MANUFACTURING

Compliant Manufacturing. With compliant manufacturing operations, Life Sciences companies can deliver quality products to customers consistently and comply with government regulations at the lowest cost possible – all key to leading the competition. Compliant manufacturing requires that operators are trained on detailed, current procedures, and that adherence to these procedures can be demonstrated. Therefore, integrating paper and electronic documents, delivering and tracking user training, and traditional structured data record collection and management are critical to prevent process gaps. MAXLife enables Life Sciences companies to reduce both the costs of compliance and the risk of noncompliance while continuing to increase operational efficiency.

Recipe / Formula Development. Life Sciences companies need insight into production schedules, capacity loadings, shop floor activities, and production costs. MAXLife enables companies to manage co-products and by-products in your formulas or recipes centrally and always know the correct inventory status for any given item. Companies can monitor inventory using dual units of measure, to manage total weight as well as packaging units (catch weight calculations). Track order status using real-time updates on net purchasing, production and capacity requirements, and graphical symbols on each level of the formula or recipe. By tracking items from cradle to grave, your company can implement effective recall procedures with complete forward and backward traceability of any material.

Quality Management. For regulated industries such as Life Sciences, an organization's quality management system is critical, both for regulatory compliance and for continuous improvement initiatives. However, quality practices and support systems that proved adequate to a single-site organization with a few dozen employees quickly break down if they are not adjusted to meet the increased demands posed by expansion to additional locations and users. MAXLife assists Life Sciences companies in overcoming the obstacles of compliance and achieving operational excellence, resulting in a true competitive advantage. MAXLife allows users to manage test plans and procedures throughout a product’s life cycle while maintaining a highly controlled environment. This enables companies to manage quality control data effectively while lowering costs.

Product Costing. Life Sciences companies need to strike the perfect balance between producing new products to obtain competitive differentiation, while keeping a lid on production costs. Successful companies must be able to develop the right products to differentiate themselves from competitors without letting production costs soar: cost of goods sold can account for up to 70 percent of a product’s cost. MAXLife enables Life Sciences companies to determine the costs incurred to make products or to provide services. It uses cost information gathered about the product automatically by using information like the bills of material (BOMs) and routings in Production Planning.

Product Lifecycle Management. Successful new products and continual product improvements are the lifeblood of Life Sciences companies' growth and profitability. With 80% of costs, 90% of regulatory risks, and 60% of market acceptance being fixed in the development phase, new product success rates are largely determined in the product development phase. MAXLife helps businesses maximize profit by optimizing every stage of a product's life, from bids to portfolio management, to product development, to scale up, to ongoing maintenance and retirement. It integrates product information from design and engineering with sourcing, compliance, suppliers, sales, marketing, customers, and supply chains to speed product development, ensure quality, and mitigate regulatory compliance risks.