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		<title>Constructing the best-in-class global assets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<div class="vc_custom_heading text_align_left has_subtitle" ><h2 style="text-align: left" >Constructing the best-in-class global assets<span class="subtitle">Consumer Products</span></h2></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1453269110562"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper">
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			<p>The image of a company is very important. Would you want to work with a consultation company whose office was in shambles? We judge things often by their appearance, especially when seeing something for the first time. If you are an excellent company with a bad image or appearance then you may have loyal clients but new clients will be hard to get.</p>
<p>What does work, however, is the ability to present the company as being professional and experienced. When we walk into an office that is neatly arranged and greatly designed we immediately begin to think positively about the company.</p>

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			<p>The challenge is to bring a company whose web presence is boring up to date. The challenge is to ensure that when a client visits your website they feel positive about your company. The challenge is that most customers will judge you based on appearance alone, and if your website looks unprofessional or poorly made then they will think your company as a whole is unprofessional. Each and every part of the organization matters when winning over a new client:</p>
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<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Improve sales and operations and production planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&amp;OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.</p>
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</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Determine the right inventory level:</strong>
<div>
<p>With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping actual versus forecasted sales on the most important SKUs.</p>
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<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.</p>
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			<p>The challenge is to bring a company whose web presence is boring up to date. The challenge is to ensure that when a client visits your website they feel positive about your company. The challenge is that most customers will judge you based on appearance alone, and if your website looks unprofessional or poorly made then they will think your company as a whole is unprofessional. Each and every part of the organization matters when winning over a new client:</p>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;">
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Improve sales and operations and production planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&amp;OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Determine the right inventory level:</strong>
<div>
<p>With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping actual versus forecasted sales on the most important SKUs.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.</p>
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			<p>The challenge is to bring a company whose web presence is boring up to date. The challenge is to ensure that when a client visits your website they feel positive about your company. The challenge is that most customers will judge you based on appearance alone, and if your website looks unprofessional or poorly made then they will think your company as a whole is unprofessional. Each and every part of the organization matters when winning over a new client:</p>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;">
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Improve sales and operations and production planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&amp;OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Determine the right inventory level:</strong>
<div>
<p>With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping actual versus forecasted sales on the most important SKUs.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.</p>
</div>
</li>
</ul>

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		<title>Healthcare giant overcomes merger in 2015</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<div class="vc_custom_heading text_align_left has_subtitle" ><h2 style="text-align: left" >Healthcare giant overcomes merger in 2015<span class="subtitle">Consumer Products</span></h2></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1453269110562"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6"><div class="vc_column-inner "><div class="wpb_wrapper">
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			<p>The image of a company is very important. Would you want to work with a consultation company whose office was in shambles? We judge things often by their appearance, especially when seeing something for the first time. If you are an excellent company with a bad image or appearance then you may have loyal clients but new clients will be hard to get.</p>
<p>What does work, however, is the ability to present the company as being professional and experienced. When we walk into an office that is neatly arranged and greatly designed we immediately begin to think positively about the company.</p>

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			<p>The challenge is to bring a company whose web presence is boring up to date. The challenge is to ensure that when a client visits your website they feel positive about your company. The challenge is that most customers will judge you based on appearance alone, and if your website looks unprofessional or poorly made then they will think your company as a whole is unprofessional. Each and every part of the organization matters when winning over a new client:</p>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;">
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Improve sales and operations and production planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&amp;OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Determine the right inventory level:</strong>
<div>
<p>With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping actual versus forecasted sales on the most important SKUs.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.</p>
</div>
</li>
</ul>

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	<div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element ">
		<div class="wpb_wrapper">
			<p>The challenge is to bring a company whose web presence is boring up to date. The challenge is to ensure that when a client visits your website they feel positive about your company. The challenge is that most customers will judge you based on appearance alone, and if your website looks unprofessional or poorly made then they will think your company as a whole is unprofessional. Each and every part of the organization matters when winning over a new client:</p>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;">
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Improve sales and operations and production planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&amp;OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Determine the right inventory level:</strong>
<div>
<p>With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping actual versus forecasted sales on the most important SKUs.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.</p>
</div>
</li>
</ul>

		</div>
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			<p>The challenge is to bring a company whose web presence is boring up to date. The challenge is to ensure that when a client visits your website they feel positive about your company. The challenge is that most customers will judge you based on appearance alone, and if your website looks unprofessional or poorly made then they will think your company as a whole is unprofessional. Each and every part of the organization matters when winning over a new client:</p>
<ul style="font-size: 13px;">
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Improve sales and operations and production planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The teams focused their efforts on a few of the highest-value S&amp;OP levers in order to review the current planning process, identify gaps in the planning infrastructure and analytically understand demand and supply variability.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Determine the right inventory level:</strong>
<div>
<p>With hundreds of medications in the market, Pharm Ltd. needed a proper method to predict and manage their inventory. Using a mean absolute percentage analysis (MAPE), the teams defined appropriate levels for raw materials and finished products by mapping actual versus forecasted sales on the most important SKUs.</p>
</div>
</li>
<li><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Optimize the supply chain for perfect order planning:</strong>
<div>
<p>The diagnostic determined the stressors that affected sales and service levels. The teams focused on resolving issues related to higher-than-normal back-orders and lead times, which stressed the entire supply chain and led to delays in medications reaching consumers.</p>
</div>
</li>
</ul>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<p style="line-height: 22px;">The effort vastly improved the company&#8217;s <span style="color: #777777;"><em>planning and execution functions</em></span>, they knew that in order to succeed in this era of technology their accounting systems needed to be much more robust than what they are. They turned to WP consulting to improve their accounting systems.</p>

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			<p>The biggest challenge was that Arguzo was not utilizing technology properly. Too much of the work was still being recorded manually, which meant that the numbers took a long time to note down and then to be analyzed. Live data was also not available and decisions can only be made after all the required data and been received. This was holding Arguzo back; they knew they could corner more of the market if they had the ability to be more mobile. The work addressed three critical issues for Pharm Ltd.:</p>
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			<p>The solution WP consulting came up with combined cutting edge technology with real world practicality. Everyone knew that the systems had to be updated, the real challenge was updating them without disrupting the whole organization in a negative way. The solution was to introduce proper workload management done through computers, while providing mobile platforms to the stakeholders.</p>
<p>This allowed the workers to be involved in the job instead of feeling like they had been made redundant by technology.</p>

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			<p>Arguzo employees are now more empowered; Arguzo also has the benefit of generating reports instantaneously whenever needed. They can now make decisions on the fly based on the latest real time data.</p>
<p>The effort vastly improved the company&#8217;s planning and execution functions, created and implemented a new stock policy that accounted for specific SKUs and key variables, streamlined the order preparation process and reduced distribution transport times.</p>
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