Event

BSMA Europe

October 15-16, 2026
Hotel Dolce La Hulpe
Brussels/La Hulpe, Belgium

Life science supply chains designed for agility, orchestrated for performance

Leaders in life science supply chains have spent the last decade creating visibility. Dashboards, trackers and alerts promised supply chain resilience, but disruptions keep multiplying.

Visibility is the first step. Agility requires fast, informed decisions and coordinated action across the supply chain.

With technology-driven supply chain orchestration, we help you turn complexity into clear decisions and real results:

Reliable product availability
Resilience and compliance
Fast, data-driven decisions

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The reasoning supply chain: Why AI, context and human judgment are the key to orchestrating next-generation life sciences supply chains

Thursday, October 15
11-11:25 AM

AI can empower life sciences organizations to leapfrog traditional stages of digital maturity toward supply chain orchestration, but only with a strong foundation of data, decision-making context and human critical reasoning.

Explore what happens when network design becomes continuous rather than episodic, when disruption management moves from reaction toward anticipation, and when new software approaches such as Forward Deployed Engineering dramatically shorten the distance between a business challenge and a deployed solution.

Rather than predicting an autonomous future, this session asks: What do machines need to know, what should humans decide, and what happens when we design the supply chain around both?

Fergus van Niekerk

Head of Corporate Sales, 4flow

About 4flow

4flow supports life sciences companies with tailored supply chain solutions, from strategy to implementation and beyond. Proven in 25 years of successful customer projects, this end-to-end approach and digital innovation make 4flow a trusted global partner for supply chain transformation.

4flow operates from over 20 offices worldwide, with a global team of more than 1500 members spanning North and South America, Europe and Asia.

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