1. 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

2. 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 / years within HCB incl.
Experiences: 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

3. 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