PICASO TO PROVIDE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND VISIBILITY TO LEADING SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
Supply Chain Visibility Solution to Provide
Improved Production Efficiency and Reduced Operating Costs
HIGH POINT, NC — January 18, 2008 — Banner Pharmacaps, Inc., a global drug delivery and specialty pharmaceutical company headquartered in High Point, North Carolina, has selected WAM Systems to support a process and toolset improvement initiative targeting production scheduling, operational visibility, efficiency and collaboration.
Central to the project is WAM’s Picaso™ Supply Chain Planning Solution, a fully-integrated suite of planning and optimization modules, which will integrate with Banner’s ERP/MRP systems and support real-time collaboration, scheduling and reporting. The company will employ Picaso’s Supply Chain Event Monitor, Demand Planning, Production Scheduling, Procurement Planning, Customer Service Workstation, Inventory Targeting and S&OP modules.
Deployed in a multi-stage installation, the process improvement initiative will focus on:
- Reducing cycle times and working capital
- Improving visibility over production and scheduling
- Improving management of lab scheduling
- Eliminating redundancy in information management
- Improving customer collaboration and focus
“We are pleased to be able to support Banner Pharmacaps in its efforts to improve operational efficiency”, said Jack Weiss, CEO of WAM Systems. “By working closely with their team, we believe that our business process expertise combined with the flexibility of Picaso will enable them to quickly realize the refinements that are the focus of their efforts.”
About Banner Pharmacaps, Inc.
Banner Pharmacaps Inc. is a global drug delivery and specialty pharmaceutical company which continues to develop a proprietary portfolio of unique products and oral dosage forms, including softgels and Soflet® Gelcaps. Headquartered in High Point, North Carolina, Banner is committed to the research, development, and manufacture of quality healthcare products to serve our global community. Additional information about Banner is available at
www.banpharm.com. The parent company of Banner is VION N.V., an international food group that produces high-quality foodstuffs and ingredients for humans and animals. The group consists of three operating divisions: Ingredients, Fresh Meat and Convenience. VION has annual sales of EUR 7.4 Billion, with 15,150 employees worldwide. The head office of VION is in Son en Breugel, The Netherlands.
About WAM Systems
WAM Systems delivers advanced supply chain planning solutions designed specifically for process manufacturers.
WAM's supply chain solutions are used throughout the global process industry, providing a broad set of visualization, decision support, and optimization tools that address the unique challenges found in managing complex supply chains. The company has an established track record of deploying its supply chain decision support and optimization technologies across a wide variety of process manufacturing markets including polymers, chemicals, CPG, pharmaceuticals, and oil & gas refining.
The company and its worldwide partners also provide a full range of consulting, support, training and implementation services.
Headquartered outside of Philadelphia, WAM's customers include Arkema, Celanese, Chevron Phillips, EvonikDegussa, Eastman, FMC, Honam, Indian Oil, Ineos, LyondellBasell, Kraton, Lonza, Oxea, PetroRabigh, Sasol and Solvay.
For more information on WAM Systems, visit
www.wamsystems.com.
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