The Road to Success: VisionMAP for Pharmaceuticals

Every industry has its pacesetters – companies on the leading edge of technology, efficiency, and profitability. At Matrikon, we believe that every pharmaceutical company can be a pacesetter, and our VisionMAP will show you the way.

Matrikon VisionMAPs are a systematic plan to improve operational and business performance, aligning technology needs with process and business goals, custom-tailored to your specific situation. To achieve this, we use our proven Matrikon Information Technology Index (MITI) to precisely measure your current performance and focus on the areas that will deliver the greatest payback.

Benchmark Current Performance

• Interview stakeholders, define client goals & vision
• Current situation analysis: business, process & IT
• Compare current performance to industry pacesetters
  

Identify & Prioritize

• Identify strengths & opportunities for improvement
• Describe potential infrastructure, architecture, and application upgrades
• Identify key benefits, prioritize initiatives, and determine expected ROI
  

Create Master Plan

• Define functional requirements, application descriptions, architectures
• Create conceptual designs for all proposed improvements
• Create detailed, step-by-step implementation plan
  

Implement & Improve

• Translate functional requirements into detailed designs
• Develop technology selection criteria and select vendors
• Complete project services: from project management to data population, programming, application installation, configuration, and system staging
  

Audit & Verify

• Perform detailed audit to verify performance improvements against benchmarks
• Determine actual ROI achieved to compare with initial estimates
• Outline ‘next steps’ for further improvements
  

The Matrikon VisionMAP is a systematic approach that integrates four core areas in an enterprise improvement initiative: IT Infrastructure, Production Optimization, Maintenance Optimization, and Operational Resource Planning. Each core area contains specific solutions that can stand alone, or form part of a larger project towards pacesetter status.

We’ve designed over 200 VisionMAPs in the past 15 years. Our in depth domain knowledge, our commitment to customer satisfaction through strategic partnering, and our vendor independence ensure that you always get the solution that’s right for you.