CONTENTS
1-
History of
GSK (GalxoSmithKline
2-
Inventory
management
a. Introduction of Inventory management
b. Objectives of Inventory management
c. Inventory management process used by GSK
d. Explanation of dataflow diagram
e. Inventory management system used by GSK
f. Inventory management studied during course
3-
Our
experience at GSK
4-
Conclusion
HISTORY
OF GLAXO SMITH KLINE (gsk)
ORIGIN OF GSK:
GSK means GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceutical Company. Glaxo being a self representative Company merged with
Wellcome in 1995 to form Glaxo
Wellcome. Further SmithKline & Beecham merged. Afterwards Glaxo Wellcome
and SmithKline Beecham merged and formed GlaxoSmithKline. Now they have
acquired Cooper and Stiefel.
VISION:
GlaxoSmithKline
vision is exciting:
“The
opportunity to make a difference to the lives of billions of people”.
Their mission is to advance
the quality of human lives by enabling people to DO MORE-FEEL BEETER-LIVE LONGER.
WORLD OF GSK:
GSK employs over 99000 people in 114 countries. They have manufactured over 4 billion packs per year in 28000
different presentations, which are then supplied to over 160 markets. They currently make more than 100 prescription medicines and vaccines. GSK is the global leader
in respiratory, anti-virals and vaccines. Every second GSK distributes more
than 35 does of vaccines.
EXTRA:
The manufacturing site
visited by us has occupied 26 acre land but now 4 to 5 acre is active. They are
running 2 plants BPM (Basic Pharma Manufacturing) and the other one is Cephalosporin
Plant in which cephalosporin is a life saving drug and is an active ingredient.
GSK’S HEAD & PERSONNEL’S
CEO is Andrew Witty
Site Head Dr. Amjad
Planning Manager Mr. Shahzad
Akhtar
Finance Manager Mr. Amjad
Assistant Finance Manager Mr.
Azeem
GSK believes in mending lives and healing hearts.
INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT
1- INTRODUCTION:
Inventory means stock/goods
where as management means coordinating and oversight the work activities of
others that their activities are completed efficiently and effectively. So we
can say it is managing of stock in a systematic way.
Successful inventory
management involves creating a purchasing plan that will ensure that items are
available when they are needed (but that neither too much nor too little is
purchased). Manufacturing businesses will general call its inventory as raw
material, work in process and finished goods.
2- OBJECTIVE OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT:
The objective of inventory management is to provide continuous production, sales, and customer-service levels
at the minimum cost. In business management, inventory consists of
a list of goods and material held available in stock.
3- INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PROCESS USED BY GSK:
1- Stock Policies > Sorting materials
categories.
2- Safety Stocks > Buffer stock which means to plan
for extra stock in order to avoid shortage e.g. 1000 units are produced and 100
units are wasted/damaged so in that case should plan before for safety stock
that will cover the wasted/damaged stock.
3- ABC Classification > means 75% high value and comes
under A classification, 10% B classification and remaining C classification
which is given to different stock at GSK.
4- Manage Stock forward cover > means Forecasting or
planning out future demand.
4
PROCESS FLOW AT GSK:
Commercial demand
NRQ
RMS
MPS
BOM RCCP
MRP
INV
Supply
review
FPO FPO
ASP meeting
Electronic ASP transfer
EXPLANATION
OF DATA FLOW DAIGRAM
Net Requirement: Under net requirement stock requirement is calculated
by 2+22 months means 2 months are frozen in which order is placed. Where as in
22 months material is planned & fluctuation occurs.
RMS: RMS stands for Release Management System which is used
to evaluate cost through software e.g. JD Edward and not only forecast cost but
also display the available and more needed stock.
Production plan: In which production is planned on daily, weekly,
monthly and annually.
MPS: MPS stands for Master Production Schedule and is same
like that of 22 months in which material is planned and fluctuation occurs.
MRP: Means material resource planning which is used to plan
the current resources or current requirements and here with controlled by ERP
(enterprise resource planning) software.
SUPPLY REVIEW:
Capacity,
DSPL (disposable location) which are decided in meeting, slow moving items e.g.
turmeric used in cooking same like some child items included in medicine and rejected items are reviewed by senior
managers in order to assure that supply of resources are being handled
properly.
Capacity Plan: In which demand is forecasted on capacity basis means
if maximum stock is required/demanded maximum is provided
ASP: ASP stands for Agreed Supply Planning in which supply
agreement is made from customers.
ELECTRONIC ASP TRANSFER: Agreed supply planning controlled through electronic
process which includes JD EDWARD software.
FPO: Refers to firm
planned on which includes SO (shop order) and PO
(purchase order) in which sale and purchase are processed.
RCCP: Rough cost capacity plan in which rough idea of cost
is given.
BOM: Means bill of material which is used in warehouses as an evidence that
required material is being collected on time.
5- INVENTORY SYSTEM USED BY GSK:
GSK neither uses LIFO nor
FIFO or AVERAGE method. Why because GSK is a Pharmaceutical Company and prefers
FEFO for managing their stock.
FEFO means First Expire First
Out as name shows that it is concerned with expiry and due to medicines they
have to adopt FEFO method because expiry of medicines matters a lot. Secondly
they use ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) which is a software used to manage
inventory. This sort of software not only reports before the stock is going to
end but also updates stock Receiving, Issuance and deliverance.
Following is the format of
keeping stock at GSK.
GSK Pakistan
Limited
Stock
Status Report
FOR
THE PERIOD 2010/05/01 TO 2010/05/31 Page:
0001
Date:
2010/05/31
Time:
12:13:11
Code: BAMD04
S.
no
|
ITEMS
|
OPENING
|
DESCRIPTION
|
TOTAL
RECIEPTS
|
REJECTED
|
MISC
ISSUED
|
TOTAL
ISSUED
|
BALANCE
|
1
|
11201
|
Nil
|
A
|
32965
|
12
|
32953
|
32965
|
0.00
|
2
|
11202
|
Nil
|
B
|
47206
|
8
|
47198
|
47206
|
0.00
|
3
|
11203
|
Nil
|
C
|
254427
|
279
|
250368
|
250647
|
3780
|
4
|
11204
|
Nil
|
D
|
78281
|
94
|
77977
|
78071
|
210
|
5
|
11205
|
Nil
|
E
|
42056
|
270
|
29918
|
30188
|
11868
|
6
|
11206
|
8400
|
F
|
101140
|
575
|
49875
|
50450
|
59090
|