TechniData – Customer references

Merck KGaA


The world’s oldest company specializing in pharmaceuticals and chemicals installs a central system for site-related environment and production data based on TechniData EPM.


Reference customer:

Merck KGaA
Frankfurter Str. 250
64293 Darmstadt
Germany
www.merck.de

Solution:

TechniData EPM

Company size:

31,681 employees (2007)

Turnover:

€ 7.1 billion (2007)

Industry:

Pharmaceuticals

Merck, a family of entrepreneurs, has been producing and selling pharmaceutical products since 1668. In 1827, Emanuel Merck laid the foundation for worldwide expansion by starting industrial production. Today, Merck KGaA develops, produces and sells chemical and pharmaceutical products in all corners of the globe. When the name Merck is printed on packaging, it is not only a sign of quality, but also responsibility. The company continually improves the reliability of its production processes and products and the effectiveness of its policies for protecting both people and the environment – by implementing, for example, a central system for site related production and environmental data based on the software solution TechniData EPM.

Company

With a tradition of over three hundred years Merck is the oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company in the world. Merck has 192 companies in 60 countries. Merck has production facilities at 54 locations in 24 countries. The corporate headquarters are located in Darmstadt, Germany. Merck has focused its research and development in Darmstadt; however, it also operates important research sites in France, Spain, Great Britain, the United States and Japan. Merck´s operating activities come under the umbrella of Merck KGaA, in which the Merck family holds an approximately 70% interest and free shareholders own the remaining approximately 30%.

Benefit

  • Comprehensive set of tools and functions for standardizing processes for the collection, validation, monitoring and reporting of data and process results – at anytime and anywhere.
  • The effective, immediate and validated availability of site-related data makes it easier, for example, for the Corporate Communications department at Merck to provide high-quality data for a range of interest groups.
  • The ability to compare data from a range of business processes makes a greater transparency for corporate decisions.
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