The business of tracking information, materials, and financials as they move across the supply chain has long been riddled with complexities. This is especially true for manufacturers managing quality and regulatory compliance activities across global business entities, systems, and processes – from the supplier to manufacturing subcontractor, to wholesaler to retailer. Even in the information age where data access and sharing are easier than ever before, manufacturers face new sets of IT and operational challenges in the quest to protect sensitive data, optimize the management of standard operating procedures (SOPs), and continually improve performance.
This paper addresses the issues facing today’s manufacturers and the benefits afforded to procurement, quality control, and supply chain managers, as well as to business partners, through the implementation of an EIM solution.