Biogen is using big data analytics to find suppliers and analyze their bid information to deliver a new level of savings.
By Alan Dorich
When you are combatting neurological, autoimmune and rare diseases, you cannot fall behind in the market and let game-changing solutions slip through the cracks. Cambridge, Mass.-based Biogen provides advanced treatment options through its products, as well as within its supply chain.
The company, which started operations in 1978, develops, markets and manufactures disease therapies, Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer Walter Charles III says. For example, “We have the industry’s most robust product portfolio for ailments like multiple sclerosis,” he says.
Biogen also addresses spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in pediatric and adult patients through Spinraza, a new ground-breaking therapy that was launched earlier this year. “It’s now being launched in a number of countries around the world,” he says.
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Toro restructures its supply chain to eliminate silos and improve collaboration with suppliers.
By Tim O’Connor
Most people don’t think of large lawn equipment as something they would buy online, but just as e-commerce has grown everywhere else, The Toro Company has seen an increase in its online shoppers. That presents specific challenges to the transportation and logistics team, which must figure out how to efficiently deliver lawnmowers directly to customers’ homes.
“We’re used to shipping equipment to our dealers, our distributors and our retail partners,” says Cabrini Brandl, managing director of supply chain. “As we anticipate an increase in online sales based on buying behavior, you’d be surprised that people want to ship a 50-inch riding mower to their house.” Solving that logistics challenge of the shift toward e-commerce required Toro to rethink its delivery methods to accommodate the speed online buyers demand.
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With a newly integrated supply chain in place, AkzoNobel aims to further expand its global presence.
By Bianca Herron
AkzoNobel is one of the leading global paints and coatings companies. The Dutch-owned company is also a major producer of specialty chemicals, specifically a Pulp and Performance Chemicals business that includes bleaching chemicals, sodium chlorate, and hydrogen peroxide. Additionally, the company is known for products distributed to chemical and pharmaceutical markets such as Colloidal Silica, Expancel and Kromasil.
The pulp and performance chemicals division supplies a wide array of industries globally with high-quality ingredients that are essential for manufacturing thousands of everyday products, such as tissue, smartphones, wine corks, concrete, wallpaper and pharmaceuticals.
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