Life sciences firms need to improve the overall efficiency of their supply chain because of the strong link between supply chain effectiveness and profitability.
PA works with our clients to help achieve excellence in the supply chain and all manufacturing related operations. PA is unique in providing the combination of engineering, technology and management skills needed to improve clients’ businesses. This combination is essential to achieve a sustainable improvement in business process and asset management - resulting in lower cost, higher throughput or greater consistency in getting the product to the patient.
We also understand that, unless all aspects of regulatory compliance are observed, manufacturers can be subject to profound commercial risk. PA knows how to deliver compliant solutions, having done substantial compliance work in the biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.
PA brings its breadth of expertise to helping clients improve processes and supply chain performance and also to building new manufacturing sites.
Evaluate and build new facilities
Understanding your future manufacturing capacity demand and determining optimal plant allocation strategy is complicated by the problem of scale-up during drug development: build too much or too soon and you erode profit; build too little or too late and you fail to realise maximum future profit. We have sophisticated options modelling resources that allow manufacturers to make informed decisions.
Managing supply chain leakage
This a growing and formidable challenge as counterfeiting and the re-entry of drugs from medicines programmes take their toll. We know that our product authentication proposition and supply chain tracking based on RFID technology will be crucial here.
Effectiveness in resource management
This deals with the linkage of strategic planning, capacity planning, and scheduling and rostering. This is easy to say but incredibly hard to achieve. PA has demonstrated world-class solutions in this arena, delivering 30% improvements on already highly efficient systems.
Improving supply chain performance
Improving supply chain performance is complex but critical to businesses because of the strong link between supply chain effectiveness and profitability. PA’s modelling capability can create innovative options and identify much better solutions than when only one part of the chain is considered; the modelling approach can be tailored to meet the specific business situation; and the principle of ‘fitness for purpose’ ensures the delivery of business benefit.
A new supply channel for healthcare
PA has joined forces with DHL to create an innovative portal-based supply chain solution. The technology will offer both inventory management improvements to the NHS and supply chain costs savings to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. Click on link on the right for more information.
Further information
For further information please e-mail: healthcare@paconsulting.com
