Joshua Groll

Director, Supply Chain Centre of Excellence Merit Medical

Joshua Groll is the Director of the Center of Excellence at Merit Medical, a global leader in the Medical Device space. Merit Medical is a leading manufacturer and marketer of disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures. In his role, he is responsible for optimizing and improving Merit’s supply chain processes. Ultimately, he sees his goal as injecting innovation into Merit’s culture through cross-functional engagement of key stakeholders and end users throughout the company. As part of his role, Josh owns the Blue Yonder global deployment for Merit. Josh is from Eden Prairie, Minnesota and holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, coaching football, and embarrassing himself on the golf course.

Day 2: SUPPLY CHAIN TO SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION & ALIGNMENT

12:00 PM INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Sit down with 10-15 other supply chain and logistics innovators, share solutions to common challenges, and ask the questions that’s have been keeping you up at night. The conversations are candid and one of the most anticipated times of the day. Plus you get to choose your own adventure: Pick the two topics that will pack the biggest punch for your 2024 supply chain strategies.

(Choose 2, 30 minutes each)

Roundtable #1 – Crafting a Lean Supply Chain: How Automation Improves Accuracy, Cost, and Delivers Greater Value for your Operations

Erich Schlenkrich, Vice President of Business Development – Industrial and Consumer Goods, TGW Logistics

The Healthcare sector is facing challenges such as limited space, resource constraints, tight budgets, and more – impacting the quality and efficiency of patient care. This discussion aims to bring together experts that share insight into innovative technologies, processes, and best practices for lean methodologies that help supplier’s improve efficiency and deliver better value to healthcare providers.

Roundtable #2 How Merit Medical Achieved Digital Transformation Success Through Effective Change Management

Joshua Groll, Director, Supply Chain Centre of Excellence, Merit Medical

Join us to learn how Blue Yonder and Merit Medical have worked together to improve business outcomes. Merit Medical embarked on a transformational supply chain planning software implementation. It was not without its challenges! It required partnership across the two companies and across many functions within Merit Medical. Careful planning and leadership engagement were keys to success.

Roundtable #3 – Building Stronger, Long-Term Partnerships Between Manufacturers and Logistics Providers in Disruptive Times

Jason Torrens, Business Development Executive, Rhenus

Jos Kagenaar, Rhenus

Explore actionable strategies and frameworks that manufacturers and logistics providers can adopt to foster resilient, collaborative partnerships. This session aims to identify mutual challenges, opportunities for synergy, and pathways to building trust and adaptability in an era of disruption, such as supply chain bottlenecks, geopolitical tensions, and technological shifts.

LogiMed USA 2025

Joshua Groll

Day 2: SUPPLY CHAIN TO SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION & ALIGNMENT

12:00 PM INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS