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Integrated Sourcing

Octagon's vision for integrated sourcing is to provide technology enabled resources across the document, data and submission lifecycle. These technology enabled resources differentiate the integrated sourcing offering from traditional resourcing strategies because they offer consulting as well business process outsourcing through a common platform that enables collaboration while also offering task-specific functionality. In this model, Octagon's ViewPoint platform is licensed (hosted or on-premise installation) as the foundation for interactions and Octagon resources are enlisted to provide various tasks or entire business functions.

Technology enabled resources:

  • Deliver expert services in a controlled environment that the client can access at any time
  • Offer global access to broad expertise
  • Distribute extended capacity across bottlenecked procedures
  • Provide just-in-time collaboration during mission critical processes

Benefits over Traditional Outsourcing

Tighter integration of resources enabled through technology

Additional skilled Octagon resources can be accessed at any time throughout the submission process. This model provides global access to skilled resources through a common platform. Teams can be quickly expanded or contracted to meet the ebb and flow of cyclical business needs.

Replaces a series of individual “throw it over the wall” transactions with a collaborative
process in a secure environment.

Tasks and processes can be shared in different ways, depending on client need and deadlines. Connected tasks can be managed and viewed as a process.

Offers transitional capabilities to clients moving from outsourcing toward technology acquisition.

This model eliminates the outsourcing vs. technology acquisition discussion because it is no longer an either/or choice. Clients are empowered to transition toward a technology acquisition while learning and producing regulatory documents and submissions in a supported environment. For example, learning from their experience with Octagon teams, clients can begin to derive their own content and resource plans.

Clients are empowered to determine the level of interaction with Octagon teams. Client need drives level of support from Octagon throughout the process and determines what activities are kept in-house vs. those they pass to Octagon team members. Such activities may include (but are not limited to) the following: submission planning, coordinating resources, content tracking, publishing, reviewing, data compliance checking, identifying and resolving issues, dispatching submissions.

  • Just-in-time resourcing
  • Access to global expertise and skill sets
  • Flexible capacity planning across project portfolio
  • Integration with eDMS, strategic project management systems, email, data management and trial management
  • Metrics to motivate performance improvement initiatives
  • Safety net empowers small organizations to transition to eCTD within a secure environment that is supported by skilled resources
  • Rapid deployment offers immediate access to skilled resources
  • Efficient transition strategy enables sponsors to move toward technology acquisition at their own pace
  • Flexible planning so that Sponsors can do as little or as much as resources can handle and then give excess to Octagon
  • Built-in eDMS capabilities link resources to authoring and submission processes – one comprehensive environment vs. multiple tool sets

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