Operations

When launching a product into the consumer marketplace, you want to have a solid strategy to achieve the greatest success possible. It’s no different when pushing a new drug or device to market, regardless of how big your market is. One of the most important pillars in your strategy should be patient support. For those […]

In the star-schema based data modeling, it is not very often to turn on slowly change dimension as type 2, while it will bring some advantage to feed some requirements such as ‘show me the history change for one business group folks’, ‘show me the revenue and cost incurred by the employees at point of […]

As 2014 comes to a close, a few last-minute accolades are being awarded. I recently wrote about BioPharm, a life sciences-focused IT consulting company that Perficient acquired in April 2014, being named to Inc. Magazine’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States for 2014. Just yesterday, we received word that BioPharm was named to […]

In previous posts we’ve discussed how to introduce advanced analytics into your BI platform and along the way we introduced several new technologies. These technologies range from self-service query tools to cloud-based visualizations. Even though the previous scenario was based on the Healthcare industry, the concepts and technologies can be applied across all industries. But […]

While big data is a catchy buzzword and many race to offer their own definition of it, many still struggle to understand what it really means and question its real value. According to a recent survey conducted by Talend, only 10% of respondents were engaged in a large scale big data implementation project, while 36% […]

Life is an adventure and weekends are meant to embrace the new…as long as you are carrying cash. Spending time in the community and randomly stumbling upon fairs or carnivals is one of the great joys of life. But without cash, these joys can quickly turn into frustration. In the past few weeks, I can […]

Ask any IT project manager what one of their greatest challenges is when it comes to putting together a project plan, and they will likely tell you: estimates. According to a study published by Harvard Business Review, one in six projects presents a cost overrun of 200% and a schedule overrun of 70%, with the […]

I recently attended a webinar titled “10 Killer Applications for Digital Signatures in the Life Sciences Enterprise,” in which Rodd Schlerf from ARX, the maker of CoSign, discussed how various departments in a life sciences organization can make use of digital signatures. Although the list I gathered below from the webinar is just a glimpse of […]

Microsoft and Salesforce has made significant progress to their strategic partnership announced in May. They unveiled new joint solutions—including Salesforce1 for Windows, Salesforce for Office, and Power BI for Office 365 and Excel integrations with Salesforce—at Dreamforce 2014.  The companies disclosed that in early 2015, they will release a Salesforce1 app for Windows Phone. Alongside, […]

Many pharma, biotech and medical device companies are moving towards an outsourced clinical trial management model. This approach eliminates the need for them to run their own trials and, instead, allows them to rely on clinical research organizations (CROs) to conduct them. In last week’s webinar, “Automatically Retrieving and Loading Data into Siebel CTMS from […]

Personal sites (formerly known as My Sites) are provisioned on demand in Office 365. Only when the user first clicks e.g. their OneDrive link in the suite bar is their personal site actually provisioned. This was a prudent architectural decision on Microsoft’s part to not provision space until it is actually needed. Anybody who managed […]

A clinical trial management system (CTMS) is a software application that centralizes the management of clinical trials. It enables informed decision-making based on real-time data and simplifies historical reporting. A solution, such as Siebel CTMS, helps streamline business processes, trim costs, and reduce the time it takes for trials to complete. Deciding whether or not […]