Life sciences
Bridging the gap with Unison Planning™
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We know exactly how a fragmented and unpredictable demand puts pressure on production and distribution processes. Meet our life sciences team.
Challenges of the life sciences supply chain
Demand is subject to changing regulations, asset utilization must be optimized, and network strategies must be taken into account. Discover how OMP for Life Sciences tackles these challenges.
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Addressing the biopharma supply chain challenge
How to accurately plan active ingredient manufacturing in response to variations in drug product demand while keeping the factory running efficiently? Advanced planning can help. OMP for Life Sciences offers a game-changing solution. This e-book outlines the working principles of an effective end-to-end biopharma planning process.
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How Roche uses Unison Planning™ to give society maximum value
Roche had been looking to dramatically improve decision-making, from managing short-term planning issues effectively to setting out the best supply strategies for the medium and long term. Working with OMP since 2019 was a game-changer.
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What keeps life sciences leaders up at night? - Stef Vermeiren’s insights
How do you ensure timely product launches? How can you adapt your organization and processes to handle disruptions in a resilient way? Stef Vermeiren, former VP of Global Planning at Johnson and Johnson, addresses the key drivers for success in the life sciences industry.
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Avanos Medical, Inc. implements Integrated Business Planning with OMP on SAP S/4HANA
Avanos Medical, Inc., a leading medical devices company, started using Unison PlanningTM with SAP S/4HANA. Using OMP for Life Sciences, Avanos has improved its planning maturity and E2E supply chain visibility successfully.
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Innovation through collaboration
Our industry councils are all about sharing experiences, expertise and insights. In our latest life sciences council, Coloplast, J&J, Novo Nordisk, Roche, and UCB shared best practices on effective planning & scheduling in biotech. Want to join our next council?
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Shaping the future at LogiPharma
To stay ahead of the curve, we participate in important supply chain events worldwide like LogiPharma, the world’s leading pharma supply chain event. It’s a great place to network, share expertise and gather new knowledge.
Janssen wins supply chain award
Janssen Pharmaceutica of Johnson & Johnson won the Best Achievement Award for Continuous Supply Chain Optimization for their global ‘Olympus’ project, handed out by PICS and VIB.
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OMP control tower for UCB
UCB has rolled out a full-scope OMP planning solution to ensure end-to-end visibility of their global supply chain. This integrated solution covers all supply chain planning functions: demand planning, executive S&OP, S&OP, inventory optimization, MPS, DRP, deployment, detailed scheduling and transport planning.
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Novo Nordisk pursues supply chain excellence with OMP
We are proud and excited to be collaborating with pharma company Novo Nordisk, bringing their supply chain planning processes to the next level. The start of this international collaboration was celebrated at the Embassy of Belgium in Denmark.
What our customers say
“OMP helps us to get all our planners to work together globally, around the same process, using the same system, in the same way.”
Stef Vermeiren, Vice President Global Planning – Janssen Pharmaceutica at Johnson & Johnson
“They truly are a partner. They are very interactive and very proactive. At J&J we need that.”
Buz Hillman, Associate Director Clinical Supply Systems at Johnson & Johnson
“In the end, they delivered us a solution that we're very happy with. That delivered exactly what we needed.”
Dean Bergman, IT Director at Avanos Medical
“We were looking for an integrated, automated and scalable solution and that’s what we got from OMP.”
David Aherne, Senior Director Global Supply Chain at Alexion Pharmaceuticals
“Our selection happened in a very rational way and OMP came out as the best choice.”
Arie Moruanx, Global Planning Excellence Leader – Medical Devices at Johnson & Johnson
“An optimal supply chain is critical to making sure people, living with severe diseases, obtain their medicines on time. OMP offered the quality and robustness in the planning process we were aiming for. Manual activities from multiple sources are now automated within our new planning system of record. One common integrated process is now applied. This gives better control, greater visibility and a higher level of maturity, resulting in agile supply chains.”
Nathalie Loicq, Vice President Global Supply Chain at UCB