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The Pharmaceutical
Industry Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Association™ brings
together procurement and supply chain professionals from companies
in the pharmaceutical industry to conduct benchmarking studies to identify
practices that improve the effectiveness of procurement and supply
chain activities.
Mission
To identify "Best
in Class" business processes, which, when implemented, will lead
member companies to exceptional performance.
Objectives
- To conduct benchmarking
studies of important procurement and supply chain processes.
- To create a cooperative
environment where full understanding of the performance and enablers
of "best in class" procurement and supply chain process can
be obtained and shared at reasonable cost.
- To use the efficiency
of the association to obtain process performance data and related best
practices regarding procurement and supply chain.
- To support the
use of benchmarking to facilitate process improvement and the achievement
of total quality.
Membership
- The scope of PIPSCBA™ membership
includes procurement and supply chain professionals from companies
in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Company membership
will be considered with respect to compliance with our mission, goals
and operating guidelines, as well as qualification of the organization
within the scope of membership.
- Participation in
specific efforts will be optional and open only to members with costs
shared by the participants.
- We reserve the
right to review membership applications and to make the final decision
whether or not to accept any application. Consulting firms are ineligible
for membership
Benefits
of Membership
Studies:
- PIPSCBA™ will
identify and present to members opportunities to participate in Benchmarking
studies on various topics addressing issues of importance to the
procurement and supply chain community.
There are two types
of Benchmarking studies provided:
- Consortium studies
are offered to the membership as a whole with costs divided.
- Single company
sponsored studies addressing the interest of one member company can
be offered to other selected members for no fee.
The association
will also support procurement and supply chain benchmarking efforts:
Roundtables:
- Interest group
roundtables will be organized throughout the year. Members will pay
a nominal fee to join real and virtual roundtable discussions that
address specific procurement and supply chain processes.
Cost:
- Currently, membership
is FREE! Costs of studies are shared by the participants.
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information:
Call (281) 440-5044
or
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