CGI and Körber announce partnership to improve production operations
by CM Staff
The global partnership is designed to help clients increase efficiency, accuracy, and safety in pharma products and enhance decision-making through access to real-time data.
MONTRÉAL — CGI, a business and IT consulting company, announced a partnership with Körber aimed at enabling pharmaceutical and life sciences companies to improve their production processes by combining CGI’s services with Körber’s Werum PAS-X Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Suite. The global partnership is designed to help clients increase efficiency, accuracy, and safety in pharma products and enhance decision-making through access to real-time data.
“CGI works side-by-side with clients to transform data into actionable insights to drive smart, sustainable and resilient operations,” said Tim Hurlebaus President, U.S. Commercial & State Government operations and global executive sponsor for CGI’s health and life sciences business. “This includes combining the benefits of MES and Industry 5.0 to gather rich insights to enable operational excellence. Our partnership with Körber complements our offerings portfolio, enabling us to deliver innovative new services and solutions to support the needs of our pharma and life sciences clients.”
Körber’s platform serves as a digital, real-time process controller to shorten time-to-market, lower production costs and enable a more patient-centric approach. Compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices, PAS-X MES presents a comprehensive view of data from diverse integrated systems, enabling faster and more informed decisions, which can be a critical advantage in an industry where timing and accuracy are paramount.
“Our PAS-X Products and Service Suites facilitate seamless digital transformation projects at our customers globally. By combining forces with CGI’s global presence, expertise and complementary service portfolio in pharma and life sciences, we can offer a unique and compelling value proposition. CGI is one of the key partners to continue to expand our offering to our global customers” says Jan-Henrik Dieckert, COO Software, Körber Business Area Pharma.
“In our global client insights research, pharma and life sciences executives said optimizing operations is their top business priority. CGI serves as a trusted advisor to help them achieve this priority through ROI-led digitization investments,” said Maiken Lykke, Senior Vice-President, CGI Denmark. “We work collaboratively with clients to build solutions that tailor the right mix of services and technologies for their needs. We are pleased to partner with Körber to address the unique client challenges in this industry.”
