87
Manufacturing sites worldwide
Pharma Maturity Assessment to Accelerate Industrial Network Performance
With 87 manufacturing sites across 38 countries and nearly 100,000 employees, a leading pharmaceutical company required a systematic approach to reinforce production capacity. EFESO designed and deployed a Digital Maturity Assessment System that aligned the industrial network around a common operational framework and established a scalable platform for continuous improvement.
Life Sciences
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence
Operations Strategy and Transformation
Our Client
A global pharmaceutical leader operating 87 manufacturing sites in 38 countries, employing approximately 100,000 people worldwide. The company produces and distributes a broad therapeutic portfolio and is accelerating its industrial capabilities to meet increasing global health needs through collaboration, efficiency, and expansion into emerging markets.
38
Countries with operations
100K
People employed across the network
“Participating in the Official Assessment I really start understanding the Manufacturing System philosophy and what is requested to do at site level
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The Challenge
To sustain its industrial network strategy, the company needed a robust way to measure performance maturity across its global manufacturing sites. The absence of a unified assessment model created significant challenges:
- Fragmented practices and limited collaboration: Sites operated independently without shared standards or benchmarks
- Lack of digital visibility: No common platform to assess capabilities or track improvement opportunities
- Capability development gaps: The organization required internal assessors and a scalable method to sustain maturity growth across regions
Real Results Achieved Together
Within the first deployment cycle, the Digital Maturity Assessment System evolved into a core component of the organization’s operational strategy, enabling shared methodologies, clearer performance roadmaps, and improved collaboration across the network.
+150
Active system users engaged across the network
30
Certified internal assessors trained
30
Assessments conducted in three progressive waves
Transformation Impact
- Assessment system rolled out in all regions within the first year
- Standardized improvement roadmaps defined for every site assessed
- Continuous collaboration maintained to evolve digital platform capabilities and content
Our Approach
EFESO designed and deployed the Digital Maturity Assessment System through a staged methodology integrating customization, capability building, and progressive rollout:
- System customization: Web platform setup, knowledge base configuration, and definition of the assessment process
- Capability development: Initial training for future internal leaders and calibration supported by EFESO expert assessors
- Global deployment: Execution of waves of assessments, roadmap creation for each site, and ongoing platform maintenance for both content and tool evolution
This approach ensured rapid knowledge transfer, adoption at scale, and alignment toward a mature manufacturing system.
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