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Velosio & Merit: ERP for Life Sciences and Regulated Industries
Velosio & Merit partner to deliver advanced ERP for FDA-regulated manufacturers, boosting speed & compliance.
Change Management and Merit Solutions: Perspectives and Practices
You’ve been called to a meeting to kick off an ERP implementation. Executives are present, along with divisional leaders and a handful of the company’s brightest employees. The discussion kicks off with an executive who states: “Over the next 6 to 12 to 18 months, we’re going to change our current software. We’ll automate paper processes, build in protection to ensure passing FDA audits, and much more. All it will take is…”
The Microsoft Cloud for Biotech and Pharma Manufacturers Just Got Better
Merit for Life Science just became more powerful because Microsoft today announced a new level of integration coming between Dynamics 365 (D365) and Teams. This includes Teams integration with Dynamics 365 sales, marketing, customer service, and field service...
For Incident Management, Pick Your Course and Complete It
Distance runners know that the first objective of a race is to complete it, and the second is to respect the integrity of the course. If you think about an incident that you must manage in a life science company the same way, you’ll have a nice model for success with two exceptions.
Low Code/No Code: In Life Sciences, Extend Carefully
The old joke is that you can do anything with software if you have enough money. With an army of programmers, it was basically true. But now there is a new way to develop software quickly and with much lower investment: low code/no code programming, a.k.a. codeless...
Is Your Data Estate Maximizing its Property Value?
When I hear biotech and pharma executives talk about their company’s “data estate,” I know the Microsoft and Amazon people have been meeting with them. I also think of the little British man who ran the estate on Magnum PI. His shtick was to be intimidating because...
Cloud computing: A smart move for FDA-regulated businesses?
As recent as five years ago, biotech and pharmaceutical companies were apprehensive about operating FDA-regulated business applications - like finance and operations - in the cloud. The concept of SAAS ERP or cloud computing was not only daunting, but it also raised a...