News | January 22, 2008

Picaso To Provide Improved Performance And Visibility To Leading Specialty Pharmaceutical Company

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, Inc. delivers advanced supply chain planning solutions designed for the process industry. WAM's Picaso solution is 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. Picaso solutions address a wide range of business processes including collaborative demand management, inventory and distribution optimization, production planning and scheduling, and procurement planning. 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 Basell, Celanese, Chevron Phillips, DuPont, Evonik (Degussa Engineered Carbons), Eastman, Equistar, Honam, Indian Oil, Lanxess, Lyondell, Petrobras and Solvay. For more information on WAM Systems, visit www.wamsystems.com.

SOURCE: WAM Systems