Ethypharm, a pharmaceutical laboratory specialized in oral modified release formulations and main company on the DDS (Drug Delivery Solutions) market, has just confided to DynaSys the implementation of a multi-level production planning tool.

In order to optimize the steps of its Supply Chain, the laboratory has chosen the DynaSys n.SKEP ® Production Planning solution after having consulted different editors.

"Several reasons have justified our choice, explains Jean-Pascal Hardy, Supply Chain Director of the Ethypharm group.  We were looking for a business editor offering a powerful tool for finite capacity planning in order to achieve a relevant S&OP/MPS (Sales & Operations Planning/Master Production Schedule) process. Besides their references in the pharmaceutics industry, the DynaSys range came to our expectations with its flexible tool easy to implement. n.SKEP ® Production Planning appeared as the most adapted integrated and central decision making solution“, adds Jean Pascal Hardy.

The project begun in December 2006 and is planned to be delivered for an operational go live next June, on the three French industrial sites of the laboratory. There are many different expectations linked to this project. “We hope to improve the service towards our customers and to optimize our stocks. The n.SKEP ® solutions includes multi-level simulations capacities as well as an integrated calculation of net requirements, that should enable us to draw up different planning scenarii according to demand and to react accordingly”, concludes Jean Pascal Hardy.

“The Ethypharm laboratory was looking for a tool able to integrate to its existing ERP as well as a team to support them during the whole process, explains Arnaud Gauthier, Account Manager at DynaSys. This new partnership strengthens the DynaSys expertise for huge groups as well as middle market companies active in the pharmaceuticals segment and now faced to the same Supply Chain problematic”. Ariel Weil, DynaSys CEO concludes: “Since over 15 years, DynaSys has been building a strong partnership with its customers of the pharmaceuticals segment, based on its comprehensive and integrated Supply Chain Planning range, the n.SKEP ® solutions. So we are now able to meet in a standard way the complex and specific Supply Chain process of this segment”.

About Ethypharm:

Founded in France in 1977, Ethypharm is a pharmaceutical laboratory specialized in the development of oral modified release formulations , elaborated from patented technologies. Present on the main healthcare markets all over the world, Ethypharm has manufacturing sites and R&D centers in Europe, North America and Asia. With 850 people throughout the world, the laboratory is developing princeps and generic products, mainly in the fields of pain and cardiovascular management, oncology and diseases of central nervous system. The company now distributes more than 50 products in over 70 countries, and achieves a global turnover of 130 million Euros .