2016 - Page 2 of 3 - Supply Chain and SD

21 Sep 16

How Sales and Operations Planning brings agility to the organization?

Integrated business planning (IBM) and Sales & Operational Planning(S&OP) is the process to align organizational silos to an organizational goal in order to improve revenue, mitigate costs, inventory optimization and enhancing service levels. Leading companies that experience measurable improvements in revenue and cost control are champion in aligning different teams like marketing, sales, production, inventory, […]

14 Sep 16

How can Sales and Operations Planning help Pharmaceutical industry?

In today’s horrendous competitive market, you will have to go beyond to just setting revenue, cost and margin targets, if you want to excel. Before setting any sales and revenue related targets you need to do in-depth homework like uniting the entire supply chain around achieving them. E.g. let’s take the example of any Pharmaceutical […]

02 Sep 16

Benefits of including “Notifications” in supply chain management software for Pharma.

Globlization, digitization, ecommerce and high proliferation of mobile devices have enhanced the intensity of competition, opening up new markets for the industry on the other side have made the customers smart. Today’s customers are very much aware about their appetite and always looking for the best available solution at reasonable cost. To cater the need […]

22 Aug 16

Why cloud based supply chain management software is popular among SME’s.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are ’the world’s most concentrated, booming and innovative engine for world trade and growth. With 95 per cent of global enterprises comprising SMEs, they serve as key drivers of innovation, social integration, and employment. SME’s are going through the transitional phase of process automation and in this supply chain is […]

16 Aug 16

Smart warehouse management software for SME Pharmaceutical players.

In this highly competitive business environment, if you want to excel you need a smart warehouse management software. An agile warehouse management software help companies to move and store inventory effectively and efficiently at lowest possible cost. Reduce time-to-market, cost management, enhanced workers’ productivity and satisfaction and more accurate data collection are few of the […]

08 Aug 16

How good budgeting and forecasting practices can improve your bottom line?

In this digital globalized era, maintaining and improving bottom-line is a challenging task for organizations especially from manufacturing sector. Good financial budgeting and forecasting practice play the pivotal role in achieving that. Organizations today can’t rely on outdated and error prone excel based system and very much needed dynamic system to quickly respond to the […]

14 Mar 16

The evolution of Pharmaceutical supply chain

The pharmaceutical industry is facing many challenges caused by an aging population, the increasing cost of healthcare, pressure from governments to lower the price of drugs, barriers to entry in emerging markets, wider adoption of generic drugs, increased costs of R&D and decreased number of approved drugs. These are just some of the many challenges […]

18 Feb 16

Complexities exist in traditional contract management system used by Pharma, Life science players

Pharmaceutical manufacturers operate in one of the most complex, competitive, and highly regulated industries. With the growing population the demand for creating drugs and treatments that prevent, treat, and cure illness are increasing. As demand grows, more players are looking to get into the game. U.S. manufacturers are seeing increased competition from new vendors developing […]

04 Feb 16

Top global trends transforming Pharmaceutical supply chain

In today’s global pharmaceutical supply chain, it is important to know the specific requirements in the various markets worldwide. In Europe, no single batch of a finished pharmaceutical product can be released without the certification of the QP (Qualified Person). QP is key to ensuring that the complexity of the modern supply chain does not […]

22 Jan 16

Pain in U.S. commercial Pharmaceutical supply chain

U.S Pharmaceutical supply chain is very complex. Today, up to 40% of the drugs Americans take are manufactured outside the U.S., as well as up to 80% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients in those drugs. The number of prescriptions has significantly increased. In the U.S. alone, the volume of prescriptions has almost doubled in less […]

Year: 2016