Astrazeneka upgrades a production management system

On March 6, 2014 "Astrazeneka Russia" announced end of the first stage of automation of manufacturing enterprise of the company on the platform ERP- solutions SAP with the assistance of the company Accenture.

Project Tasks

The project is begun in May, 2012. A main objective - preparation of key business processes of the company for start of the pharmaceutical plant "Astrazeneka" in Russia. Detailed study of processes of primary and secondary packaging is made for production division of the company and localization of the ERP solution adapted to business challenges of Astrazenek in Russia.

The Accenture company acted as the local partner of Astrazenek in SAP implementation of ERP in Russia.

Project Progress

The project covers functional units:

• production for packaging workshop;
• purchase and management of material flows;
• operational logistics;
• management of a warehouse;
• quality management at all production phases;
• maintenance and repair of the equipment;
• financial and management accounting;
• interfaces with other global systems.

Astrazeneka Rossiya is going to start local production more than thirty names of the innovation medicines with power up to 25 millions packages a year (a packaging phase). Such volumes impose increased requirements to ERP system work as main management tool business processes of the enterprise taking into account all requirements of the Russian legislation.

"Automation of key business functions of Astrazenek Rossiya for us is extremely important step within the forthcoming start of section of packaging – the first phase of construction of own hi-tech plant in Russia. Opening of the plant is planned for the second half of 2014, – Gennady Pyatsky, the CEO of Astrazeneka Industries noted. – A system will allow us to manage completely productive activity of the company in the Russian market and at its further development in Phase 2 successfully to implement the strategy of development of pharmaceutical production of a full stroke in Russia".

"A great job on localization of corporate ERP- solutions "Astrazeneka" in the Russian market is done, - told Maria Grigorieva, the managing director of department "System integration and technology consulting" of the company Accenture. – With implementation of global ERP- solutions "Astrazeneka Russia" already began to use all advantages of integration with divisions in other countries that significantly increases process performance of planning, purchases of medicines for local packaging, use of a number of the unified reporting forms and so on".