SAP Intelligent Clinical Supply Management

SAP Intelligent Clinical Supply Management SAP Intelligent Clinical Supply Management (ICSM)* is a solution that leverages the power of SAP S/4HANA software together with the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to automate and improve the clinical supplies process and gain better visibility into the status of clinical supplies worldwide.

*SAP ICSM will be Generally Available (GA) effective April 1, 2022. 

This advanced solution addresses the protocol setup, study planning taking into consideration blinding and randomization needs of clinical trials, and facilitates demand forecasting, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and shipments of clinical finished products. Business Benefits of ICSM include:

• Fast cycle times: reduce clinical trial supply  chain cycle times and adapt quickly to  change

• Improved accuracy: integrated processes reduce errors and delays while accurate  planning reduces inventory excesses

• Greater flexibility: quick and flexible responses to future trends and new types of  clinical trials with more complex trial design,  while scalable architecture accommodates  multiple clinical supply models in one system

• Increased collaboration: between all stakeholders, from suppliers to life science  companies, to logistics providers, to clinical  sites

• Improved efficiency: through process  simplification and automation, eliminating  manual processes, reducing complexity, and  providing system guidance

• Lower costs: lower TCO by leveraging  customers’ existing SAP S/4HANA systems and faster implementation of new solution aspects