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A pharmaceuticaldistributoroptimizesSAPdeploymentwithbarcodescanning.
istributine phalnrat'cutic:rlsis a
: chilllcnging ancl conrPlcx busi-
,' r)css.I:u'gins <-rnclr'trgproclucts
can bc surall, and clislril)utorsmust
conrplt, u'ith nur-nt'r'ousstiitc and li:der-
iil lt'gulirtions to cnsulc sLrpplr'-chain
sirlt't; rrrr<lsecrnilr.
I'led-Hcalth Pharmir<cr.rlit:alPro<l-
ucts. iI rnicl-s izcclcllr r q u, holesaler
bascclin Las tgas. has lrccu ablc to
cnsr.u'ctht' ilccurircv anc[ clliciencr. ol'
its rl'alt'lrouscopcrations bv using an
autorn:rtccl. bal coclc b:rscclsystermin
conjunction r'r'ithSAP's cntcr'plisc
rcsoulcc pi:innine (ERl') solin'arc.
iIccl-Hcalth Pharrnact'uticzrlhas
stratcgic irlliances u'ith ir rncclical strp-
plr clistribution conrpan), zinclerphar-
nraccutical rcpackagine busincss.ln
2()06,thc colnpanv dcciclcclto upsrzrdc
its cxisting cnterprisr: solin'zrlc in older'
to cornph n'ith FDA rcqulations that
its nt'u' phzrlnraccutical busincssu,oLrld
bc lccltrilt'd to l-ncct.
'l'hc
coml>an1':rpploaclrccl lclhiisolt
(In'int', Ci.,),a svslcnrs intcgration
cornl)an: that specializc: sir - rSAP
implcnrcntations.ldh:isoli cleploredits
S'l'-c1uaIilieclBusiness .II-in-Onc
solution lbl r'r'holesalcclistlibution. an
inclustlv-specilic plcconligr-rred solu-
tion that levcragcs thc pou,cr of thc
S'P llRP appiication, acloss all o{'
Iccl-Hcalth's busincsses.
Bccause Ie d- Healt h ncecled ar r
rlccllriltc 'zrvto label :rnd track plod-
trcts throughollt its ,alchousc lircilitl',
ldhasoli rccommendecl its partncr,
BCC Distriblrtion Inc. (IICCD). to
insi:rll a bar code tracking svstem.
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Med-HealthPharmaceuticalProductscoupledanautomated,barcode-basedsystemwithenter-
priseresourceplanningtobringefficienciestoitswarehouseopentions.
tl(lCD deplor,ccl
'l'r'anSAP.
a b:rr'
co<lt'birsetlirrrerrtolrscarrrrirrgsst('llr
that inteeratcsu'ith thc SAP svstcm.
"It's r-ealh a trrlnkcv solution," sal's
Iark Hamcs, (lir('ctor oi' opcrations
lor Icd-Heurlth Phalmaccutical Plod-
ucts. "Ncr.aclais vcly strict u,hcn it
cor-nesto reeulating thc rvirolcsalcclruq
inclustrr, ancl u,e 'autcd to go above
and bevond its rccluilcrnellts to ensrlrc
u,c could operatc as elficientlv as possi-
ble, rvhilc maint:rining lirli compliancc
rvith statc lcquircmcnts. ith ldha-
soli's BusinessAll-in-Onc solution zurd
'franSAP
ve :ere able to deplov a
ftrllv conrpli:rnt snlr.rtionin ir vcrt' short
period of tinrc."
"PeoJrlethink SAP is a complcx.
expensivt' svstcn that onlv lalge com-
panics cau dcpl<x:" savs.JonNcurran,
CEO o1' tsCcll. "Idhasoft o{Icrs this
prcconiieureci. inclustn'-spccific SAP
templatc {or smallcr conrp:inics. and
thev zire trpicallv up ancl lunniuq vcrv
quickll.:"
'fhe
pharn-raccuticalu,arehouse is a
28,000-sq-Ii {acility' rvith a lrrll-scarlc
lacking svstcm. t separatc t:nciosecl
area in the rvart'hcnse secllreserllcon-
trolled substanccsalong n'ith a reil'ie-
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CartonlabelsareprintedbytheSAT0AmericaGf 412ebarcodelabel
printersandincludethedrugitem'sbarcode,nomenclature,andNational
DrugCode(NDC)andareusedto trackgoodsfromreceivingthrough
storageandshipment.
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proventrackingtechno[ogyfor
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yourtrustedpartnerin pharma-
ceuticatpackagingsecurityfor
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mobilebarcodescannersto pickordersfrom
closeto 1000picklocations,usinga picklist
generatedbytheSAPERPsystem.
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