Contract Manufacturer

• Coordinate tightly on forecast planning to align on products, quantities, due dates and more to lock in production capacity
• Coordinate production POs with on-hand material and material orders to ensure on-time production start and efficient resource planning
• Share real-time ASNs to keep customer’s receiving and distribution operations updated on delivery times
• Support product serialization and serialized product operations to support customer track and trace requirements

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• Collaboratively plan and lock in material requirements with suppliers based on customer forecasts
• Ensure more consistent/reliable order processes with direct material suppliers through electronic purchase orders submission/acknowledgement
• Enable real-time exchange of purchase orders, confirmations, and shipping notices to ensure materials arrive on-time for production start
• Improve agility to react to unexpected supply issues or unplanned demand
• Ensure ERP and other business systems have accurate and timely procurement and delivery data

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• Ensure high customer service levels with shared real-time shipping confirmation and in-transit stock visibility for logistics partners
• Improve finished goods supply and inventory planning with real-time exchange and collaboration on orders and shipments with both customers and logistics partners
• Enhance supply resiliency through shared visibility and collaboration with logistics partners on production disruptions or changed order configurations
• Provide serialized product identity and related track and trace compliance events to life sciences customers or directly to logistics partners to inform track and trace and global compliance requirements

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