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Packing specification management for the pharmaceutical industry
The highly regulated and rapidly growing pharmaceutical industry is grappling with ever-increasing levels of compliance, competition in an uncertain business environment. Pharmaceutical enterprises need to strive harder to differentiate, achieve standardization, unique identification/traceability and improve efficiency.
A plethora of competitive products (from domestic as well as foreign entities) are making it a business imperative that your brand stands out. Attempts need to be made to ensure that appropriate messages are delivered consistently and effectively to a targeted set of audience. For enterprises that manufacture and sell formulations, the packaging of the product is a reflection of the brand image and the underlying processes depict quality and reliability of the product on offer.
Key operational requirements of a packaging department
- Frequent demand fluctuations (both export and domestic) require an efficient tracking solution for managing packaging requirements. Tracking the overall process from introduction of a packaging specification to creation of bill of material for procurement across multiple entities (internal collaboration) is highly critical
- Absence of a centralized repository makes it difficult to reuse artifacts and other data related to packaging. This also impacts go-to-market time for new products
- Lack of proper automation calls for excessive human intervention, which result in high volume of paper work and oversight related errors. It also creates unique identification, traceability and version management related issues
BSI’s Packing Specification Management Solution
BSI’s packaging specification management offering for the pharmaceutical industry is a web based solution that can be accessed by end-users through the Internet. The solution has no less than seven different modules that can be implemented post a requirement assessment exercise conducted by BSI’s functional and technical teams. It is a single instance solution that ensures data integrity and is easy to operate and maintain. It can also be integrated with mailing systems and other department functions like manufacturing & purchase including external systems like an ERP.
The solution provides the following key benefits to a mid-sized pharmaceutical enterprise:
Enabling Business Outcomes
- Considerable improvement in productivity due to automated process tracking for preparation and authorization of checklists and BOM/specifications, introduction of paperless processes – all reducing manual intervention and end-user related errors
- Facilitation in artwork reusability improving turnaround times
- Enhance management’s decision-making capabilities by providing insights into the packaging process through intelligent reports (both MIS and tracking related)
- Helps the pharmaceutical enterprise facilitate adherence to all statutory compliances and other internal protocols through a role/responsibility based access system
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