For details about the benefits and capabilities of SAP for Life Sciences, check out the following information:

Overviews

• "SAP for Life Sciences in the Pharmaceutical Industry" (PDF, 897 KB) -- Explore what experts think about recent strategies, solutions, and best practices in the pharmaceuticals industry -- and how SAP solutions can help you build compliance into core processes, improve data management, and boost sales and marketing.
• "SAP Manufacturing" (PDF, 151 KB) -- Learn how companies can use the SAP Manufacturing solution to respond quickly to meet customer needs and increase profits by reducing time to market through SAP world-class solutions in supply chain management, product life-cycle management, customer relationship management, and more.

Statement of Direction

• "Enterprise Management and Support in the Life Sciences Industry" (PDF, 411 KB) -- Discover how SAP ERP supports the important business processes of life sciences organizations and provides tools and best practices to help improve these processes.

Solution Briefs

• "Boost Pharmaceutical Sales with SAP Customer Relationship Management" (PDF, 300 KB) -- Learn how to target your most valuable customers, increase sales-force effectiveness, and speed time to peak sales for greater competitive advantage. SAP Customer Relationship Management can boost sales by maximizing your marketing efforts.
• "SAP Manufacturing -- Manufacturing Intelligence Dashboards" (PDF, 78 KB) -- Examine how the SAP Manufacturing solution offers intelligence dashboards that provide the visibility that production employees need to rapidly respond to changes in demand or supply and run manufacturing processes at the speed of business.
• "Integrated Industry-Specific Enterprise Solutions for Midsize Businesses" (PDF, 158 KB) -- Explore how SAP All-in-One solutions enable small and midsize enterprises to streamline business processes, increase efficiencies, and achieve a rapid ROI.
• "Supplier Enablement with SAP Supplier Network" (PDF, 140 KB) -- Learn how you can conduct business transactions electronically with thousands of suppliers through a single, standards-based network connection. Through this connection, you can accelerate supplier onboarding and provide hosted order management for direct and indirect goods.

White Papers

• "Complying with U.S. FDA Title 21 CFR Part 11 for the Life Sciences Industry" (PDF, 472 KB) -- Read how SAP ERP demonstrates technical compliance with U.S. FDA requirements and international good manufacturing practice guidelines -- through background information and examples of electronic records and signatures.
• "Enabling an Integrated Enterprise Laboratory Information Management System" (PDF, 210 KB) -- Learn how the quality-management capabilities of SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) have been expanded and enhanced to provide the full range of functions needed in both commercial and industrial laboratories.
• "Patient Device Tracking" (PDF, 538 KB) -- Discover how SAP solutions enable you to achieve unprecedented visibility into patient data, physician feedback, and cross-functional business processes to identify hospital, physician, and patient relationships.
• "Adaptive Manufacturing: Enabling the Lean Six Sigma Enterprise" (PDF, 415 KB) -- Discover how SAP solutions support lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles so that you can build an enterprise that lays the foundation for value creation.

Analyst Reports and Related Information

• "Building the Lean Extended Enterprise Through Adaptive Supply Chain Networks" (PDF, 1.4 MB) -- Learn about specific actions that you can take to achieve the benefits of the extended lean enterprise. Center for Excellence in Operations (2004)