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129 curement activities , encompassing direct and indirect costs , Alon has spearheaded the transformation of BTG ’ s supply chain processes , placing the patient ( or customer ) firmly at the helm . “ Sometimes the customer is the patient but it can be a hospital or clinic . We need to ensure medicine is supplied in high quality , which means controlled shipment and logistics routes , making sure we have the right safety stock for each market ,” he says . “ Planning and control are responsible for getting demand from the markets through the ERP system , in order to create work plans for production and quality control . The logistics group manages our warehouses , raw material , packaging material and our general technical warehouse . Thirdly , the business technology element encompasses two different areas , our control system and automation , the other being IT .”
IMPLEMENTING LEAN PROCESSES
By combining its IT and supply chain
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