Takeda Pharma: Warehouse Management System  

Our customer

As a research-based pharmaceutical company, Takeda takes its social responsibility in the development and supply of medicines very seriously. From prevention to cure and care, Takeda offers innovative healthcare solutions worldwide that help heal diseases, reduce suffering and gain valuable life. With around 2,000 employees, the four German locations are among the largest in the Takeda Group and include administration, production and logistics as well as marketing and sales of high-quality medicines and medical products for clinics, doctors' practices and pharmacies.

The Challenge

Particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, safety and quality have top priority in production and logistics processes. Errors that can easily occur with paper-based order picking can have serious consequences for patients and cause high costs and time expenditure. A solution was therefore sought to optimize the warehouse management processes to ensure the traceability of medicines, simplify order picking and minimize the risk of errors.

The Solution

An efficient warehouse management system was implemented with the ICS software for the GMP-compliant storage and delivery of finished pharmaceuticals. The control and administration of the material flow takes place in several mobile racking systems. It is now possible to centrally control all transports between production and warehouse. By using mobile forklift terminals in conjunction with fixed barcode scanners, the physical process is directly booked online in the system. Thus, a real-time transparency of the processes and stocks is achieved. The implementation of the entire solution, from the WLAN to the industrial IT hardware to the support of the introduction of the software solution, was delivered from a single source.

The Result

The implementation of the warehouse management solution provides significantly greater process reliability, transparency and efficiency. Production batches can be reliably traced, while seamless integration into the existing MES system ensures smooth system communication.

A tailored putaway strategy for the mobile racking system accelerates picking and reduces process costs. Dialog-guided workflows and barcode technology minimize errors and demonstrate how innovative IT system solutions can sustainably improve operational warehouse processes.