Dik Drug Extends License of SupplyScape`s Pharmaceutical Traceability Solutions to Grow the New Business Pipeline

Pharmaceutical Distributor Automates Business Operations to Enhance Customer
Service and Simplify Trading Partner On-ramping
WOBURN, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
SupplyScape Corporation, a leading provider of software and planning services
for traceability and collaboration to secure the safety and value of the global
pharmaceutical supply chain, today announced that Dik Drug Co. has renewed its
multi-year subscription to SupplyScape`s pharmaceutical traceability solutions.
The renewal was based on the secure regulatory compliance and
return-on-investment Dik Drug has gained since it implemented SupplyScape
E-Pedigree(TM) three years ago. As a result, Dik extended its license and
upgraded to the SupplyScape Nexus(TM) platform to simplify the connection to and
management of its growing customer base.

Dik Drug distributes more than 20,000 products over a broad spectrum of
categories; however, few of these products are received with pedigrees. In turn,
Dik Drug is faced with the challenge of efficiently creating pedigrees,
traditionally a manual and lengthy process, to provide to its downstream
suppliers. Additionally, as Dik`s business has grown, the number of trading
partner connections and the complexity of business interoperability has
significantly increased.

SupplyScape`s E-Pedigree solution provides the core pedigree creation and
management capability for Dik. Recently, Dik Drug turned to the Nexus
collaboration platform to expedite the exchange of pedigrees across the entire
supply chain and improve communication with trading partners. The SaaS-based
solution allows exchange of pedigree information between Dik Drug and other
partners without the need of B2B gateway services.

"After a long term relationship with SupplyScape, we upgraded to the latest
version of E-Pedigree on the Nexus platform to meet our growing business needs
and help drive new business," said Tim Melvin, vice president of distribution
and technology, Dik Drug. "Migration was complete in just over a month and we
now have a simplified ability to create, manage and update pedigree information
quickly and securely. The streamlined SupplyScape platform allows us to
concentrate on our primary business - serving our customers."

"Since the economic downturn began, reducing operational costs for the
pharmaceutical industry has been a crucial component to our business and we have
seen a number of companies upgrade to the Nexus platform to make on-ramping with
their trading partners as simple and automatic as possible," said Lucy Deus,
vice president of products, SupplyScape. "As companies like Dik Drug continue to
improve their ease-of-doing-business, these firms gain a leg up on their rivals
in the highly competitive drug distribution business. To support this, we have
focused considerable effort in solutions such as Nexus and E-Pedigree to provide
capabilities that improve operational flexibility and reduce work."

About Dik Drug

A full-service pharmaceutical distributor, Dik Drug provides products over a
broad spectrum of categories and has succeeded by specializing in extensive
service and support to independent pharmacy. As an independent regional
distributor, the company understands the challenges and needs of independent
business. As a result, Dik Drug strives to provide the products and services the
customer needs, at a competitive price, supported by outstanding service. Dik
Drug embodies these attributes in a simple corporate philosophy: Large enough to
serve… …small enough to care.

About SupplyScape

SupplyScape Corporation is the leading provider of software and planning
services to secure the value and safety of the global life sciences supply
chain. More than 100 companies across the pharmaceutical supply network rely on
SupplyScape to help them protect patient safety and secure regulatory
compliance, drive supply chain collaboration, and enhance financial performance
through granular product and transaction insight. SupplyScape delivers these
benefits through an integrated set of business process applications for Global
Serialization and Traceability, Product Authentication and ePedigree built on
the Nexus supply chain collaboration environment. For more information, visit
http://www.supplyscape.com/.

Company:
SupplyScape Corporation
Brian Daleiden, 781-503-7425
bdaleiden@supplyscape.com
or
Media:
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