Pharma Supply Chain Exception Management That Focuses Attention Where It Matters

It means planning by exception. The software reads the whole plan and lists only the places where a planner is needed. In PLAIO that list covers demand, supply and production. Each entry has a date and points to the item, location or order concerned.

Supply planning raises stockouts, out of stock, unfulfilled demand, inventory below safety stock, shortages and component shortages, and unsellable (expired) inventory. It also flags overdue supply orders still counted as expected, MOQ, IOQ and max order capacity violations on edited orders, and sales orders above the forecast. Demand planning flags months where the live plan has moved further from the last saved plan than your threshold. Production scheduling flags job overlaps, late orders, min and max wait violations, not enough changeover and material not ready.

The list is sorted by date first. Within a date, unfulfilled demand and stockouts come before policy and data findings, and you can filter by type, item, product family or location. You also set the demand deviation threshold yourself. If your team only acts on 20%, a 5% wobble stays off the list.

No. Supply exceptions are produced by the simulation that builds the supply plan. Change an order or a policy and recalculate, and the list updates. Each row gives the numbers, such as inventory against safety stock, or which component is short and by how much.

Yes. Right-click the row and create a task with a title, a description, an assignee and a due date. It stays linked to the row, which shows a task count. On the Tasks page each person sees their work sorted by due date, with overdue and unscheduled tasks kept apart.

Where service is at risk, by SKU, location and date, before an order is missed. The same list shows inventory heading for expiry and what it cost. The Tasks page shows who owns each issue and what is overdue. Because it all comes from the plan, nobody has to put together a separate risk report each week.