Peakdale Molecular

Reaching the Peak in Contract Chemistry !

By 2002 Peakdale realised the urgent need to replace their existing Financials and Business management software systems. After several years of very rapid growth, those systems were increasingly failing to live up to Peakdales expectations. Running Sage Line 100, they were have major batch control problems. Peakdale's business largely centres around producing batches of molecular chemicals, making accurate and efficient batch control recording of utmost importance.

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With accurate control of stock and other issues increasing, the recognition of the limitations of Sage 100 proved the trigger to invest in a new system. That system would urgently need to address their existing requirements, and be capable of keeping pace with the dramatic developments in their business. Without any capable industry-specific solutions on offer, they investigated a number of systems, and were immediately impressed with de Facto S5's comprehensive integrated solution.

Demanding Time Scales and Effective Methodologies

Due to the urgency of the situation, De Facto were called upon to carry out a very rapid and crucial implementation of S5. The ability to deliver this was a key factor in Peakdale committing to the de Facto solution. With our extensive experience in implementation and deployment, we were able to lead Peakdale through from initial training to live running in only 3 weeks! Such was the adherence to efficient and effective methodologies that the limited time span posed no undue difficulties, and to the delight of Peakdales management, the implementation went without a hitch.

Chemistry Industry Requirements in a Standard Package

Such is the power and flexibility of de Facto S5 that Peakdale were quickly convinced that the system could handle the key requirements of their highly specialised business. Peakdale design and produce novel compounds and intermediates to order. As such, they produce large numbers of variants at a time, each of which is in some way unique. Without any modifications, S5 was able to give Peakdale the levels of stock traceability and batch traceability that are core to their business.

S5 was also able to deliver the efficient handling of variable units of measure, as the volumes of their compounds produced are not known in advance. Indeed, Peakdale are able to use S5 to manage all the unique aspects of producing screening compounds and intermediates, without any programming modifications to the standard software.

Divergent Business Activities Handled with Ease

Peakdale have a number of business activities that demand quite different capabilities from a financial and business management system. As such, de Facto S5 fits the bill as a system that is renowned for its flexibility. Peakdale offer four main services to their customers:

• Novel chemicals through their Intermediates Catalogue.
• Lead-like molecules through their Screening Compounds.
• Chemistry on demand through their Custom Synthesis Service.
• Drug Discovery expertise through their Contract Research Service.

Developing Screening Compounds which involves producing literally thousands of discrete products requires very different IT processes to delivering their Contract Research Service which involves selling their scientists time. Their Intermediates Catalogue is a rapidly expanding list of novel building blocks for drug discovery programs.

Peakdale further offer Discovery Services of Custom Synthesis and Contract Research, where projects are undertaken on either fixed fee quotation basis, or time and materials approach. All in all, it adds up to complex and varying demands being placed upon their Financials and Logistics systems. Where previously Peakdale had to supplement the limited functionality of Sage with extra external activities in Word and Excel, de Facto S5 has enabled them to replace their disparate information systems with one integrated solution, with obvious business benefits.

Dynamic, Dependable and Committed!

These are exciting times for Peakdale, as it has quickly built up a global reputation for delivering high quality chemistry products in a cost-effective manner, to demanding time scales. To empower this operation and future proof themselves for their projected growth in scale, they needed a business solution that matched them in dynamism and dependability. Recognising the credentials of De Facto, of our S5 solution and our commitment to deliver a system implementation to very tight deadlines, Peakdale were confident they made a strategic choice. Our partnership has gone from strength to strength, and we believe de Facto S5 to be the ideal system to support Peakdale's drive for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of drug development and discovery.

The Ideal ERP and Accounting Software for UK Manufacturing Businesses

de Facto S5 has all the key features you need to handle Manufacturing activities, including a powerful Production Module, Time and Materials Planning and Costing, Fully Featured Distribution, Costing and Financials modules, flexible Order, Batch and Process based options, and more. S5 is the ideal ERP solution for any UK business that Manufactures products.

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Other Activities

Manufacturer | Importer | Processor | Packer | Mail Order | Trader | Distributor | Wholesaler

Marketplaces

de Facto S5 has been implemented across a range of marketplaces, including the following:

Wine and Drink | Food | Fresh Produce | Packaging | Building Trade | Engineering | Electronics