As a leader in the pharmaceutical industry, Eli Lilly employs more than 41,000 people worldwide and markets its medicines in 143 countries. This global, research-based company was founded by Colonel Eli Lilly in May 1876 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A 38-year-old pharmacist and a veteran of the US Civil War, Colonel Lilly was frustrated by the poorly prepared, often ineffective medicines of his day. Consequently, he made a commitment to himself and to the public to provide the best quality products, based on latest technology, and professionally administered. Case Study: Remarkably a company with a history of advanced science and medicine like Eli Lilly had one of the oldest and most cumbersome application infrastructures in the industry. When BIA was engaged to rebuild their applications infrastructure and develop leading edge solutions it was touted as the most ambitious IT project in their history. Key business practices need to be modernized and integrated that previously could not be incorporated in their applications suite. Automated manufacturing, warehouse management, automated sales force, CRM, end to end supply chain optimization…these were all best practice solutions that Eli Lilly was unable to leverage until this project. There were so many advantages to be gained from this implementation that their ROI was less than one year. At the same time, Eli Lilly was divesting a division that manufactured home medical devices. As Hyperion was sold, the business had to be carved out of the Eli Lilly infrastructure. Previously the businesses had been tightly integrated and now facilities and personnel were being segregated into two organizations. BIA played a key role in supporting and managing the divestiture as well as the ERP implementation. Through this process, the deep industry knowledge and leading edge IT capabilities BIA brought to play mitigated risk and improved overall delivery.

Recognized as a leading innovation-driven corporation, Lilly is developing a growing portfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products to meet some of the world's most urgent medical needs. To meet these goals state of the art technology and equally innovative solutions are needed to facilitate their drive. Expansive research, clinical trials and collaboration are the cornerstones of future success. BIA, working in concert with Eli Lilly has helped bring leading applications into the organization and perhaps more importantly utilize those applications to their fullest extent. Today Eli Lilly has fully deployed, modern applications for all of it’s activities be it supply chain, customer service or business intelligence. Managing your business processes is equally as important as having the right software to run them on. By bringing best practices and process engineering to a software solutions suite, BIA has in effect harmonized operational and tactical processes with strategic initiatives. By establishing strong partnerships and cooperating with third party vendors, BIA has been able to consistently quality products that our customers have come to expect. Be it hardware, software of business processes BIA can deliver leading solutions with leading partners. Utilizing centers of excellence and extensive experience BIA is the ideal strategic partner for your business. “If you can’t afford to do things right the first time, You’ll be able to afford it the second time.” Hugh Sawyer, IT Director, Eli Lilly