LFB Group Selects Apriso for Managing Manufacturing Operations

Aug. 5, 2009

The French biopharmaceutical firm LFB Group has selected Apriso's FlexNet to help improve efficiency and enhance traceability across its manufacturing, warehouse and quality operations.

Josh Cable

LFB develops, manufactures and markets medicinal products for the treatment of serious and often rare diseases in several major therapeutic fields. Apriso will help LFB to improve operational workflows within a regulatory environment, supported by FlexNet's RFID-enabled tracking capabilities, according to Apriso.

"Part of LFB's selection process was based on two factors: Apriso's market momentum in the life sciences industry and Apriso's ability to support both discrete and process life sciences operations," said Rick Gallisa, industry director, life sciences at Apriso. "The regulated biopharmaceutical environment at LFB is very demanding in terms of quality and traceabilityboth inherent capabilities within Apriso's solution."

Apriso is a Long Beach, Calif.-based provider of adaptive software for global manufacturing operations management (MOM).

Interested in information related to this topic? Subscribe to our Information Technology eNewsletter.

About the Author

Josh Cable | Former Senior Editor

Former Senior Editor Josh Cable covered innovation issues -- including trends and best practices in R&D, process improvement and product development. He also reported on the best practices of the most successful companies and executives in the world of transportation manufacturing, which encompasses the aerospace, automotive, rail and shipbuilding sectors.

Josh also led the IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame, IW’s annual tribute to the most influential executives and thought leaders in U.S. manufacturing history.

Before joining IndustryWeek, Josh was the editor-in-chief of Penton Media’s Government Product News and Government Procurement. He also was an award-winning beat reporter for several small newspapers in Northeast Ohio.

Josh received his BFA in creative writing from Bowling Green University, and continued his professional development through course-work at Ohio University and Cuyahoga Community College.

A lifelong resident of the Buckeye State, Josh currently lives in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland. When the weather cooperates, you’ll find him riding his bike to work, exercising his green thumb in the backyard or playing ultimate Frisbee.