on 16 June 2020
Supply Chain Wizard, a leader in digital supply chain transformation solutions, today announced the availability of Digital Factory and Digital Projects on Microsoft AppSource, an online cloud marketplace providing tailored line-of-business solutions.
on 18 July 2019
Princeton, New Jersey – Supply Chain Wizard, a leader in digital supply chain solutions and services, today announced that it has been named a 2019 ‘Cool Vendor’ by Gartner, Inc. in Supply Chain Execution Technologies.
on 17 July 2019
Supply Chain Wizard, a leader in digital supply chain solutions and services, today announced that it has been named a 2019 'Cool Vendor' by Gartner, Inc. in Supply Chain Execution Technologies.
on 06 March 2019
Global contract packaging organization (CPO), Central Pharma, has partnered with digital innovation firm, Supply Chain Wizard to transform its digital operations.
on 01 March 2019
Global contract packaging organization (CPO) Central Pharma has collaborated with Supply Chain Wizard to optimize its digital operations.
on 01 February 2019
Make your packaging or manufacturing line efficient by adopting overall equipment effectiveness.
on 07 December 2018
For years now, we’ve talked about the revolutionary potential of digitising the pharma industry. Truth be told, the efforts of most companies have merely grazed the surface of that potential. Recently, however, digital initiatives put in place by some forward-thinking industry leaders have begun to truly transform the playing field
on 21 November 2018
Supply Chain Wizard – a leading full-service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability, as well as supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs – has been named among New Jersey’s Fastest Growing Companies by NJBIZ Magazine.
on 07 November 2018
Big Pharma’s big problem: Even as medicine keeps advancing, paperwork muddles along in low-tech world
on 05 October 2018
Epista Life Science and Supply Chain Wizard Partner in Pharma Serialization Compliance Services and Beyond-Serialization Digital Transformation Solutions
on 04 October 2018
Alliance combines Epista’s compliance and manufacturing expertise with SCW’s serialization consulting competency and supply chain software platforms.
on 01 Oct 2018
As manufacturers continue to outfit and upgrade packaging machinery to comply with regulations, the extra steps in serialization (and aggregation) will bring an unwelcome 5-10% reduction in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)—this is typical, as experienced by early adopter countries like Turkey. Some companies have seen decreases of 20-30%.
on 16 August 2018
Supply Chain Wizard Ranks No. 557 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 903% Percent, Achieving No. 16 rank in New Jersey
on 16 August 2018
Supply Chain Wizard Ranks No. 557 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 903% Percent, Achieving No. 16 rank in New Jersey
on 16 August 2018
Supply Chain Wizard Ranks No. 557 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 903% Percent, Achieving No. 16 rank in New Jersey
on 16 August 2018
Inc. magazine today revealed that Supply Chain Wizard is No. 557 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.
on 27 June 2018
Predictions abound concerning pharma manufacturing's more automated, data-centric future. Some forecasting focuses on looming serialization compliance requirements and their impact - both positive in terms of consumer safety and product security, and negative in terms of obligatory infrastructure investments and possible production line and supply chain slowdown.
on 14 May 2018
Quality Packaging Specialists, Int'l (QPSI) and Supply Chain Wizard have formed a partnership supporting QPSI's mission to digitally refine their U.S.-based factory network and provide a transformational value proposition to its customers, utilizing their state-of-the-art, 375,000 sq. ft. supply chain excellence center in Florence, NJ.
on 01 May 2018
Navigating the risks and opportunities of the digital supply chain can be difficult. An executive team survival guide can help.
on 24 April 2018
Pharma companies that embrace a digital factory approach will see improvements in data availability, visibility and decision-making
on 01 January 2018
Supply Chain Wizard has launched a new suite of interconnected digital supply chain solutions for the pharma sector.
on 12 December 2017
European pharmaceutical company partners with Supply Chain Wizard to implement serialization across multiple lines to meet U.S. and EU regs.
on 22 November 2017
A leading full-service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability, as well as supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs – and Medicines for Europe, an organization serving as the voice of Europe’s generic, biosimilar and value-added medicines industries, will co-host a Pharma CMO Summit on December 4-5, 2017 at the Mövenpick Hotel City Centre in Amsterdam. The gathering offers an opportunity for pharmaceutical industry partners to finalize strategies for initial serialization compliance and optimized post-implementation operations.
on 01 November 2017
December 6-8 in Amsterdam, participants can learn core skills to implement cost-effective Track & Trace programs, with opportunity to tour real-world serialized packaging site.
on 01 Nov 2017
Supply Chain Wizard (SCW) a leading full-service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability, along with supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs–has launched a new suite of interconnected digital supply chain solutions for companies in the pharma sector.
on 27 October 2017
Cloud-based software products and accompanying consulting services deliver beyond-compliance ROI to pharma manufacturers, CMOs, 3PLs and pharmacies for meeting mandated serialization regulations.
on 03 August 2017
Par Pharmaceuticals benefits by employing analytics-based OEE tracking system that digitizes formerly manual data collection processes on multiple packaging lines.
