Advanco has launched a strategic partnership with Arvato Systems which will offer pharmaceutical clients some of the most powerful serialization solutions available on the market today.
The cooperation combines advanco’s market-leading ARC platform with the Arvato CSDB serialization platform, which are jointly relied upon by over 200 pharmaceutical firms across the globe to deliver their complex, geographic-specific serialization requirements. Not only will the joint offering provide a vastly expanded menu of options, but it will also provide significant cost savings thanks to both companies being able to work together and deploy the most appropriate solutions from across both platforms to satisfy specific client requirements.
Advanco’s ARC platform comprises solutions such as its serialization and aggregation packaging management cockpit, ARC MES, and ARC LES, which manages all warehouse and packaging shop-floor operations. Build on a robust, modular, and scalable serialization and aggregation software platform, ARC is designed to meet the most complex challenges from low-volume scenarios to complex heterogeneous environments.
Arvato Systems, based in Guetersloh, Germany, is the IT subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Group, and has a long-standing reputation as a leading, internationally active IT specialist and multi-cloud service provider, supporting companies across multiple industries in their digital transformation projects. Specifically for the healthcare sector, Arvato Systems has become well-known as a digitization partner, with its CSDB complementing other specialist Arvato Systems solutions. These include the Platbricks Healthcare Suite, which offers additional opportunities to optimize processes and expand existing systems. In addition, they have been operating successfully the central services of the healthcare network in Germany since 2013.
Serialization requirements are increasingly becoming mandatory for pharmaceutical manufacturers, providing authenticity and traceability for medications throughout the entire supply chain, from manufacturers to end consumers.
ALF GOEBEL, CEO, ADVANCO, SAID: “Governments across the globe are mandating ever more complex serialization requirements – it therefore follows that serialization providers need to be ever-more flexible in their approach, while offering incredibly complex solutions.
“The joint advanco and Arvato Systems strategic partnership offers pharmaceutical manufacturers the best of both worlds by allowing them to choose components from both ARC and CSDB in a completely customizable manner dependent on their needs. This will provide them with some of the most intuitive, flexible serialization solutions available in the world today, capable of meeting the specific serialization needs of all countries worldwide.”
STEFAN MOCH, VICE PRESIDENT HEALTH at ARVATO SYSTEMS, SAID: “Serialization solution providers are judged by their ability to offer complex solutions in a cost-efficient manner. By joining with advanco, clients will benefit from two of the most powerful serialization tools, which can be blended in a way that will by incredibly time and cost-efficient in the long-term.”