Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a Bangladesh-based pharmaceutical company that manufactures and distributes over 700 medicines. To improve operations and keep up with customer demand, Incepta implemented SAP ERP. The new system streamlined processes, improved inventory management and financial reporting. Key benefits included 26% faster inventory turnover, 60% faster financial close, and 30% better business process performance.

1. SAP Business Transformation Study | Life Sciences| Incepta Pharmaceuticals
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Incepta: Streamlining
Business with SAP® ERP
to Serve a Dynamic Market
Bangladesh represents a challenging market for much-needed modern medicines that
Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd. works hard to satisfy. Founded in 1999, the Dhaka-based
pharmaceuticals company has consistently focused on delivering the world's most
advanced and efficacious medicines to Bangladesh with world-class service. Its
operations include manufacturing and distributing over 700 different products and
medicines in a variety of forms and dosages required by the medical community.
With its rapid growth, Incepta recognized it needed support from enterprise resource
planning (ERP) software if it wanted to keep pace with critical customer demand. It
chose the SAP® ERP application, and within five months the software was helping
Incepta streamline operations and improve budgetary control, enabling Incepta to serve
its community better.
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2. SAP Business Transformation Study | Life Sciences| Incepta Pharmaceuticals
Executive overview
Top objectives
• Streamline and integrate business processes
• Improve inventory management and product cost controlling
• Introduce asset tracking and monitoring
• Control authorizations in key transactions subject to regulatory
compliance
Resolution
• Implement the SAP® ERP application in a phased, deliverables-oriented
approach to streamline tasks, minimize risk, and contain cost
• Deploy validated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
that enforces regulatory norms to ensure consistent production
of products that meet applicable specifications and quality standards
• Support cross-functional reporting, data analysis, and transactional
visibility across business functions in the value chain
Key benefits
• Improved material management operations, reducing costly stock-outs
• Gained real-time access to high-quality information
• Established an overview of assets, thereby improving asset control
Company
Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Headquarters
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Industry
Life sciences
Products and Services
Pharmaceuticals, vaccines,
hormonal products, healthcare
products, bio-derived products
and nutraceuticals
Employees
5,700
Revenue
US$180 million
Web Site
www.inceptapharma.com
Partner
Zensar Technologies Ltd.
www.zensar.com
"Zensar’s strategic implementation approach leveraged by its
preconfigured SAP solution, ZenLife, provided us ample opportunity to
review and realign internal controls to adopt the best practices for the
pharmaceuticals industry."
Abdul Muktadir, Managing Director, Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION TOP BENEFITS ACHIEVED
26%
Faster inventory
turnover
60%
Faster financial close
cycle
30%
Improvement in
business-process
performance
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