Name: Direct Material Supplier
Brand: TraceLink

Inform business decisions and enhance supply chain performance by orchestrating relationships pharmaceutical companies and contract manufacturers

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TraceLink benefits

Gain critical intelligence with a fully digitalized supply chain

Direct material suppliers gain real-time data on order-to-cash transactions and collaboration on related business processes with all customers and partners through a single integration to TraceLink’s network platform and supply chain applications.

Digitalized visibility and collaboration on order-to-cash from forecast and order to shipment and invoice settlement

Intelligence on demand changes, supply chain disruptions, and other supply planning risks

Tight operational coordination with life sciences customers and contract manufacturers to meet critical quality and track and trace compliance demands

Orchestrations for your network

Explore how TraceLink connects your end-to-end network, giving you the critical data, collaboration, and intelligence you need to drive your business.

Life Sciences Company

Contract Manufacturer

Wholesale Distributor

3PL/Logistics

Ensure more consistent/reliable order processes with life sciences customers through electronic purchase orders submission/acknowledgement
Increase speed and confidence in order commitment and material shipments to inform manufacturing sites at life sciences companies and contract manufacturers
Improve agility to react to unexpected supply issues or unplanned demand
Ensure ERP and other business systems have accurate and timely order and delivery data
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Ensure more consistent and efficient order-to-cash processes for direct production material sales with contract manufacturers
Increase speed and confidence in order commitment and material shipments in conjunction with orders by life sciences companies for CMO production
Coordinate tightly on production planning and start dates at manufacturing sites to align on products, quantities, due dates and more
Improve supply resiliency with shared insight into on-hand material inventory balances, production draw-downs, and shipment updates
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Ensure high customer service levels with real-time shipping confirmation, in-transit stock visibility, and finished goods inventory data
Improve supply planning and resiliency with integrated, digitalized transaction exchange across order-to-cash from forecast and PO to invoice and remittance
Collaboratively mitigate supply chain disruptions, changing demand patterns, and other supply issues before they impact product flow and order fulfillment
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Ensure high customer service levels with real-time shipping confirmation and in-transit stock visibility at logistics partners
Improve finished goods supply planning with real-time exchange of POs, stock transfers, shipping orders and product inventories
Monitor global inventory across 3PLs and logistics sites by exchanging inventory balances and adjustments
Enhance supply resiliency through shared visibility and collaboration with logistics partners on demand changes, supply disruptions, and more
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Hear what our network partners are saying

See how our network platform and solutions have supported critical direct material supplier, life sciences company, and CMO needs.

See how our network platform and solutions have supported critical life sciences company needs to ensure patients receive the medicines they need.

Direct material suppliers powered by TraceLink

TraceLink’s network platform and supply chain solutions have been an engine helping life sciences companies produce and distribute medicines and medical products across the global supply chain. Here’s some data.

2,400+

Life sciences companies in the TraceLink network

1,000+

Contract manufacturers in the TraceLink network

165M+

ASNs processed in the TraceLink network

1M+

EPCIS transactions processed monthly

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