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Operations & Supply Chain

Continuously strive for better performance

Now more than ever before life science organizations have a need to improve their operations. At Westernacher, we have the cross-functional proficiency to help you improve your organizational productivity in manufacturing and supply.

Our service offering includes

Business process redesign

Be it due to a merger, changes in the business model, market, systems or simply to improve the existing; Westernacher’s expertise is based on our deep understanding of business processes and our capability to quickly identify and address improvement areas.

Organizational change management

The only constant is change, especially in the current life science environment. At Westernacher we have helped customers manage change successfully with our proven, people-centric change management approach that encompasses the entire change spectrum.

Shared services models

Many life science companies lag other industries with regards to shared services organizations. The old school model of operating as a collection of individual companies organized by expertise or product area is no longer current. There are many effective ways in which life science companies can optimize operations in R&D, production, back and front offices by following more of a shared services approach. Westernacher can help you identify the potential for, design and implement shared services organizations.

Outsourcing strategy

Want to outsource but need help in the execution? Westernacher has the experience and know how to help you realize outsourcing models by helping you integrate 3rd parties into everything from planning to production and logistics.

Supply chain assessment

Westernacher views the supply chain as a seamless link between the activities and functions involved in creating products or services, which starts with your supplier's supplier and ends with your customer's customer. By treating the Supply Chain holistically, conjointly optimizing all of its constituents, we help you unleash your company's potential and improve your competitive edge.

Supply Chain Planning and Management

Planning and optimization are crucial to SCM performance. Be it supply, manufacturing or distribution network design, demand and inventory planning, SOP or M&A related cross-company network development, Westernacher has the experience and know how to create fully integrated, compliant supply chain optimization processes, tools and systems.

Spare parts management for medical device companies

Medical device companies are required to continuously achieve the highest service levels while keeping stock keeping and logistics costs as low as possible. If this is a challenge for your company, ask us about our services and solutions for Service Parts Management.

Warehouse management

Westernacher is proud to be able to offer a solution for every type of warehouse. We have a long history of leveraging a series of warehouse management tools and developing our own warehouse solutions that interface with SAP and other ERP systems in order to be able to offer our clients the right solution for their specific needs.

IT Operations

Being a consultancy focused on empowering the business with the use of technology, we have the skills and experience to help you optimize the returns of your IT function. From IT strategy, organization and governance to application development and infrastructure, we are well versed in all areas of IT management.

Master Data Management

Master Data is the life-blood of any companies ERP system, and a sore point in many companies. Talk to us about taking the pain out of Master Data Management and streamlining and automating your data management processes.