Case studyPharma

SAP-Based Planning and Inventory Optimization in Production

Globally operating pharma manufacturer with an SAP landscape

Fragmented supply and production planning led to inefficiencies, rising costs and suboptimal inventory levels.

The challenge

The situation

Fragmented supply and production planning processes led to inefficiencies and rising costs. The lack of integration with the existing SAP system limited transparency and alignment along the supply chain and resulted in suboptimal inventory levels and inadequate service performance.

Our approach

What we delivered

End-to-end SAP integration of planning, so that demand, production and inventory data come from one shared source instead of separately maintained records.

Realignment of the sales and operations planning processes, which had been running fragmented and were hampering coordination along the supply chain.

Strengthened inventory control based on the now reliable planning data, against the previously suboptimal stock levels.

The outcome

Results & impact

-40% inventory costs

Marked reduction in inventory costs in production.

+10% service performance

Improved delivery service performance along the supply chain.

In summary

Supply and production planning are SAP-integrated; inventory costs and service performance have improved measurably.

Related expertise

Supply Chain Management →

A risk-based inventory strategy for GMP materials

ERP Integration →

GMP process design for goods receipt and batch release, with interfaces to LIMS and MES

Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management →

Production planning and procurement management from manufacturing through to delivery

Reporting & Dashboards →

Validated production dashboards fed from connected ERP and MES data

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