Improve pharmaceutical supply decisions by mapping external signals to your internal records
Your ERP shows what happened. Ceres shows what's coming — layering geopolitical risk, logistics disruption, raw material changes, and supplier signals onto your purchase orders and SKU records before delays become visible internally.
Internal supply data shows what happened. It does not always show what is coming.
The data your team already has — purchase orders, supplier records, SKU positions, delivery dates — tells you what's in the pipeline. It doesn't tell you which of those orders are at risk right now. That's the gap Ceres closes.
External Risk Signals
- Supplier facility disruption
- Port and logistics pressure
- Weather and natural disasters
- Raw material and price movement
- Geopolitical and trade risk
- Public filings & recalls
Three things your team can do with Ceres that you can't do in a spreadsheet
Monitor & Score
Assign a risk score to every supplier and SKU combination. Know which ones to watch before the ERP flags a problem.
Pricing Risk
Flag price volatility on APIs and raw materials, and surface contract and tariff risks before they escalate.
Reduce Burden
Ceres AI surfaces changes when they matter.
Common Workflows
Delay Scoring
Use internal purchase order history and external signals to identify patterns before delays occur.
Delay Severity Forecasting
Move beyond yes-or-no; estimate short, moderate, severe delays.
Shortage & Recovery Monitoring
Track ongoing shortages and monitor signals for recovery indicators.
Supplier & SKU Risk Monitoring
Track active supplier and SKU risk across your portfolio. Updated automatically as conditions change.
Know which suppliers and SKUs are at risk before the ERP catches up.
Your procurement team needs lead time — not a report confirming what already happened. Decisions feed back into your ERP. No separate workflow.
- Score suppliers by disruption probability
- Flag active purchase orders under pricing pressure
- Surface the signal behind each risk flag
- Push risk scores and decisions back to your ERP
Earlier visibility means more options.
One pharma client could only manage three weeks of forward visibility internally. Ceres extended that to six months — 8x further out. That gap is the difference between reacting to a shortage and having time to do something about it.
- Surface disruptions weeks earlier
- Reduce emergency procurement spend
- Prioritize patient-critical SKUs
- Explain why each flag was raised
See it in your environment.
Schedule a walkthrough and we'll show you how it works against your suppliers, SKUs, and planning data.