Success Story: Nipro PharmaPackaging Germany GmbH

Nipro PharmaPackaging Germany GmbH SUCCESS STORY OF A CUSTOMER PROJECT

Companies with very large annual production quantities have particular demands on warehouse management processes. The target was to optimize the production processes becoming more and more complex and digitization of the supply chain to ensure sustainable growth and an increased competitiveness.

Nipro PharmaPackaging Germany GmbH, a Bavarian supplier of pharmaceutical products, has digitized its supply chain to optimize the internal material flow. A specific innovation the warehouse workers will use in the future is an innovative solution for mobile terminals that designs the work with hand-held scanners ergonomically and is easy to operate.

INDUSTRY

Supplier for the pharmaceutical industry

ENTERPRISE

500 employees
Location: Münnerstadt

CAPACITIES

>200 million produced glass syringes/bottles per year

TARGET

Doubling of production quantity until 2030

CHALLENGES

High production quantities
Limited warehouse capacities
No warehouse stocks management with a WMS
High time expenditure due to unprecise storage bins
Implementation of a new system during running operations
Target: optimization of the production processes becoming more and more complex and digitization of the supply chain to ensure sustainable growth and an increased competitiveness

SOLUTION AND CUSTOMER BENEFITS

SAP WM implementation and changeover to automated material flow with coordinated storage bins
Real-time communication without gaps between all employees and systems
Changeover of paper-based working to hand-held scanners and radio data transmission
Workflow simplification and efficiency increase by FIS/UI5 Creator
Automated production supply for optimal space utilization

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About the company

Nipro PharmaPackaging Germany GmbH

Nipro Europe Group Companies is part of Nipro Corporation Japan, which was founded in 1954 and is one of the world’s leading companies in the field of healthcare. With over 35,000 employees worldwide, Nipro operates in the field of medical technology and pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical packaging industry.

Nipro PharmaPackaging Germany GmbH is headquartered in Münnerstadt and manufactures high-quality glass syringes and glass bottles for the pharmaceutical industry in two plants with approximately 500 employees. The production facilities provide state-of-the-art technologies as well as manifold packaging options both in bulk and direct-to-fill design.

User-friendly working with mobile terminals FIS/UI5-Creator

The new UI5 Creator developed by FIS for mobile terminals was a special highlight of the shared supply chain project. This innovative FIS product enormously facilitates the workflow of the warehouse workers. The Creator converts the ITS-mobile HTML application into a user-friendly HTML5 (SAPUI5) application. “The UI5 Creator makes our employees benefit from a flexible and responsive display of dialogs on the terminals. They can adjust the display on the hand-held scanner ergonomically, zooming is much easier for them or they can select different color settings according to the lighting conditions in the warehouse. This considerably facilitates the daily work in the warehouse,” explains Niebling.

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