Alfons Rathmer Information Technology Manager Health Care Business (Pharma, Medical, Dental, PC&RP, HIS) Europe, MENA & 3M Germany Acquisitions Alignment 3M HCB-IT A. Rathmer

3+ years part of the European CoE Name: Alfons Rathmer Location: 3M Germany, Neuss In 3M: > 23 years Function: HCB-IT Europe & MENA plus German Alignment Activities Knowledge / 23+ years within HCB incl. Experiences: 7+ years S&M support 3M Germany 3+ years part of the European CoE “front office application portfolio” Most important projects: Customer Consulting, Destocking / Consolidation activities HCB, Deployment S&M/CFS Portfolio, Borken Closing & Integration Project (into 3M Neuss) Medical production Neuss & Poland, CFR Part 11, Support parts of German IT-Portfolio, 3M HCB-IT A. Rathmer

global GS1 activities/initiatives….. Market & Customer daily business/stress don‘t know the own processes always only saving ideas... decision makers are overloaded false consultants no standards available up coming DRG‘s activities barcoding Consultants everyone has the best concepts always self interests Market & Politics ongoing changes DRG‘s neutrality standards global GS1 activities/initiatives….. deploy & managing EAN.UCC standards Healthcare User Group (HUG) Basics for a central player product catalog hosting knowledge of market own the interface layer are neutral & able to consult are specialists Software-Partners lack of market knowledge no modular solutions no process optimization oriented no support of standards Portals & Clearing Center in Germany: Medical Columbus Medicforma GHX Europe Software-Partners Industry competition self interests standards barcoding Service Provider fulfillment concepts supply chain support barcoding logistic center other supply-chain concepts Institutes/Organizations IMS/GPI classification system BVMed (barcoding) BfARM CCG (GS1) & Standards 3M HCB-IT A. Rathmer