West-ward Pharmaceutical to Manage Quality Systems with “Pilgrim On-Demand”
TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management (ECQM) software solutions, today announced that West-ward Pharmaceutical Corp., a US-based manufacturer and marketer of generic prescription products, will adopt Pilgrim’s On-Demand “SaaS” delivery for its SmartSolve® products.
West-ward Pharmaceutical has standardized its quality systems using Pilgrim’s solutions for document control, internal and external audit management, CAPA management and employee training and certification management. These key automated systems will be hosted by Pilgrim’s SAS 70-certified on-demand platform, providing West-ward with a distinct competitive advantage. Compared to traditional software implementation models, Pilgrim On-Demand involves a lower initial investment cost, reduced overhead, a high degree of scalability, increased accessibility, improved collaborative productivity, easier implementation, and improved security with optimal performance.
“We are constantly looking at ways to lower our overall cost of ownership, improve our productivity and boost our software solution platform effectiveness,” said Michael Raya, CEO of West-ward Pharmaceuticals. “We want our staff to be able to focus on boosting our operational efficiencies and growing our operations to meet our customers’ needs, versus spending valuable energies on systems and application software maintenance. We expect that Pilgrim On-Demand will provide us the required flexibilities by taking away the traditional IT burdens.”
“World class companies are increasingly adopting SaaS strategy, which allows customers to spend more time streamlining their operations as opposed to building and maintaining IT infrastructure and architecture to run their strategic applications,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim’s Chief Operating Officer. “West-ward Pharmaceutical is well poised to realize these benefits quickly, particularly when the unparalleled support that Pilgrim Software provides, enables them to get the most out of their investment in our ECQM solutions.”
With no client software involvement, the 100% browser-based SmartSolve solution allows for information sharing and collaborative productivity for managing the key quality and compliance processes. Furthermore, advanced built-in security features protect customers’ intellectual property.
About West-ward Pharmaceutical Corp.
Founded in New York in the late 1940s, West-ward Pharmaceutical Corp. became, in 1991, the flagship for Hikma, a multinational group of pharmaceutical companies, to conduct generic pharmaceutical operations in the U.S. With an annual capacity of about 1.7 billion tablets/capsules, West-ward develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of generic prescription products in a variety of dosage forms – for extended or immediate release. Their assurance procedures are performed throughout the production process to ensure adherence to federal, state and in-house standards. Besides its own sales, West-ward also has been helpful in promoting the US sales of some of the other operations within Hikma. West-ward is headquartered in Eatontown, N.J. For more information, visit www.hikma.com.
About Pilgrim Software, Inc.
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of Enterprise Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Named 2007 & 2008 North American Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan, Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s website at www.pilgrimsoftware.com.
