We offer the ideal solutions to digitalize the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics industry's Supply Chain. And we can prove it.

Expensive inventory, constraints and endless cleanings.

In a fairly complex and specialized production environment, the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics industry requires good Production Planning and Scheduling, whether in synchronizing processes and batch traceability or in inventory balancing.

Companies served in this sector:

Neo supports your entire supply chain planning, from the long to the short term, addressing sector characteristics such as resource and labor constraints by product type, synchronization of manufacturing with filling, perishability, production campaigns and inventory segmentation.

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The world's leading APS software, developed to use advanced heuristics to balance demand and capacity and achieve optimized Production Planning and Sequencing. It helps us determine the best order for more efficient production.

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nPlan is an innovative advanced production scenario planning platform developed by NEO, created with the mission to revolutionize the digital acceleration of the Supply Chain. Generate your production planning scenarios in an agile, reliable, and collaborative way.

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Learn about SDL AX4

SDL AX4 is logistics management software developed by Siemens Digital Logistics to optimize and simplify logistics management. Combining advanced technology and a customer-centric approach, SDL AX4 offers an efficient way to manage transportation operations, supplier deliveries, dock management, freight payments, and much more.

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Challenges in this industry:

Demand Variation

High sensitivity to demand-forecast errors and demand profiles that are hard to predict across periods.

Resource Leveling

Complexity in dealing with line allocation alternatives, considering cleaning, setups and labor.

Batch Traceability

Identifying which batches will be produced, consumed and supplied along the chain for better forecasted traceability, respecting batch sizes and constraints approved with the regulatory authority (ANVISA).

Synchronization Between Processes

Complex dynamics to synchronize intermediate-material manufacturing steps and finished-goods filling.

What to expect from our projects:

Inventory Reduction

With more balanced planning and scheduling, inventory health improves, reducing finished-goods inventory and synchronizing raw-material purchases. The solution's agility also allows reacting quickly to demand changes to avoid unnecessary inventory and losses from perishability.

Productivity Increase

The scheduling rules will group similar items of the same formulation or packaging type, reducing setup times that don't add value. Better synchronization enables a reduction of wait times, generating more value directly to the product and making better use of the company's assets.

Stockout Reduction

Visibility, scheduling agility and greater plan accuracy make it possible to reduce delays and stockouts, since they are identified in advance, allowing simulations to take preventive actions and eliminate them — all with scenarios that ensure availability without harming service.

More Agility

Harder than planning is replanning. A machine breakdown, rework on a component or a change in an item's demand can trigger a cascading effect to reschedule the whole factory. Responding to that reality quickly and with a good plan lets PPCP work be more analytical and decisive, rather than operational.