Industries / Pharmaceuticals
Bring planning, inventory, traceability and distribution handovers together around the needs of the pharmaceutical supply chain.
A stock balance alone does not establish what is available to promise. Batch identity, remaining shelf life, quality status and the required storage conditions all affect the next operating decision.
We help connect demand and replenishment planning with manufacturing, warehousing and distribution processes. A useful starting point is one product family, market or replenishment flow where shortages, excess stock or incomplete information create recurring difficulty.
The design should make ownership and exception handling clear: who investigates a discrepancy, which records support the decision and who can authorise the response. Quality and regulatory specialists define the applicable product and compliance requirements.
Connect the operating detail to a defined business decision.
01 / SECTOR FOCUS
Connect forecasts, replenishment parameters and lead times with usable stock and remaining shelf life. Examine shortages and potential expiry together, so a service improvement does not simply create excess inventory.
02 / SECTOR FOCUS
Map batch records, quality holds, release status and stock movements between systems. Establish how discrepancies are investigated and reconciled before stock becomes available for the next process.
03 / SECTOR FOCUS
Follow the handovers between sites, warehouses and transport providers. Identify the condition records, traceability information and escalation routes needed when a delivery or product exception occurs.
Map the current process, information and recurring exceptions. Agree the business outcome, service boundary and baseline before choosing technology.
Explore this expertise →Define requirements, data ownership, interfaces and exception handling. Review provider designs against the operating process and agree acceptance criteria.
Explore this expertise →Plan proportionate testing, business acceptance and cutover. Support training, ownership and post-implementation review so the change can work in day-to-day operations.
Explore this expertise →Relevant experience
Our pharmaceutical experience includes introducing a global forecasting and replenishment planning solution. The work covered project management, local requirements, interfaces, process redesign, training, cutover and post-implementation support.
Agree measures around availability, forecast bias, stock coverage, potential expiry, reconciliation accuracy and exception resolution. Define which stock statuses and product populations each measure includes; assess quality and service alongside inventory cost.
Define the process boundary, review the available evidence and identify a small number of improvement options. The initial outputs can include a process map, prioritised requirements, named owners, a measurement baseline and a proposed plan for a controlled pilot.
The guidance distinguishes manufacturing requirements from the conditions for obtaining, storing, transporting and handling medicines.
Distribution controls include appropriate conditions, tracing and effective recall arrangements.
Discuss one operating challenge and agree the information needed for a useful next step.
Bring one replenishment or distribution flow, representative planning and stock records, known exceptions and the relevant system landscape. Invite planning, operations, systems and quality representatives.
An initial problem statement, proposed assessment boundary, information needs and an agreed next step towards a scoped engagement.
Workshop format and any fees are agreed before booking. Follow-on work is scoped and agreed separately.