Steve Thompson

Director, Strategic Solutions
Cardinal Health Integrated Logistics Services

Steve Thompson is Director, Strategic Solutions for Cardinal Health Integrated Logistics Services. Based in Dublin Ohio, he leads the team responsible for the development of supply chain solutions for medical product and device manufacturers to improve efficiencies and lower costs.

Since joining Cardinal Health in 2006, Thompson has developed customized supply chain solutions for Medical Distribution, Presource Products and Services and the Pharmaceutical Technologies manufacturing business. As a result, manufacturers and providers have more precise visibility over the use of products and devices.

Thompson builds on more than two decades of supply chain management experience in the automotive sector. He began his career at General Motors and Delphi Automotive Systems, assigned to one of GM's first Lean Enterprises facilities.

Thompson later worked in supply chain management and manufacturing with Lear Corporation.

Thompson is a graduate of the University of Windsor (Canada) and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

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Achieving End-to-End Visibility and Driving Growth to Remain Competitive in the New Healthcare Landscape

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

14:20 Better Demand Planning: Leveraging Technology to Understand True Product Utilization

ACA (Affordable Care Act) is shifting reimbursements from volume-based to value-based care, impacting manufacturers and providers who are both required to be more efficient and lower costs- more than ever before—without sacrificing patient outcomes. Managing supplies is critical to your bottom line, but how can you manage something you cannot see? Having a clear line of sight to product utilization data at the point of care is critical to drive operational efficiency.
Find out how:
• Transparency downstream from point of manufacturer helps drive waste out of the supply chain, drive patient safety, while maintaining service levels
• Understanding “true” utilization can help with better demand planning