Press Release

Recent Success in Macedonia! - 15/08/07

The largest Macedonian pharmaceutical company, Alkaloid AD, based in Skopje have recently gone live with a compliant and validated ERP data information system known as AlkaSAP. The implementation took one year with two million Euros being invested in software and consultancy services. ComplianceControl consultants and their software products, ComplianceControl Centre and cGARD, were used as a key part of the success story working with SAP Partner, b4b.

Above: Headline from the Macedonian newspaper, www.kapital.com.mk, announcing the successful golive of a mySAP ERP 2005 system in Alkaloid AD. From the left: Zivko Mukaetov, General Manager of Alkaloid AD and Carl Turner, Director and Principal Consultant, leading the validation project from ComplianceControl.

Zivko Mukaetov, Alkaloid General Manager, said: "We are delighted to have chosen ComplianceControl as our Compliance and Validation Partner. Our investment will help us as a company to move forward, as they were the driving force to ensure we went live on time with a compliant system".

"The benefits expected from the implementation include greater efficiency optimization and unification of business processes, which comply to GxP and global standards using validated software," stressed Mukaetov.

Nikola Dimovski, IT Director, said: "Working with ComplianceControl has helped us to understand the regulatory requirements of IT and business systems more clearly and conduct compliance activities in a practical and compliant manner. By providing a combination of Training, Services and Products, ComplianceControl have helped our staff understand and manage required compliance activities".

Carl Turner, ComplianceControl Director and Principal Consultant, who appeared live on Macedonian television as part of the launch, said: "Working as a team we have laid down the foundations for Alkaloid to move forward in a compliant manner and ensure that the company can grow and meet its business objectives in the short, medium, and long term. The project was an exciting challenge for all of us and a combination of our consultancy services from both the UK and Poland offices demonstrates that we can deliver a compliant solution at a cost effective price".

Jonathan Hurle, ComplianceControl Senior Consultant, said: "The implementation has provided a compliant solution baseline which can help take the company forward. Use of our regulatory database cGARD and our management tool ComplianceControl Centre has helped to ensure that the implementation was conducted, and can now be maintained, in a timely and cost effective manner".

Zeljko Andic, b4b Project Manager, said: "We are delighted to have worked with ComplianceControl and the successful launch of the system on-time and within budget proves everything".