At a challenging time for the pharmaceutical industry, businesses are laser focussed on cost reduction and efficiency and are turning to third party suppliers for support.
Sodexo, the global leader in integrated facilities management, is revolutionising workplace efficiency by using approaches that redefine productivity, streamline operations and maximise organisational performance.
Following the significant shift in the industry caused by the heightened practices of the Covid pandemic and the resulting recession, in combination with the impact of the patent lifeline on business, many pharmaceutical companies are turning to suppliers to provide innovative solutions that continue to support their progression and pharmaceutical prowess whilst also streamlining services to create effective, cost-efficient workplaces.
Across facility management, food service, space solutions and strategic insight support, enabling pharmaceutical organisations to operate smoothly and efficiently is core to Sodexo’s role as the global leading workplace service partner. Drawing on extensive experience with the largest pharmaceutical organisations in the UK and globally, Sodexo has identified five key areas for optimising efficiency:
- Data-Driven Space Reconfiguration:
Using Sodexo’s unique intelligence tool, 4Site, Sodexo can gather and analyse data on occupancy and footfall, enabling clients to make significant changes to space use, while enhancing efficiency and productivity.
- Multi-Use Areas and Modular Cleanrooms:
The design of multi-use areas encourages collaboration in offices and efficiency in labs without expanding the footprint or increasing the cost per square foot. Modular cleanrooms add further flexibility, enabling organisations to adapt to changing regulatory standards and seize new opportunities at a lower capital cost.
- Cutting-Edge Workplace Solutions:
Cutting-edge workplace solutions can be tailored to the unique needs of the pharmaceutical sector: From autonomous gyms and flexible food offerings to Micromarkets and temperature-controlled food lockers, efficient, high-functioning workplaces that prioritise employee well-being result in increased productivity. Food is an integral factor in this, and through the development of a multitude of dining solutions suitable for pharmaceutical organisations, Sodexo has seen the resulting positive impact.
- Streamlined Operations and Regulatory Compliance
Maintaining strict quality standards and processes, supported by the right technologies and a strong safety culture is essential in the industry. Sodexo’s pharma site operating procedures have been developed over a decade, and are backed up by regular training and continuous reinforcement of a zero-harm mindset. This depth of understanding and quality assurance keeps labs and cleanrooms running at full capacity consistently. It results in a minimisation of the regulatory burden for the client, through stringent quality standards, processes, and training programs along with custom surveys, experience trackers, and research into the latest consumer trends which shape and tighten operations whilst staying focused on core business objectives.
- Focus on Core Business and Task Optimisation
Finding practical solutions which allow big pharma to focus on core business activities is an ultimate efficiency goal. Whether this is through implementing specialised waste solutions, robotic cleaning machines or taking on a growing range of technical lab services for lab tasks. Capabilities can be distributed to the areas that need it most, allowing full focus on tasks at hand.
Sodexo’s depth of understanding and quality assurance, developed over a decade of experience in the pharmaceutical sector, ensures that labs and cleanrooms run at full capacity, meeting stringent regulatory requirements and quality standards in a cost efficient way.
