| Australia's Health Supply Network Improves Operational Efficiency with Sterling Commerce |
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| Wednesday, 16 May 2007 | |
  
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4Solutions Enterprises specialises in delivering process management and professional services to the Australian pharmaceutical industry. By using Gentran Integration Suite, 4Solutions Enterprises will provide its three wholesalers with greater visibility into their supply chain with manufacturers and independent brokers in support of consumer requests at retail pharmacies. Health Supply Network handles up to 50,000 transactions each month worth hundreds of millions of dollars in product each day. However, 95 percent of the stock transacted is common among all three distributors, but time-to-delivery and reducing the amount of stock residing in the warehouse is critical to achieving economies of scale in a competitive market. As Clifford Bunten, managing director, 4Solutions Enterprises, explained, “In a local industry worth around $15 billion a year, if you’re going to manage your pharmaceutical supply chain visibility with total accuracy and visibility of data, you need to work with an IT company that is an industry leader and has many years of experience in demonstrably speeding up IT systems integration. Bunten added, “In the pharmaceutical industry, the distributors have a vested interested in middleware as everything in the sales order management process, including invoicing, inventory control and rebate management needs to be securely replicated and automated with total accuracy. Our decision to deploy Sterling Commerce was not simply aimed at improving the interface quality, but goes far beyond that, namely improving our operational efficiency and risk management. GIS is a perfect fit for Health Supply Network and best suited our needs for leveraging economies of scale throughout the supply chain.” The Gentran Integration Suite is a flexible integration platform that minimises the cost, time and risk involved in creating a service-oriented architecture (SOA). It enables companies to interact with partners in real-time across complex value chains; track multi-enterprise collaboration processed end-to-end, manage sensitive business data more securely and manage large, complex electronic communities. 4Solutions has used Gentran Integration Suite to create a networked trading community that automates multi-enterprise business processes spanning pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors such as Pfizer, API, Sigma and Symbion. 4Solutions enables these suppliers and sellers to conduct business electronically, in a fast, efficient and secure fashion. Gentran Integration Suite is also used to design and deploy flexible business services for automating order configuration, fulfillment and supplier management. Michael Vulcan, managing director, Sterling Commerce for Australia/New Zealand, said, “We are delighted 4Solutions has selected Sterling Commerce as a strategic enabler for its growth strategy going forward,” said Michael Vulcan, managing director, Sterling Commerce for Australia/New Zealand. “The fact that 4Solutions Enterprises can integrate business processes across wholesalers and distributors in a fraction of the time than previously, gives them a tremendous business advantage.” Later this year, 4Solutions Enterprises is planning to expand its service offerings and consolidate communications, including enabling manufacturers to submit invoices electronically and receive rebates claims. All of this will be done using the speed and flexibility of Gentran Integration Suite. About Sterling Commerce Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), helps 80 percent of the FORTUNE® 500 thrive in a global economy by solving complex process integration challenges. The company's innovative software and services integrate customers' systems -- inside and outside the four walls of the enterprise -- so companies can conduct business without borders. Sterling Commerce solutions help customers adopt best practices in e-sales, supply chain execution, payment processing and business-to-business integration. The solutions also give executives and front-line managers greater visibility inside and outside the enterprise in order to improve profitability, reduce costs and minimise risk. Sterling Commerce enables businesses to innovate key processes in real time, while continuing to deploy ERP or transaction system infrastructures. With more than 30,000 customers worldwide, Sterling Commerce has unparalleled experience in retail, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, financial services, supply chain, logistics, and telecommunications. More information on Sterling Commerce can be found at www.sterlingcommerce.com. |
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