Picking the Appropriate IRT
Utilize our comprehensive technical knowledge of key vendors during your request for quotation process
Optimizing the Selection
Often the supply manager is part of the vendor selection. The user requirements specification (URS) process is the opportunity to craft the best possible supply solution. The Optimal Supply recommends a URS is ready for signature it is and endorsement of excellence.
Mastering the Black Box
Your IRT system is active, and you’ve established a baseline battle plan using forecasting software. Are you prepared to put this plan into action? Allow us to assist you in streamlining processes. We can help you harness the power of Excel or Power Bi, working with unadulterated data, eliminating the need for maintaining manual trackers. Our support is geared towards enhancing customer service to clinical operations and sites.
Constantine Ward
Clinical Supply & IRT Guru
BIO
With nearly 20 years in pharmaceutical supply leadership, the founder of Optimal Supply excels in transforming intricate study designs into innovative IRT solutions. His method bridges top-down and bottom-up strategies effortlessly. Deeply engaged with IRT vendors, he maintains an ongoing dialogue to strategically shape impactful solutions for sponsors. As a mentor, he guides supply managers through daily challenges. A proficient Automator, he leverages Power BI and Excel for data-centric insights, prioritizing informed decisions.
Accomplished a wide array of six-sigma cost-saving projects.
Mastery in demand planning, data visualization, and inventory optimization.
Vast exposure to multi-sponsor clinical logistics.
A seasoned negotiator proficient in outsourcing, API, and raw materials.
Expertise spans Clinical Trial Supply, IRT, Integrations, Supply Chain Modeling Software, and Business Intelligence.
WE ANSWER QUESTIONS. WE DO THESE THINGS.
- Can you help me upskill my supply managers to become IRT set-up and optimization rock stars?
- How can I simplify these black box systems for the team’s better understanding?
- Which IRT provider should I use? Which forecasting software should I use?
- What if enrollment is faster/slower than projected? What’s the cost? What’s the risk?
- How do I master the supply strategies for my IRT builds?
- How do I have absolute confidence my clinical sites are on the correct supply strategies every day?
- How can I build trust with Clinical Operations leveraging our IRT investments?
- Where can we lean on IRT more?
- What can we automate outside of IRT?
- How can we make this draft clinical protocol slicker in terms of supply concepts?
- Where can I save costs?
- How much comparator do I need to buy? (Demand plan)
- How much should I label and package and how often? (Supply Plan)
- Which distribution vendor should I use?
- Should I label and package centrally or regionally?
- How do I move towards pooled supply for multiple studies?
- How much to ship to depots?
- How much overage?
- Help me create a baseline forecast and supply plan for this study?
- The study is over. How did we do?
- How good is section 6 (IMP) of our Trial Master File (TMF)?