Kinaxis RapidResponse is an platform to deliver the agility to make fast, confident decisions across integrated business planning and the digital supply chain. Cardinal Health which is global distributor of drugs with more than 44,000 has recently announced that will enhance Cardinal Health's medical supply chain through concurrent planning and end-to-end network visibility and transparency while factoring in seasonality and pandemic planning; instantly balance demand and supply while accounting for capacity safeguards; and simulate product supply scenarios in seconds to create best-fit solutions for customers. Other supply chain planning platform are

This interesting article from Harvard Business Review cites importance of Agile in a life sciences company. Estimated cost for each new approved drug is in the range of $1.5 to $2.0 billion, so it makes all the sense to use agile science which is a new way of working characterized by the pragmatic and context-specific use of agile methods and tools. PTC therapeutics quadrupled the number of planned research and clinical development projects in 24 months due to its ballooning R&D investments and pipeline. What are your thoughts?