on 02 July 2017
Tracking Tool Enables Data-driven Decision Making, Enhancing Equipment & Labor Efficiency
Supply Chain Wizard (SCW) – a leading full-service global consulting firm specialising in serialisation and traceability, supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs – has introduced a user-friendly, yet powerful, OEE Tracker, an analytics-based tool to improve the overall equipment efficiency of pharmaceutical packaging and manufacturing lines in a cost-effective, expedited fashion.
on 17 June 2017
Recent Summits in Berlin and Princeton Were Highly Successful in Helping Manufacturers, CMOs, CPOs & 3PLs Forge Partnerships for Cost-Effective Compliance with Upcoming Serialization Deadlines
on 21 April 2017
Supply Chain Wizard and Medicines for Europe will co-host a Pharma CMO Summit on June 14, 2017 at the Epic Sana Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal.
on 18 April 2017
With the November 2017 deadline for the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) looming, US pharmaceutical manufacturers, contract manufacturing organizations, and contract packaging organizations are getting their serialization solutions ready and validated. Few, however, are as concerned with what happens next.
on 18 April 2017
Amid the increasingly crowded discussion of pharmaceutical supply chain digitization, buzzwords abound - Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence - and, of course, digital supply chain transformation.
on 06 March 2017
This interview is previously posted on Supply Chain Expert Community
Prior to Supply Chain Wizard, I was an executive in a pharmaceutical manufacturer in the supply chain practice. And prior to the pharma industry, I was with McKinsey & Company as a consultant in their supply chain management practice, serving clients involved in vital industries, including healthcare, medical devices, logistics, consumer packaged goods, and a little bit of private equity.
on 05 April 2017
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on 07 March 2017
Event helps forge partnerships as U.S. and European pharmaceutical CMOs, CPOs and 3PLs share strategies for serialization compliance and optimize post-implementation operations.
on 05 March 2017
Data mining can counter the loss in efficiency caused by mandated serialization compliance
on 28 February 2017
Two interactive days in Princeton, NJ, aim to assist key pharmaceutical manufacturers, CMOs, CPOs and 3PL’s achieve cost-effective compliance with November DSCSA serialization deadline.
on 13 February 2017
U.S. government-mandated serialization is creating a scramble in the pharmaceutical packaging world. Track and trace solutions must meet Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) compliance by November of this year. Before the initial deadline, however, there are actions one must take to interact with the serial number – such as with product returns and suspect product investigations.
on 7 February 2017
Tool enables data-driven decision making, enhancing equipment and labor efficiency on pharmaceutical packaging and manufacturing lines.
on 07 February 2017
Consultancy firm Supply Chain Wizard has developed an analytics-based tool, OEE Tracker, to improve the overall equipment efficiency of pharmaceutical packaging and manufacturing lines in a cost-effective, expedited fashion. OEE is a recognized term meaning Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
on 25 January 2017
Supply Chain Wizard, a full-service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability, supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs, has introduced OEE Tracker. A user-friendly, yet powerful, analytics-based tool, OEE Tracker improves the overall equipment effectiveness of pharmaceutical packaging and manufacturing lines in a cost-effective, expedited fashion.
on 19 January 2017
Evren Ozkaya (MSIE 05, Ph.D. 08), an alumnus of Georgia Tech’s Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), has long been fascinated by supply chain management – so much so that he named his startup company Supply Chain Wizard (SCW). SCW is a consulting company that helps other companies with – as its name suggests – supply chain management and optimization.
on 10 January 2017
Supply Chain Wizard a full-service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability, supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs, partnered with Medicines for Europe, which represents the generic, biosimilar and value-added medicines industries across Europe.
on 19 October 2016
Join the most valuable Serialisation Summit in EU
Supply Chain Wizard and Medicines for Europe partnered together to organize Pharma CMO Summit on December 12, 2016 in Berlin to bring key Pharmaceutical Stakeholders (MAH holders, CMOs, CPOs, 3PLs, Solution Providers) together for achieving successful and cost-effective serialisation compliance in Europe and around the world.2016 in Berlin to bring key Pharmaceutical Stakeholders (MAH holders, CMOs, CPOs, 3PLs, Solution Providers) together for achieving successful and cost-effective serialisation compliance in Europe and around the world.
by Evren Ozkaya on 19 October 2016
Following a banner year of expansion, Supply Chain Wizard has moved to a larger U.S. headquarters in Princeton, NJ. The central New Jersey location allows SCW to conveniently service customers through the NY/NJ Metro area, as well as the greater Philadelphia area. The new office’s address is 475 Wall Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540.
on 19 October 2016
Connectivity and data are becoming the pillars of the revolution known as Industry 4.0. The vast amounts of data and heightened processing power within the cloud is opening limitless opportunities. And as in previous tech revolutions, the ones who can’t adapt risk dire consequences.
on 19 October 2016
Supply Chain Wizard is proud to announce its new office in Berlin. Founding of new legal entity, Supply Chain Wizard GmbH, gives the company a prime location in the heart of Europe, allowing it to better serve customers throughout the continent. Aytac Atac, Ph.D., PMP, has been chosen to head up the Berlin office. Aytac will head SCW Germany, while also spearheading the firm's Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives as Digital Innovations Manager.
