Industry: Life Sciences
Products Used: Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Supply Chain Planning (SCP)
About the Client
A global provider of life sciences solutions, onboarded two newly acquired entities—now merged into one—onto its Oracle Fusion Cloud platform; this site exclusively manufactures the company’s entire consumables and instrumentation business.
Key challenges included
- High Maintenance Costs: They maintained three separate ERPs, driving up IT costs and complexity.
- Limited Production Visibility: Production tracking relied on manual spreadsheets, causing inefficiencies.
- Scheduling Challenges: Operator and machine scheduling lacked coordination across systems.
- Revenue Impact: Delayed manufacturing led to lost customers and revenue.
- Obsolete Data: Siloed, outdated data across ERPs hindered accurate reporting and decision-making.
Results and Impact
- Integrated Business Flow: A unified ERP enabled faster, consolidated reporting.
- Full Manufacturing Visibility: Oracle Work in Process provides complete operational insight.
- Reduced Material Waste: Improved planning cut material waste by 10–15%.
- Improved Scheduling Accuracy: Resource and production planning improved accuracy by 30%.
- Real-Time Financial Reporting: Revenue and costs are now tracked accurately in one system.