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Venezuela-Based Generic Drugs Manufacturer, Laboratorios Kimiceg, Implements Epicor® for Pharmaceutical Solution
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Service-Oriented Architecture Enables Seamless Integration with Laboratorios Kimiceg's Own Mobile Sales Force System
IRVINE, Calif. and CARACAS, Mexico, May 29 / -- Epicor Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, today announced Laboratorios Kimiceg, a leading manufacturer of high quality generic drugs in Venezuela, has selected Epicor for Pharmaceutical to integrate its manufacturing and financial processes. Kimiceg began the Epicor implementation in February 2006 and in just two and a half months was up and running with a fully operational system.
"Prior to implementing Epicor we had no process integration, and were using a homemade system to perform all processes, which created more work and set significant limitations for our growth," said Ricardo Blanco, IT Manager for Kimiceg. "Since the Epicor implementation, we have integrated all of our business processes, from sales projection, purchase and production planning, to order placements, billing and collection."
According to Blanco, key factors to the success of the project were the support of Kimiceg's senior management, the active input from users and consulting support by the company SCS Venezuela. He also emphasized the completeness of the standard functionality provided by Epicor for Pharmaceutical eliminated the need to perform several customizations for adapting the solution to Kimiceg requirements. "I believe that we should adapt to the software, and not try to change it in order to adapt the software to a particular way of working," said Blanco. "The first months were full of intensive training on the use of the Epicor solution, in order to understand it in depth and take advantage of the complete functionality it delivers."
Once the system was implemented and the workforce trained, in order to take full advantage of being on the Microsoft .NET platform and a service- oriented architecture (SOA), Kimiceg decided to go a step further with the deployment of a Mobile Sales Force solution, developed in-house over SQL Server Mobile, which transparently integrates with Epicor for Pharmaceutical.
With over 30 salespersons, distributed in different cities of the country, Kimiceg sales force is now able to place orders onsite from a cell phone and then transmit the information via e-mail to the distribution center, where the order is automatically entered into Epicor for Pharmaceutical for allocation of lots, continuing with the shipping track number and picking processes, and then providing the data to accounting and stock sections.
The Epicor solution manages the production and purchase planning - Master Production Scheduling (MPS) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) - which enables the system to look at future demand and suggest the purchasing needs and the production orders to be placed. "This is the first process performed by Planning and Logistics users on the first day of every month - no purchase order is placed at the department in question that has not been suggested by the Epicor solution," said Blanco. "The purchase order process has been reduced from 15 to 3 days as a result."
Based on Microsoft .NET and Web services technology, Epicor for Pharmaceutical is a comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite that provides specific functionality to meet the complex needs of the pharmaceutical, chemistry, food and beverages and cosmetic industries. The Epicor solution provides finance, supply chain, manufacturing and customer service functionality, enabling companies to gain better cost management, increase profits and manage their operations.
Approximately 58% of the largest global pharmaceutical companies listed in the Fortune 500 use Epicor. In Latin America, over 30 clients in the pharmaceutical, labs, chemistry, food and beverages, and cosmetic sectors rely on Epicor to manage more efficient processes.
About Laboratorios Kimiceg
Constituted in 1986, Kimiceg manufactures and commercializes in the Venezuelan market high quality generic products (such us analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, antipyretics, hypotensive drugs, antibacterial agents, and cough suppressors), which have a huge acceptance by the public. The Company's plant is located in Maracay and manufactures nearly 10 million units of generic drugs per year. The drugs manufactured by Kimiceg has a proven quality, excellent tolerance, clinical efficiency and top-notch therapeutic properties, which reflect a commitment with quality, best practices for pharmaceutical manufacturing and demanding cost analysis.
About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor, named one of FORTUNE magazine's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006, is a global leader dedicated to providing integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and professional services automation (PSA) software solutions to midmarket companies and divisions of the Global 1000. Founded in 1984, Epicor serves over 20,000 customers in more than 140 countries, providing solutions in over 30 languages. Employing innovative service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services technology, Epicor delivers end-to-end, industry-specific solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services that enable companies to drive increased efficiency, improve performance and build competitive advantage. Epicor solutions provide the scalability and flexibility to meet today's business challenges, while empowering enterprises for even greater success tomorrow. Epicor offers a comprehensive range of services with its solutions, providing a single point of accountability to promote rapid return on investment and low total cost of ownership. Epicor's worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information, visit http://www.epicor.com/.
Source: Epicor Software Corporation
CONTACT: Lisa Preuss of Epicor Software Corporation, +1-949-585-4235, lpreuss@epicor.com
Web site: http://www.epicor.com/
