Nov 4, 2021
•1 minute read
supply chain
Expert Panel Discussion: Boost Manufacturing Agility and Flexibility with SAP HANADigital transformation is a goal that many manufacturers have been working toward as a means of optimizing operations and improving manufacturing productivity. But the last year has increased the urgency of this initiative as it has become clear to manufacturers that digital transformation can help maintain business continuity and increase agility when introducing new products, […]
SAP S/4HANA To Support Supply Chain Modernization at CBSA combination of changing customer and employee expectations, and an increased need for digital engagement and business agility in the healthcare industry have acted as a catalyst for an SAP S/4HANA business case at Canadian Blood Services (CBS). Shifting its interactions with hospitals and donors to an online experience and improving overall user experience for all of its stakeholders — including its employees — is informing digital transformation across the organization.
SAPinsider talked with CBS’s CIO Ralph Michaelis, who heads up the organization’s enterprise IT group, to learn what is inspiring CBS’s latest innovations. One specific key performance indicator (KPI) noted by Michaelis is to become more agile and dynamic in collections planning and inventory management for plasma-protein-driven products. “We collect about 800,000 units of blood and we do that through about 1.2 million appointments every year. It’s a large volume,” Michaelis says.
CBS was able to increase the frequency of its collections planning to be done on a quarterly basis, rather than annually. Michaelis says the next goal is to conduct planning every few weeks. And, Digital donor engagement has improved from 5% to 80%, says Michaelis. He refers to the results as “not a boom but a game of inches,” explaining that continuous innovation in bursts happened over a five-year span. “If your horizon for delivery is too long, you risk the context of that project changing within that timeframe.”
Read this Executive Insight and learn:
- How CBS is “crossing technology boundaries” to deliver exceptional user experience;
- The skills that CBS is investing in to fundamentally re-engineer business processes and achieve outcomes in weeks as opposed to months; and
- Advice from Michaelis about where to “color outside of the lines” and how to innovate in short bursts when planning an SAP S/4HANA deployment.
Oct 26, 2021
•6 minute read
Expert Panel Discussion: Boost Manufacturing Agility and Flexibility with SAP HANADigital transformation is a goal that many manufacturers have been working toward as a means of optimizing operations and improving manufacturing productivity. But the last year has increased the urgency of this initiative as it has become clear to manufacturers that digital transformation can help maintain business continuity and increase agility when introducing new products, […]
Jul 1, 2021
•1 minute read
How GSK slashed SAP label printing time by 98% for Pharma, Consumer and Vaccine productsAs GSK, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, races to deploy vaccines on a global scale, the issue of label print speed, data management, and control has never been more critical. With over 26 different labeling solutions and 40 manufacturing sites worldwide, GSK had no centralized control of its labeling, resulting in data siloes, […]
Jun 25, 2021
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Achieve the Unthinkable – World Class Demand Planning inside of SAP External events large and small can stress supply chain plans. The speed at which these stressors are identified have a big impact. The ability to recognize, adapt and respond has never been more important than now. Current events are powerful reminders that supply chain visibility, planning and execution need to be tightly coupled to […]
Jun 25, 2021
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Real-Time Inventory Replenishment powered by T-Systems with SAP on AzureIn this webinar, T-Systems, Microsoft, and SAP are coming together to showcase their tremendous partnership, collective innovation, and technology capabilities to demonstrate a Real-time Inventory Replenishment solution. The solution brings a perspective of how a responsive supply chain dynamically flexes itself to avoid business disruption. The solution alerts a low stock inventory within the retail […]
Jun 25, 2021
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Harnessing The Power of TinyML in Supply ChainYou are not alone if you have not heard of " TinyML ". The good news is that you are probably already aware of the underlying technology behind this terminology but were unaware of this marketing term assigned to it, sometime in late 2019. So let us first start by understanding what TinyML is all about in the simplest way possible. There is an assumption in the subsequent sections that you are aware of concepts like the Internet of Things (IoT), edge devices, and edge computing. I believe some of the most innovative applications of the power of TinyML are in operations and marketing. In this article, we will explore examples of applications of TinyML in operations and supply chain.
Jun 16, 2021
•6 minute read
Inventory Planning and Advanced AnalyticsInventory planning- The constant balancing act Inventory planning is one of the most critical and most challenging aspects in supply chain planning. This means that implementing an effective inventory planning and management strategy is crucial for an organization to stay competitive in today’s dynamic global supply chain landscape. There is always room to bring more […]
May 29, 2021
•3 minute read
Achieving Operations Agility in Life ScienceFrom an increased demand for personalized medicine to an increase in global regulatory standards – the life sciences industry is witnessing major shifts in the marketplace. With many blockbuster drugs coming off patent protection, global competition will rise quickly, as will the pricing pressure on life sciences companies. The solution to tackle the challenges pharma […]
May 14, 2021
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Achieving Operations Agility in Life ScienceThe pandemic has created the need to put patients’ care at the center of your company and intensified the need for supply chain visibility. Organizations need to know how patients are responding to treatments. Organizations also need to build resilient supply chain with end-to-end visibility that can adjust at a moment’s notice. View this webinar to: Understand […]
May 14, 2021
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