Digital Supply Chain for Hikma Pharmaceuticals

We are excited to share that Hikma Pharmaceuticals, a leading U.S. and global manufacturer of generic and in-licensed medicines, has been partnering with Engineering Industries eXcellence for more than a decade to leverage our digital Supply Chain Tracking & Tracing solutions for product compliance, improved data visibility and government reporting. With ongoing support from our expert team, Hikma has achieved success in streamlining product data exchange with downstream partners, fulfilled supply chain requirements across multiple countries, continued to evolve and expand their digital ecosystem, all in addition to navigating pharmaceutical compliance for the upcoming FDA's Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). In this video, Brian Merriam, Director of IT at Hikma Pharmaceuticals, discussed the project that is recognized as one of Hikma's premier digital collaborations.

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Full Video Transcript

My name is Brian Merriam. I am the director of IT for Hikma Pharmaceuticals. Hikma Pharmaceuticals is a multinational pharmaceutical company that is traded on the London Stock Exchange.

I'm standing at the Hikma distribution center located in Lockbourne, Ohio. The facility ships all finished products out throughout the U.S and to several global sites. Over the years, regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical manufacturing space have changed dramatically. There are requirements now for manufacturers to serialize and track pharmaceutical products through the supply chain.

Hikma partnered with Engineering Industries eXcellence back in 2003 for several projects. We also partnered with them back in 2016 for the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) that was enacted by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 10 years ago. It is a 10-year rollout program that we've been working on at Hikma for a long period of time. The aim of the requirement is to be able to track products throughout the supply chain.

Hikma chose SAP Advanced Track and Trace for Pharmaceuticals (SAP ATTP) as their global repository for serialization. Hikma also chose SAP Information Collaboration Hub (ICH) as another solution that is a pipeline in the cloud to get our Electronic Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) to our downstream partners. Some of the business drivers behind our decisions moving forward with technology were, of course, patient safety, counterfeiting and ensuring government reporting is in place so that we can react to any suspect product or any inquiry that the agency would have.

For this project, we integrated SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC), which is our Enterprise Resource Planning system, with SAP ATTP. This will enable the distribution center to scan products going out the door, capture the serial numbers and send them to our downstream partners. It truly is an end-to-end process that starts at our manufacturing facility and has the distribution center shipping the product out the door. In addition to what we are doing in the U.S., since Hikma is a global company, we are also meeting government requirements globally. We are now live in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and the European Union Hub.

Hikma chose Engineering Industries eXcellence as their partner, because they bring years of experience and have the needed talent to be able to support ongoing projects and future government regulations. At Hikma, we strive to put better health within reach every day for our patients. When I look back on this project: by securing the supply chain and serializing and sending our products to our downstream partners, the ultimate person who will benefit from this will be the patient.