Missed Us at Contract Pharma '09?
The strategic and operational relationship between a Pharmaceutical company and its Contract Manufacturing and Packaging partners is becoming a key factor in success, or failure, in the global pharmaceutical supply chain. AMR Research has estimated that >30% of pharmaceutical manufacturing output is expected to be produced through third parties by 2012.
With such a significant rise in outsourced contract manufacturing comes several key questions:
- How to enable more scalable and accurate execution of outsourced manufacturing production?
- How to improve predictability and reduce risk to production plans as demand varies?
- How to maintain lean inventory levels yet improve customer service levels?
- How to speed product delivery and reduce operational cost throughout the process?
- How to reduce operational complexity and hurdles to efficient partner connectivity?
At Contract Pharma 2009 , TraceLink met with key leaders from Pharmaceutical Companies, Contract Manufacturers and Contract Packagers to discuss these and other challenges facing their companies. Thought leaders from TraceLink including Shabbir Dahod, Lucy Deus, Graham Clark and Brian Daleiden discussed how using tools for collaborating on and managing outsourced contract manufacturing processes help improve companies improve operational performance and reduce supply risk.
If you missed us at Contract Pharma '09 and would like to arrange a discussion with the TraceLink team on leveraging these tools for your business, just let us know the topics you would like to discuss.
