Laboratories and technical teams
Describe the product reference, intended use and required characteristics. The relevant specialists assess the suitability of items or services; the procurement file retains the context needed for their selection.
YOUR BUSINESS CONTEXT
Pharmaceutical indirect procurement.
Site needs, within your framework.
A laboratory consumable, maintenance item or technical service needs clear context. Connect teams’ requirements to business specifications, the supplier and the procurement workflow.
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PHARMA & LIFE SCIENCES
- Need & specification
- Business expert
- Supplier workflow
Sourcing Force + Buy Made Easy
Centralise non-production needs across pharmaceutical sites.
Small laboratory equipment, maintenance and one-off services need precise information even when their cost is low.
Sourcing Force brings pharmaceutical site requests together and connects them to the ERP/S2P workflow while retaining technical approvals.
Buy Made Easy acts as the single supplier for outsourced procurement and coordinates specialist suppliers.
The starting point
Pharmaceutical indirect procurement, qualified from the request.
Pharmaceutical indirect procurement supports laboratories, sites and support functions. The request should explain the intended use, location, reference and the relevant team’s constraints. An overly general description can lead to additional exchanges or an unsuitable selection.
Class C scope does not replace criticality analysis. A low-value item may have a sensitive use. Business and quality experts identify the applicable requirements, while procurement organises processing under company rules.
Information that matters
Laboratory and site purchasing serve distinct needs.
Maintenance and operations
Specify the equipment concerned, compatibility and working conditions. Explain operational deadlines so everyone understands the time actually available.
Services and support functions
Record the recipient, site, quantities or expected deliverable. More routine needs can use catalogues or a quote workflow suited to how often they arise.
A clear workflow
From business need to operational processing.
Information moves between teams. Responsibilities stay clear.
- 01
Describe
The requester specifies the use, site, characteristics and required date.
- 02
Review
The relevant experts confirm the requirements and selection conditions.
- 03
Route
Procurement chooses the appropriate catalogue, quote or search scope.
- 04
Track
The site checks what has been received or completed and reports discrepancies to the designated contacts.
The client's ERP / S2PSystem of record for rules, approvals, commitments and orders.
Your procurement system, extended
Centralise workflows: pharma and life sciences.
Your ERP / S2P
Master data, budgets, approvals and commitments remain within your management framework.
Your sites and requesters follow the same workflow.
The one-off purchasing portal
Requests · quotes · catalogues · AI assistance · tracking
Buy Made Easy · Single supplierOutsourcing and active follow-up of assigned operations.
Your specialist suppliers
- Laboratory consumables
- Equipment and maintenance
- Qualification services
Master data to the portal · Requests and baskets to the procurement workflow · Shared statuses and supporting documents
A preparation checklist
Different information for different uses.
| Need | Information to prepare | Specialist review |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratory item | Reference, use, quantity and identified constraints | Suitability for the team’s practices |
| Maintenance part | Equipment, compatibility and deadline | Technical expert approval |
| On-site service | Location, work and deliverable | Access conditions and responsibilities |
| Recurring supply | Description, unit and recipient | Choice of catalogue workflow |
A practical scope
Mayoly: a single point of contact for production sites.
The Mayoly Spindler case describes a single point of contact for tail spend across the pharmaceutical company’s production sites. BME reports the rationalisation of more than 300 suppliers. The need combines varied requests with organised operational processing.
Your initial scope
Define an initial scope with site teams.
Choose a representative category and requests of varying complexity. Record the information the laboratory or maintenance team expects, the documents needed for review and the causes of rework. The pilot should reflect the needs of the team that will use it.
Sourcing Force structures requests, exchanges and tracking; BME performs the outsourcing operations entrusted to it. Your ERP/S2P remains authoritative for rules, approvals, commitments and orders. Technical or quality requirements are defined and reviewed by the client’s responsible specialists.
For class C procurement, the free diagnostic helps identify fragmented needs and the operations taking up team time. The demo can then follow a site request from definition through processing.
Prepare your project
Implementation questions.
Are low-value purchases always low-criticality?
No. Value and criticality address different questions. Intended use, availability and the consequences of an error must be assessed by the appropriate specialists.
Who approves technical or quality requirements?
The experts appointed by the client. The procurement workflow gathers the relevant information and applies the agreed rules, alongside the site’s business responsibilities.
Which case should we choose for an initial pilot?
A need representative enough to involve the requester, business expert, procurement and receiving teams. Include a frequent exception to clarify the expected handling.
Your next step
Make room
for the purchases that matter.
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