curement activities, encompassing
ble for getting demand from the
direct and indirect costs, Alon has
markets through the ERP system, in
spearheaded the transformation
order to create work plans for produc-
of BTG’s supply chain processes,
tion and quality control. The logistics
placing the patient (or customer)
group manages our warehouses, raw
firmly at the helm.
material, packaging material and our
“Sometimes the customer is the
general technical warehouse. Thirdly,
patient but it can be a hospital or clinic.
the business technology element
We need to ensure medicine is sup-
encompasses two different areas, our
plied in high quality, which means
control system and automation, the
controlled shipment and logistics
other being IT.”
routes, making sure we have the right safety stock for each market,” he says.
IMPLEMENTING LEAN PROCESSES
“Planning and control are responsi-
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