ANSTO overhauls supply chain with SAP

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has overhauled its supply chain management system by implementing SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) software.

The organisation has already identified more than $1 million in projected savings from the decision to digitise its manufacturing supply chain management system in the first six months of operation. The implementation of the platform commenced in December.

After just six months ANSTO has also achieved a 25% reduction in rough cut planning time, and uncovered a potential $500,000 opportunity to increase sales revenue.

According to ANSTO Senior Manager for Integrated Business Management Fernando Collazo, a major benefit of the new platform is the ability to better manage ANSTO’s multiple reciprocal agreements to supply radiopharmaceuticals and more accurately plan the distribution of nuclear reactions and products with radioactive half-life.

“As a statutory body of the Australian Government, data integrity, transparency and governance are critical to ANSTO. By improving visibility and confidence in our data, SAP IBP provides a reliable single source of truth for our 24-months rolling forecast. This will help us to transform our organisation, plan for the future and deliver savings to the taxpayer, while also boosting customer satisfaction and enabling more Australians access to nuclear medicine,” he said.

“A reliable source of data at the right time reduces the need for validation and empowers the right decision-making. If you think about all the time that previously went into manual data entry and cross-checking, that represents a lot of time and money that can now be invested back into nuclear research or delivering life-saving medical diagnostics and treatments.”

Following the success of the implementation, ANSTO now plans to pursue a SAP S/4HANA upgrade in 2024.

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