Supply Chain Planning | Veratrak External Supply Operations Platform

Complete External Supply Visibility for S&OP and Allocation Decisions

Purpose-built for pharmaceutical planning teams managing external supply data. Veratrak harmonises stock positions, forecast alignment, and supplier performance from all CMO and 3PL partners - eliminating manual S&OP prep and enabling allocation decisions based on true available inventory.

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Released vs. quarantined stock visibility

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Automated S&OP data aggregation

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Supplier OTIF and lead time tracking

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Forecast reconciliation with CMOs

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Recognise Your Daily Challenges?

Planning with external supply data means manually aggregating information from multiple partners, making allocation decisions without knowing what's truly available, and discovering supply issues too late to react. These challenges limit forecast accuracy and increase expedited costs.

Check the challenges you face daily:

☐ S&OP meetings require 1-2 days of manual data collection from external partners

☐ Allocation decisions made on "total inventory" without knowing what's released vs. quarantined

☐ Planning systems use static CMO lead times, but actual performance varies - causing forecast inaccuracy

☐ Discovering supply constraints when placing orders, not 2-3 months in advance when you could adjust plans

☐ Forecast reconciliation with CMOs happens via email/spreadsheet - version control is manual and error-prone

☐ Stock positions at external partners are estimates or black boxes where you can't see batch-level detail

☐ No visibility into which CMOs consistently deliver on time vs. chronic underperformers

☐ By the time external supply data is compiled for S&OP, it's already outdated

The #1 Planning Problem: Released vs. Quarantined Confusion

Your inventory reports show "50,000 units at CMO A," but this doesn't differentiate released (available to ship) from quarantined (awaiting QC approval). For pharmaceutical planning, this distinction is critical - yet most systems treat all external stock as available.

Result: You allocate stock that isn't available. Customer orders are accepted based on false inventory. Two weeks later, you discover 60% is still quarantined, creating stockouts despite "adequate inventory on paper".

Veratrak shows: Total inventory, quarantined quantity, released quantity, and allocated inventory by SKU and location. Plan allocations on true available inventory.

Core Capabilities for Supply Chain Planning

Purpose-built functionality to aggregate external supply data, provide allocation intelligence, and enable proactive planning across your CMO and 3PL network

Granular Stock Visibility

See true available inventory across all external partner sites for accurate allocation decisions.

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Total, quarantined, released, and allocation by SKU/location

Multi-site stock aggregation across CMOs and 3PLs

Know when quarantined stock isn't releasing as expected

Expiry visibility for prioritising at-risk inventory

S&OP Data Aggregation

Eliminate manual data collection. Veratrak provides pre-aggregated external supply data, ready for S&OP meetings.

✓ Live order status across all CMO partners

✓ Stock positions by SKU, location, and status

✓ Supplier performance summary

✓ Export to Excel/ERP for S&OP distribution

Trustworthy KPIs

Use actual supplier performance to drive decision making. See which partners deliver reliably vs. chronic underperformers.

✓ OTIF percentages by CMO and product

✓ Actual lead time trends vs. planned lead times

✓ Confirmation speed

✓ Performance trending to catch degradation

Early Warning System

Exception monitoring surfaces delayed orders, at-risk shipments, and prolonged quarantine immediately, enabling proactive replanning instead of reactive firefighting.

✓ Custom real-time exception alerts

✓ Prolonged quarantine monitoring

✓ Low stock alerts across external partner sites

✓ Expiry alerts for proactive reallocation

Forecast Reconciliation

Centralised forecast management ensures alignment between your planning and CMO capacity, reducing miscommunication and capacity surprises.

✓ Upload forecasts by partner and period

✓ Version control

✓ Partner-specific forecast tracking

✓ Alignment status visibility

Allocation Decision Intelligence

Consolidated view of released inventory, expiry dates, site locations for each SKU, enabling optimal allocation strategy.

✓ Released inventory by SKU and location

✓ Expiry date visibility for prioritisation

✓ Multi-site allocation optimisation

✓ Quarantine status to prevent false availability

Customer Success

How pharmaceutical planning teams use Veratrak to manage external supply data and make better allocation decisions.

Mid-Size Biotech

15 external manufacturing & distribution sites - Director of Planning & S&OP

"Before Veratrak, we spent 3 days pulling data for monthly S&OP meetings. By the time data was in our systems, it was already outdated. Now we have granular real-time visibility into what's actually available, not just inventory on paper."

Sites Harmonised

Hours

Not days for S&OP

Real-Time

Stock Visibility

Why Released vs. Quarantined Visibility Is Critical for Pharma Planning

Generic inventory systems don't differentiate GMP status. Veratrak provides the pharmaceutical-specific granularity planning teams need.

The Allocation Mistake That Costs Millions

Scenario: Planning Without Veratrak

Your planning system shows 50,000 units at CMO 'A'. You allocate 40,000 to customer orders. Two weeks later, you discover 35,000 units are still quarantined awaiting QC release. Now you have a 35,000 unit shortfall, forcing expedited production from another CMO at 3x cost, or missed customer commitments.

With Veratrak Visibility

Veratrak shows: 50,000 total, 35,000 quarantined, 15,000 released. You allocate only the 15,000 available units and proactively secure additional capacity before customer commitments are made.

No surprises. No expedited costs. No missed deliveries.

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