Pharmaceutical Industry JD-NET Solution

Tenon provides Pharmaceutical Industry JD-NET Solution, an EDI application for linking the VAN services provided by JD-NET to the enterprise business systems of pharmaceutical manufacturers.

  • An EDI solution adopted by the majority of the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical industry enterprises
  • Full support for EDI basic functions such as data communication and format conversion, as well as for required EDI functions including master-based data conversion and linkage of SAP ERP and other enterprise business systems
  • Creation of templates for the industry-specific functions essential to performing EDI information linkage via JD-NET, including code conversions such as transaction category conversion and wholesale depot code conversion, data processing such as order/shikiri data division, and recovery processes such as resending functions (out of stock/shikiri).

Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Japan consists of a large-scale supply chain that involves numerous manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, hospitals, and other business operators. Due to the nature of the products handled and the format of retailing, sales and logistics are characterized by the need for frequent, multi-site delivery in addition to small-lot, high-mix product types.

In the operation of pharmaceutical product transactions, unique transaction operations must be carried out to respond to the central government’s measures for revision of drug price standards, calling for steady and timely work that encompasses not only business departments but also IT departments. As drug price revisions will be carried out every year from fiscal 2021, this operational load is expected to increase further.

To improve efficiency in drug distribution, transaction data exchange systems between drug manufacturers and drug wholesalers have undergone long study, with the JD-NET service provided as industry-standard information network infrastructure.

This allows pharmaceutical manufacturers and wholesalers to exchange commercial transaction information of varied types, including order receipt and placement information, wholesale sales information, shikiri/delivery slip guidance information, wholesale inventory information, and price contact information, following unified industry rules provided by JD-NET.

Our Pharmaceutical Industry JD-NET Solution provides EDI application functions that are indispensable for linking the enterprise business systems of pharmaceutical manufacturers to JD-NET as a package solution. For the application functions required for ERP by pharmaceutical manufacturers using SAP ERP, we also provide our Pharmaceuticals Sales Template (PST).

Click here for information on the Pharmaceutical Sales Template

The primary functions of Pharmaceutical Industry JD-NET Solution are as follows.

  • Transmission/reception status monitoring
  • Incoming transmission scheduling
  • File forwarding control
  • JD-NET-ERP format conversion
  • Character code conversion
  • Various communication controls
  • Transaction category conversion
  • Order data partitioning
  • Shikiri data consolidation
  • Wholesaler depot code conversion
  • Uniform product code conversion
  • Shikiri resending function
  • Conversion master maintenance
  • User management
  • Log management
  • Data cleanup
  • Backup

Our Pharmaceutical Industry JD-NET Solution contributes to work efficiency, quality improvement, and cost reduction in customers’ JD-NET-based EDI transaction information linkage through the following unique points and advantages.

  • An EDI solution adopted by many of the world’s top 20 companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries
  • Packaging of best practices based on a track record of provision to over 30 companies in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries
  • Full support for EDI basic functions such as data communication and format conversion, as well as for required EDI functions including master-based data conversion and linkage of SAP ERP and other enterprise business systems
  • Creation of templates for the industry-specific functions essential to performing EDI information linkage via JD-NET, including code conversions such as transaction category conversion and wholesale depot code conversion, data processing such as order/shikiri data partitioning, and recovery processes such as resending functions (Out of stock/shikiri)
  • Ability to support JD-NET work processes that encompass enterprise business systems for drug manufacturers using SAP ERP, by linking with our separately provided Pharmaceutical Sales Template (PST)

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