Résumé:
The pharmaceutical supply chain is a complex network of entities, processes
and highly skilled individuals involved in the development, supply,
manufacture, transport and delivery of a wide range of medicines.
This process need to be able to face various kind of issues such as lack
of coordination, demand volatility and changes in countries local regulations.
The aim of this study is to explore the overall supply chain of the
pharmaceutical industry with its di erent elements, processes, networks
and planning phases. It also introduces the digital software
SAP used to manage all supply chain activities for better visibility,
coordination, transparency and planning optimisation.
This study was conducted in Local manufacturing Blida, the production
site of NovoNordisk pharmaceutical company, the world's largest
insulin's developer and producer. A real world business case introduced
the central planning concept, showed the role of SAP APO and
ECC in ensuring visibility and transparency at all levels of plani cation
process and the impact of supply network planning in enforcing
a consistent stock level.
Keywords : Pharmaceutical supply chain, Supply chain planning,
Central planning, SAP system
