Life Sciences

Is Your ERP Holding You Back? Unleash Your Organization’s Innovation

by | Jan 11, 2024 | , , ,

You rely on your ERP system to support your life science business, but lately, you’re starting to question if it’s supporting you as effectively as it could. And you suspect that your ERP won’t be able support you in hypergrowth mode.   What are the warning signs that you’ve outgrown your current ERP system? As we’ve worked with biotech, pharma, and medical device manufacturing customers who are considering moving to a new ERP system, we've seen some familiar signals that affected their ability to reach the levels of growth and leadership they were seeking. Here are four signals that might be spotted in your organization, too. Four Warning Signs Your ERP is Holding You Back: Lack of flexibility Ineffective collaboration Lack of decision-making information Inaccurate data Get...

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Why ERP Implementations Fail (and How to Ensure Success)

by | Aug 8, 2023 | ,

Many of the biotech or pharma companies we work with start the relationship by asking why there is so much information out there on the high failure rate of ERP implementations? Why do we believe ERP implementation success rates are so low? Typically, the root cause of an ERP implementation failure falls into one of these categories: Point. Shoot. Aim. IT-driven Waiting room Enigma Point. Shoot. Aim. Refers to an approach in which the project charter is soft, or where the resource allocation is fluid, or where the ability to make the big decisions in a timely fashion is lacking. IT-driven. IT is a critical component of every ERP implementation, and often the IT leaders may have designed the first business solution the company used. Sometimes they’ve done so much work that the software...

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5 Critical Metrics That Can Make or Break a Biopharma’s Year

by | Sep 13, 2022 | , ,

This week we look at five critical operational metrics that can make or break a biopharma manufacturer's year. Ones that, as the business grows beyond small business accounting packages and manual processes, biopharma leaders often struggle to measure: Vendor Delivery PerformanceCustomer Delivery PerformanceManufacturing Schedule performanceQuality Management impactQuality Audit Performance Often, we see organizations fail to monitor these KPIs because they are growing fast, and their existing systems cannot keep up or they do not have the functionality needed to drive and sustain manufacturing excellence. Let’s explore how the right digital platform can be the difference between manufacturing excellence and missed opportunity. 1. Vendor Delivery Performance Managing the supply chain to...

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Merit Solutions helps life science companies create and manage documents with Microsoft Azure

by | May 19, 2022 | , , ,

New document management and control solution enables internal and external collaboration while meeting the most rigorous standards in a trusted Microsoft secure cloud environment We're pleased to share that Merit GxP Documents is now available. This monthly subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS) document management and control solution helps life science organizations follow GxP guidelines, ISO standards, and maintain FDA compliance. It can be used stand-alone or as part of the broader Merit for Life Science and Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP solution.  Merit GxP Docs offers biopharma and medical device companies a solution that is easily adopted by early-stage companies and scales to meet the needs of enterprises.Bill Burke, CEO of Merit Solutions “Working with an app that helps...

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Merit Solutions helps growing life science companies make the Right Start 

by | May 2, 2022 | , , , ,

Pre-configured ERP offering provides customers an affordable point of entry without compromising on the long-term requirements of cloud, security, compliance, scalability, and industry-leading functionality.   “Ensuring customers can start with their last ERP solution first, means not having to handcuff growth because their system doesn’t keep up with their scientific success.”  Tanja Pajic, VP of Services, Merit Solutions Merit Solutions Right Start is Microsoft Dynamics 365, Merit for Life Science, and Microsoft Azure in a single deployment, natively integrated within a secure cloud platform. Merit Solutions announced today the availability of Merit for Life Science Right Start. Designed as an embed solution to Microsoft Dynamics 365, the solution includes the financial...

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Merit Solutions expands life science quality and inventory controls with latest release of Merit for Life Science

by | Apr 21, 2022 | , , ,

Cloud-first ERP advances Microsoft Dynamics 365 to digitally enable biotech, pharma and med device operations. “We’ve received incredible feedback about the value this release brings life science customers. Because Merit for Life Science is built to reside with Microsoft Dynamics 365, customers don’t have to hassle with managing multiple updates in a validated cloud environment – it all works together, seamlessly."Paul Challinor, VP of Product, Paul Challinor. WHEATON, IL — Merit Solutions today announced the general availability of Merit for Life Science spring release which includes enhancements to quality incidents, quality audits, and materials batch management for Microsoft Dynamics 365. This release helps customers manage quality processes, streamline FDA compliance, and expand...

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