Tenthpin
A Consortium for Life Science Innovation

The life sciences industry is undergoing seismic shifts in the post-COVID-19 era, owing to the implementation of remote working and social distancing measures worldwide. Supported by state-of-the-art technologies such as AI, ML, Blockchain, automation, and IoT, the life sciences is now gearing to usher in a new age of innovation and data-driven decision making, particularly catering to discrete business needs such as data management, business intelligence, and analytical skills. The lines between clinical and commercial supply chains are blurring with the introduction of personalized treatments such as cell and gene therapies and is moving from individual optimization to networked innovation. Integration of partners like CMOs and CTOs are vital to move beyond the pill. At the epicentre of this drive for innovation is Tenthpin, enabling companies in the life sciences industry to pursue digitalization through thought consultation. A global management consulting firm in collaboration with SAP, Tenthpin offers, focused on revolutionizing the life sciences industry through thought digitization – as the cornerstone to transformative developments.

The cloud based industry solution is a portfolio built on four fundamental integrated technology pillars that allow analytics, data, business-critical functions and will enable organizations to come together as a singular function, paving the way for the incorporation of intelligent technologies such as machine learning, IoT or blockchain. The platform also includes a database and data management service, sourced through S/4HANA cloud systems. The combination allows keeping a lean digital core while creating options for innovation and integration in the cloud.
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Tenthpin designs and integrates tailor-made solutions on the Business Technology Platform (BTP) to meet customer's discrete business objectives. Furthermore, the platform provisions analytical implementation such as SAP's cloud business objective analytics, data warehousing, and other analytics-related solutions. These pillars serve as a foundation for clients to fill critical and costly gaps in batch release management, track and trace functions, cold chain management, and e-labelling.

Alongside SAP, Tenthpin also collaborates with several other technological leaders, including 19 of the 20 pharmaceutical companies under its umbrella, in an effort to enhance the BTP and improve the life sciences sector as a whole. The company develops solutions while interacting with partners and clients in an agile workflow to translate requirements into technical specifications. With clinical trials as its primary focus in life sciences, the consortium offers intelligent clinical supply management (ICSM) solutions that aid in planning and executing the trials and lowering costs. The ICSM solution combines SAP's S/4HANA conventional supply chain capabilities with newly created planning and analytics tools to streamline and simplify clinical supply operations. The solution immensely shortens the time it takes to set up randomization and other activities in clinical supply management significantly

Furthermore, Tenthpin co-innovated with SAP a batch release support functions that incorporates and combines all industry-specific technology. Its primary objective is to provide a complete and outstanding overview of all information required for batch management and reuse, in order to assist qualified personnel responsible for batch release in accordance with country regulations. Overall, the cockpit includes information such as testing status, batch record review status, deviations status, shelf-life check, regulatory changes, technical changes, and genealogy status. "These are only a few examples of how effective the solutions that we implement for our customers are, and there are more in the pipeline," states Bernd Rosenkranz, a Partner of Tenthpin. The company also assists the complex cold chain management (CCM) sector with a holistic, end-to-end tracking solution to aggregate relevant data constantly, which eliminates any complexity associated with the supply chain, encompassing value chain participants from drug manufacturers to wholesalers, hospitals, clinics and patient.

Dr. Rosenkranz attributes the success of such innovations to the company's fundamental values, culture, strategy, and team combination, which he believes can overcome any hurdles and produce suitable solutions. The company also established an innovation centre dedicated entirely to developing unique solutions geared to the future technologies within the life sciences and the needs of its clientele. "It is about the success of the consortium. The consortium that we build with our top life science partners, as well as SAP, of course, offering a lot of advantages to all parties," concludes Bernd Rosenkranz.