Company Profile
Leading pharmaceutical company providing product development via commercial manufacturing specializing in oral dosage and cystic fibrosis and gastrointestinal drugs.
Business Segment
Pharmaceutical
Company size
1000+ employees
Specialization
Oral drug, Taste masking Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs), Customized Drug Release, Bioavailability Enhancement
Key features
Production management, Master planning
CHALLENGE
Client was inclined to implement a centralized system to organize their island of operations from marketing, procurement, manufacturing plant operations and quality control.
Microsoft Dynamics ERP was proposed and approved by the business for its capability to customize the base application for its adaptability for their day-to-day operations.
Production planner was using excel sheets for forecasting the upcoming batches. Quality department was using their own systems to check each batch which was not tracked real time.
SOLUTION
Implementation and ongoing support included the following modules: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payables, Inventory Management, Production control, Master planning and forecasting along with Quality control.
Optimization of Bill of materials and item tracking forms to provide more flexibility. Dedicated forms were developed for the production planner to gain insight of the demand/supply and logistical details to plan a batch.
RESULT
- Production planner was able to track and plan effectively having more granular level details of stocks available all on the new ERP thus eliminating excel sheets and sticky notes.
- Dynamics ERP is now their one solution from procurement to distribution all in one application.
- Enhanced visibility on the production floor and more control over batches with the enhanced dashboards for the leaders.
