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  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals.
  • Revenue: US$70 billion.
  • Key Challenges: Integrate Supply Chain operations and Global SAP/ERP/SCM technology model as a result of the major acquisition.
  • Strategic  Supply Chain Goals and benefits:
    • Improve Supply Chain operating efficiencies as a result of the merger.
    • Achieve Supply Chain Agility and high customer service.
    • Gain visibility for global collaboration and decision making.
    • Minimize Supply Chain compliance risk with globally consistent controls.
    • Run a single Global instance of SAP - ECC/SCM/APO.
    • Leverage one SAP Global instance to optimize taxation by improving goods flow.
    • Standardize key SCM processes, master data and controls globally.
    • Provide timely access to consistent, reliable information to manage the supply chain.
    • Full SCM integration between corporate, plants, and affiliates across geographies.
    • SC Agility to respond to changing business demands such as re-organizations, market forecasts, and regulatory changes.
    • Global procurement platform to maximize the company?s leverage.
  • SAP Modules Used:
    • SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC) 5.0.
    • SAP SCM/APO DP (Advanced Planner and Optimizer - Demand Planning).
    • SAP SCM/APO SNP (Supply Network Planning).
    • SAP SCM/APO PP/DS (Production Planning / Detailed Scheduling).
    • SAP BI / Business Objects, Cognos.
    • SAP MDM (Master Data Management).
    • SmartOPs - Enterprise Inventory Optimization.
    • Manuguistics.
  • Regional Scope and phases: North America, Canada, South America, South East Asia, Europe.  Implementation in three different phases with 3 deployment waves.
  • Key Performance Indicators Improved:
    • Production/Schedule Adherence, Inventory Days of Sale, Days in Inventory, Inventory Days of Production, Obsolescence, Customer Service.