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Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals Improves Global Distribution Efficiency, Productivity by more than 50 Percent with TAKE Supply Chain
AUSTIN, Texas --(Business Wire)--
TAKE Supply Chain (www.takesupplychain.com), a leading provider of real-time supply chain execution and reverse logistics software solutions, announced today that Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals has improved global distribution efficiency and productivity by more than 50 percent with its Gemini Simplified Interface (G.SI)™ for Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM). Three Rivers, a specialty drug manufacturer with distribution to more than 45 countries worldwide, deployed Gemini for OPM to automate the company's warehouse transactions, provide better inventory visibility and enable track/trace capabilities across its supply chain operations.
According to Christine Sheehy, Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals senior vice president of operations, "With TAKE Supply Chain, we've been able to make warehouse pick and pack significantly more proficient and to eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies within our processes. Gemini not only delivered on our performance expectations, but also streamlined implementation and training so we could realize immediate benefit and return on our investment."
With Gemini's mobile radio-frequency (RF) scanners, Three Rivers improved visibility to inbound materials and products throughout the company's distribution facility. The system automates the recording of key receiving transactions as well as inventory movements, transfers and adjustments, instantly eliminating data delays and errors from manual processes. Three Rivers also uses Gemini's Compliance Label Manager, a barcode and RFID label management solution, to automate all labeling processes and produce barcode labels and RFID tags without the need to invest in custom code, consulting or new infrastructure.
"Automating the processes by which manufacturers and distributors gain data visibility is critical in managing today's complex global supply chains, but also for reaching the efficiencies companies need to operate profitably and competitively," said Warren Sumner, TAKE Supply Chain general manager. "TAKE's success in helping Three Rivers reach their goal of streamlined distribution operations with rapid ROI represents the kind of results we strive to continue to deliver to the global manufacturing and distribution marketplace."
Unlike other offerings that run off proprietary third-party databases or require custom interfaces, Gemini for OPM leverages ERP investments by integrating directly to the Oracle data model. This approach fully leverages the setups, tolerances and profiles already defined in Three Rivers' Oracle deployment, minimizing implementation, training and ongoing support costs.
About Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals
Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals is a privately held company headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania and focuses on specialized therapies including hepatitis C therapies. With its unique experience and understanding of the complex challenges of treating chronic, difficult diseases, Three Rivers is a valuable partner in the healthcare community. The company's mission is to develop, manufacture, and market the highest quality branded and generic drug products for patients with serious diseases. Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals focuses on specialized therapies because of our extensive knowledge and experience in this area. More information available at www.3riverspharma.com.
About TAKE Supply Chain
Solutions from TAKE Supply Chain improve supply chain speed, visibility and control by automating internal processes and integrating trading partners to enable manufacturers and distributors to smoothly orchestrate the movement of goods through the extended supply network. TAKE Supply Chain's single data model approach extends the functionality of procurement, manufacturing and warehousing systems from Oracle® and SAP® to eliminate supply chain, warehousing, data collection and reverse logistics inefficiencies. Since 1994, the Austin, Texas-based company has assisted 450 companies in automating and controlling process execution within their extended supply networks. Customers include market leaders such as Alcoa, Canon, Cisco and Motorola. TAKE Supply Chain is a division of TAKE Solutions, Inc. For more information, visit www.takesupplychain.com.
About TAKE Solutions
TAKE Solutions is a technology-enabled Business Solutions company with recognized industry leadership in Microsoft-based Solutions, Regulated Life Sciences, and Supply Chain Management. TAKE Solutions has U.S. offices in Princeton, NJ, Research Triangle Park, NC, and Philadelphia, PA. TAKE Solutions conducts business today with hundreds of the world's largest companies. TAKE Solutions is SEI-CMMI Level 5 Certified, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Global BioIT Alliance and is a Registered CDISC Solution provider. For more information about TAKE Solutions visit www.TAKESolutions.com.
TAKE Supply Chain is a division of TAKE Solutions, Inc.
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