The Lime Associates Blog : Supply chain management

Lime Associates uses its extensive experience and resources to help medical and health technology clients to address procurement and supply chain issues including cost and inventory reduction, overcoming technical constraints, customer service improvement and global sourcing.

How ethical is your procurement and supply?

7th March 2014

Latest news from Lime Associates. Click here to read it in full.

Since we mentioned ethical procurement and supply management in our January newsletter, we have received many enquiries from med-tech businesses anxious to reduce their potential risk...

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11th February 2014

As the 2014 PwC Global CEO Survey reveals that 64 per cent of bosses planned to implement a cost reduction initiative in the following 12 months and a quarter of bosses planned to outsource a business process or function, we have a cost reduction...

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Case Study - Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Set-Up

20th January 2014

Our client
Our client was a start-up pharmaceutical subsidiary of a major global organisation.

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The client has a two stage manufacturing process involving two suppliers; one preparing the API and the other taking the part processed product...

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December newsletter

2nd December 2013

It’s hard to believe that another year is almost over and we’d like to thank all of our clients and suppliers for making this another bumper year. In our latest newsletter, we report on the value of the European Medical Technology industry,...

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  • "Lime helped us to put in place a robust supply chain for a medical device with an ancillary medicinal substance"

    David Davies - Chief Development Officer, Futura Medical

  • "Lime helped us understand our strategic purchasing priorities and provided a different view of our purchasing data"

    Les Todd - Operations Director, Rocket Medical

  • "In a short space of time they've delivered significant long term profit improvement and created a new approach to how we source."

    Adam Sullivan - Chief Executive, Baywater Healthcare

  • "Many thanks for your support and assistance throughout the bidding process to date as it is very much appreciated."

    Drew Davidson - Corporate Bid Manager, Cooperative Travel Management

  • "Lime Associates provided top notch work & detailed documentation that allowed clear, concise decision making"

    Anthony James - Vice President Operations & Quality, Bioventus

  • "Lime Associates expertise has allowed us to make further improvements to our World Class global supply chain"

    Noel Waters - SVP Global Operations , Smith & Nephew Advanced Wound Management

  • "I would have no hesitation in recommending Lime Associates... They delivered six figure savings for us"

    Gavin Jones - Group Finance Director, Owen Mumford, UK

  • "I was very impressed with their professionalism. I'm happy to recommend Lime Associates in the future"

    Diana Molina - Country Domain Head - Scientific & Clinical, Genzyme, UK

  • "Lime Associates have demonstrated an in depth knowledge of medical grade logistics"

    Drummond McKenzie - Finance Director, Tissue Therapies, Australia

  • "Lime Associates expertise in SAP implementation was pivotal in the development of our manufacturing systems "

    Peter Kruger - Finance Director, Global Operations, Smith & Nephew Advanced Wound Management

  • "Lime Associates helped us source a tricky Medical component from China"

    Matthew Tully - Managing Director, Single Use Surgical, UK

  • "Lime Associates helped me achieve a 30% price reduction on our first day of engagement!"

    Paul Currah - Strategic Purchasing Manager, Owen Mumford, UK

  • "It was a pleasure working with such an experienced team"

    Andy Thelwell - Managing Director, Crux Healthcare, UK

  • "Lime Associates showed a thorough understanding of the contract healthcare market"

    David Bytheway - Head of Business Development, Flexible Medical, UK

  • "We have found the process with Lime Associates to be incredibly transparent and constructive"

    Lucy O'Neill - Managing Director, Star Medical, UK

  • "It’s been good to work with Lime Associates. It has been a pleasure, thanks for your help!"

    Nick Windle - Project Manager, Single Use Surgical, UK