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Have you ever gone through countless rounds of emails with suppliers or partners, only to end up with a major problem? Maybe the fault doesn’t lie with you, the suppliers or partners. Maybe it’s your communication and documentation system.

You know … that cobbled together, hodgepodge of a process using phone, email, FTP, FedEx or shipping CDs. Or maybe you’re pinning your hopes on Box.com or DropBox (more on that later).

Guess what? These time-honored communication and collaboration methods are impacting your quality processes. They’re magnets for compliance problems. Companies that ditched most of these over the past few years are quickly gaining market leadership.

Want to be the hunter instead of the hunted? LNS Research has created a one-of-a-kind webinar that provides new benchmark survey data, real-world case studies, and proven ways to improve your collaboration with outsourced manufacturers, suppliers, and partners.

We’re talking about the Holy Grail. Better. Faster. Wickedly efficient. Profitable. No more headaches. Collaboration nirvana.

This FREE webinar will show you the best practices for working with outsourced manufacturers, suppliers, and partners identified through case studies and a quality management research survey of more than 800 manufacturing organizations.

If you’re an operational and quality leader at a contract manufacturer or global life sciences organization, block off 60 minutes on Tuesday, May 13.

Under the expertise of Matthew Littlefield, President and Principal Analyst, LNS Research you’ll walk away with:

• A proven roadmap for better collaboration across the supply network — we’re not talking pie-in-the-sky theory, we’re talking about a roadmap that is already being used to reap significant benefits for quality processes.
• An understanding of how to re-architect business processes to support true 21st Century collaboration. At the end of the webinar, you’ll never look at your phone or Outlook inbox the same way again.
• Market-leading technology strategies to enable significant business change. Everyone talks collaboration. Only a few can really pull it off for life sciences companies. LNS Research knows who – and why.
• And the performance benefits you can expect. If the boss wants quantifiable ROI data, you can finally give them to him/her.

Some of the other important takeaways from this new webinar include:

• Why companies that collaborate with suppliers in the R&D process deliver new drugs to market on time, on budget and on quality 33% more often
• Why companies that include suppliers in closed-loop quality management activities increase manufacturing efficiency by more than 10%
• Why companies that effectively manage documents across the supply chain have one-third the noncompliance issues of those without a system
• Top trends in document management and its role in effective quality management processes and supplier collaboration
• Three business process changes you can apply now to support supplier collaboration in quality processes
• Five must-have document management capabilities for successful supplier collaboration
• Why companies that collaborate with suppliers using a cloud-based portal increase supply chain delivery performance
• How executive prioritization of quality improves manufacturing performance by more than 10%

Attend this one-of-a-kind webinar to learn how to effectively address crucial collaboration challenges and about the latest best-in-class solutions driving significant business benefits. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, May 13, 2014; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT. You won’t be disappointed.

P.S. Box.com and DropBox? Don’t believe for a minute that they can handle quality documents within a life sciences supply chain. They can’t. We’ll explain on Tuesday, May 13 – don’t miss it.

Meet Your Instructor

Matthew Littlefield, President and Principal Analyst

Matthew Littlefield founded LNS Research in August of 2011 and is now President and Principal Analyst. Matthew’s personal coverage areas include the topics of Enterprise Quality Management Software, Manufacturing Operations Management, Asset Performance Management, Sustainability and Industrial Automation 2.0. As President and Principal Analyst for LNS Research, Matthew is a recognized industry expert and contributes to the LNS Research blog as well as many other industry publications. Matthew is also a sought after public speaker and continually advises manufacturing executives on how to best leverage technology in their operations.

Before founding LNS Research, Matthew spent the previous five years as a Senior Analyst for the Aberdeen Group and led the Global Manufacturing Research practice. While at Aberdeen, Matthew authored hundreds of thought leadership research reports and frequently spoke at industry leading events. Prior to joining the Aberdeen Group, Matthew spent the previous five years working for multi-billion dollar manufacturers (Unilever, HP Hood) in both engineering and shop-floor management roles. He graduated cum laude from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a BA in Economics and MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.