Company Overview 

Aprogen Biologics is a biotechnology company specializing in the research and manufacturing of antibody-engineered products, proteins, and cell cultures. Building on years of fundamental research, the company has accumulated innovative protein drug development technologies and established biopharmaceutical production facilities with a capacity of 300,000 liters.

Supported by professionals with extensive domestic and international experience, Aprogen Biologics conducts clinical development for global new drugs and biosimilars and operates production infrastructure compliant with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) requirements.

 Customer Needs 

Aprogen needed an inventory management system for raw materials and supplies that could satisfy the standards required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. The company constructed an automated warehouse with 3,000 storage cells and required a reliable and accurate system to ensure the audit trails and data integrity mandated by cGMP. SAP EWM was selected to meet these requirements.

 Why Woongjin and the Solution Were Chosen 

SAP EWM was considered the optimal solution because it provides the capabilities required to control automated warehouse operations. Woongjin was selected as the implementation partner based on its extensive SAP EWM project experience in Korea.

The project aimed to establish cGMP-compliant inventory management, improve automated warehouse efficiency and productivity, and enhance management capabilities. Woongjin successfully supported the implementation through SAP S/4HANA consulting and Computer System Validation (CSV) services.

 Results 

Following the implementation, Aprogen introduced barcode-based error-proofing processes to prevent operational mistakes. This reduced errors across raw material receiving, storage, issuance, and shipping. System integration also improved information sharing and standardized enterprise-wide processes.

SAP EWM and the SAP Production Planning and Materials Management modules are now in the stabilization phase. Aprogen plans to further develop electronic signature and raw material weighing systems.

 Project Keywords 

#SAPEWM #AutomatedWarehouse #cGMP #DataIntegrity #ProcessStandardization