on 19 October 2016
Supply Chain Wizard, LLC, is a leading full service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability, as well as supply chain strategy and operational transformation programs. For industry leaders committed to incorporating serialization solutions into their facilities, SCW offers full-day certification programs to instantly and vastly enhance its customers’ track & trace knowledge levels.
on 18 April 2016
Serialization program management is relatively new to Pharmaceutical Industry and many companies are lacking resources and expertise to properly plan for and execute a cost effective serialization program while meeting tight compliance deadlines. Establishing the right project budget/timeline and resources remains to be a major challenge that delays the timely start of serialization programs.
on 18 April 2016
Supply Chain Wizard is pleased to announce the Successful Serialization Implementation Webinar will be held on April 19, 2016 and Founder & CEO of Supply Chain Wizard LLC, Evren Ozkaya, will be a speaker in this webinar.
on 18 April 2016
Due to increased demand by the industry, Supply Chain Wizard is now pleased to inform you there will be periodic FREE Serialization Trainings held by Supply Chain Wizard team to increase global awareness about serialization regulatory requirements, serialization program challenges, and best-practices to achieve cost-effective compliance. Each of these sessions will be consisting of various case studies, best practices and Q&A sessions to provide a great opportunity to get training on the subject and clarify issues & concerns with the industry experts. Mark your calendars for the first FREE Serialization Project Management Training Webinar on May 12, 2016 at 9:00 a.m EST.
on 18 April 2016
Supply Chain Wizard is delighted to announce the 3rd Serialization Symposium for the pharmaceutical industry which will be held in Philadelphia, PA on June 8, 2016. Organized by OCS, Arvato and REA JET; and supported by Supply Chain Wizard as Education Partner, Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Wizard, Evren Ozkaya, will be a speaker in this event. There will be group of industry speakers and forum roundtables will provide a rich and engaging experience and a great opportunity to learn best practices on Serialization Programs and meet others that share similar challenges in the U.S., Europe, Turkey and China.
on 18 April 2016
The Falsified Medicines Directive was first published in the EU Official Journal on July 1st, 2011 and it has been discussed ever since. There have been some developments after 2011 but the waiting period took much longer than expected.
on 13 April 2016
Track & Trace Pro-Active Strategies CMO Seminar was held in Goa, India on April 13, 2016. The event is sponsored by Supply Chain Wizard and Domino, and organized by Optel Vision, Conval Group and Tracelink Life Sciences Cloud. The CMO event series is a great opportunity to learn best practices on Serialization programs and meet other CMOs sharing similar challenges along the way of getting serialized.
on 01 February 2016
The 2nd Serialization Roundtable for CMOs event was held in Frankfurt on February 16, 2016. With the joint effort of Supply Chain Wizard, Optel Vision and Movilitas, this event the biggest & coolest one in Europe. This event improved attendees’ understanding and ability of Pharmaceutical CMOs (Contract Manufacturing Organization) on serialization programs, provided CMOs with robust strategies, insights and practical tools to prepare for the European serialization compliance, and also introduced CMOs to available IT technologies, best practices, finance advice and lessons learned.
on 03 November 2015
Supply Chain Wizard, LLC is the leading full-service global consulting firm specializing in serialization and traceability. Our success and phenomenal growth comes from the talented consultants who work with us — renowned specialists from the world over who bring their expertise and acclaim to deliver for our clients. We are delighted to have the latest group of professionals join SCW.
on 01 October 2015
Supply Chain Wizard is serving some of the world’s leading organizations in the areas of supply chain, serialization and Track & Trace. Joining the world’s leading standards organizations, such as GS1 US and GS1 Global, aligns perfectly with SCW’s vision of inter-operable standards within and across industries to reap the benefits of supply chain visibility, security and patient safety. With GS1’s focus on development of global standards and common language for the supply chain, SCW is excited to now be part of a large family of GS1 members.
on 01 October 2015
We are delighted to announce that Priya Gopal, industry veteran and former Program Manager of Serialization at Novartis, has recently joined rapidly growing team of Supply Chain Wizard as a Senior Consultant & Program Manager.
on 21 September 2015
Facing IT Compliance and Regulation Challenges?
Pharmaceutical Industry is facing challenges during establishing and running a cost-effective serialization program to achieve regulatory compliance. With legislation already in effect in many countries, and other global deadlines quickly approaching, building a strategy to select and implement the right solution is a critical and also an overwhelming task. SCW's new partner, epista IT, a Denmark-based boutique consulting company, will strengthen SCW's reach & capabilities in Europe, supporting our clients' regulatory & IT compliance challenges.
on 02 May 2016
With deadlines only a few years away, some companies have not started serialization programs, while others are taking a tactical, short-term approach, losing out on potential business benefits.
on 01 October 2014
With global serialisation legislation now in place, pharmaceutical companies are starting to realise its full impact, but they must endeavour to find a cost-effective strategy that ensures security of supply before it’s too late. Dr Evren Ozkaya, former director of the global track-and-trace programme at Sandoz, and the founder and CEO of Supply Chain Wizard, explains how organisations can develop a comprehensive programme that minimises disruption and delivers value beyond compliance.
