
- The benefits of moving from an adversarial model to a more collaborative model
- Designing continuous improvement capabilities in each step of the procurement process
Baranee Tharan, Procurement Manager, Australian Unity
BUILDING EFFICIENT STOCK INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN YOUR ORGANISATION
15.45 CASE STUDY
Gaining insights by comparing clinical autonomy vs standardisation: the private hospital dilemma
- Analysing the main challenges and opportunities of engaging with clinicians
- Identifying the key issues of working with vendors
- Reviewing the benefits of partnerships versus tenders
Simon Woods, Executive Director, Cabrini Malvern
16.15 How to optimise supplier and stakeholder outcomes in hospital procurement
- Identifying what is important in the strategic healthcare purchase cycle
- Reviewing what key stakeholders expect from a procurement team
- Post implementation analysis from Epworth Healthcare
James Piplios, Executive Director Procurement and Facilities, Epworth Healthcare
16.45 Transforming into a more efficient stock inventory management organisation
- Analysing the problems and challenges in stock inventory management
- Strategies to redesign the inventory management model
- Discussing appropriate solutions on specific challenges
Allison Patchett, General Manager Innovation and Development, Uniting AgeWell
Russell Purchase, Contracts Manager, Uniting AgeWell
17.15 Closing remarks from the Chair
17.25 End of day one and networking drinks
19.00 Official event dinner