With rapid growth in the medical device industry, problems are arising due to shortening product lifecycles and demand for more sophisticated instruments. An efficient supply chain system is imperative to support these requirements. Common integrated planning and execution systems that are based on single IT platform and master data management philosophies are becoming essential for ensuring agile supply chain.

Wipro has been developing efficient medical supply chain solutions based on single IT platform and master data management philosophies. Our areas of focus are,
  • Enterprise SCM strategy, critical to maintaining industry leadership
  • Integrated systems platform, a key element of SCM strategy
  • Change and Risk Management, key to the success of SCM strategy
  • Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)
  • MII
  • SAP TM/ EM
  • Supplier Network Collaboration
  • Supply Chain Visibility
  • POS Demand Sensing
  • Integrated Sourcing and Procurement
The Wipro SCM offerings incorporate
  • Reduced timeline through faster implementation cycle, enabled by our medical device industry SCM practices
  • Utilization of our domain experience to enable seamless transition and delivery
  • Full support from SAP partners and other vendors
  • Extensive experience and competence in all the leading SCM packages
  • Smooth system integration and real time collaboration partners

Our key capabilities in the medical device SCM are,

Package Consulting Experience
  • SAP APO - DP, SNP, PP/DS, gATP
  • i2 – DP/ DM, SCP, TmAPI/ ODS
  • JDA Networks
  • IPO integration
Project Experience
  • Implementation
  • Roll out
  • Support and upgrade
 
 
Jyotirmay Datta, Global Head Medical Devices, Wipro Technologies, talks about the key trends in the life sciences and the medical devices industry impacting the CFO organisations - elaborating on their impact on the healthcare ecosystem and, the opportunities for technology, to address some of the challenges that are an outcome of the change.