FEATURE: IT INTEGRATION
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Global pharmaceutical
company Cipla
manufactures more than
1,500 products with its
South African subsidiary,
one of the country’s market
leaders in terms of value
and volume. To ensure
the efficient delivery of its
medicines to clients around
the country, it moved to
a new state-of-the-art
warehouse in Bellville,
with long-time partner
Cquential providing the
intelligent warehouse
system that makes its
business goals possible.
I
n the world of large-scale pharmaceutical
distribution, pinpoint accuracy is essential.
From a regulatory perspective, medical
products must be traceable down to the
item, i.e. from the point of receiving through
to sampling, positive release and all the way
through to invoice.
There are two reasons for this – firstly to
trace a batch should it be illegally sold and
secondly in case of a recall, or an enquiry
from regulatory bodies requesting a re-
test. Additionally, legislation dictates that
samples from each batch must be retained
for prescribed periods.
Hundreds of orders
processed daily
Assembling the orders – known as picking
in the industry – is difficult because 98%
of the distribution is a combination of
both case, plus fine picking.
This makes picking orders very inefficient
unless a system is in place, so it is vital
IN THE MONTH OF THE MOVE,
CIPLA SA HAD ITS BEST
MONTH EVER, SO ONE CAN
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS
INCREASED VOLUME IN SALES
ADDED ADDITIONAL PRESSURE.
Cquential helps Cipla
save lives by providing
an intelligent warehouse
management system
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