Paul Clayton

VP Supply Chain, Logistics and IT
GlaxoSmithKline

Paul Clayton is a seasoned senior professional committed to flawless implementation and organizational effectiveness. A global management strategist with over 30 years of in-depth experience within the pharmaceutical industry, specifically within a blue-chip global organization – GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Key strengths are strategic thinking, people development, team leadership and synergistic relationship-building with global teams in multiple countries around the world. Technical savvy, change management leadership and shaping organizational culture are professional passions.

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Day 1

Thursday, April 9th, 2015

08:10 FIRE-SIDE CHAT: Creating Supply Chain Resilience Amongst Global Complexity And A Shifting Product Portfolio

Creating Supply Chain Resilience is more critical than ever before! The “End to End Supply Chain” in a world of over 150 markets, is getting more complex, not easier. The front end is R&D, with the other end being the Consumer or patient, and Manufacturing is everything in between, or they are in the middle. The Supply Chain needs to be able to respond to and be aware of changing governments, customers and payers within all countries.

Global Complexity is created by different time zones, currency, established markets versus Emerging markets. Please think of the differences of doing business in Taiwan versus Russia, or the business differences in countries in Western versus Eastern Europe, or North versus South and Central America! Even how you move products between countries and Regions is changing from Road and Rail to Air and Ocean shipments.

Companies that understand the changes, stay ahead of their competition by Shifting their Product Portfolio. They look at what the end Customer needs and it may be 2 doses a day they can afford to purchase, rather than 4 doses, or 15, 30 or 60. They shift their Product Portfolio because cost and complexity may be more important in some markets or countries around the world than others. They may also choose to focus or make changes from a Brand name to a Generic to allow more Customers to be engaged with their product. “One size does not fit all anymore”.