Some partnerships start with a contract. The best ones start with a shared conviction. Long before any joint solution took shape, SCW.AI and The OSICS Network were already speaking the same language about pharma manufacturing: the biggest gains are rarely locked behind massive capital projects – they are sitting on the shop floor, waiting to be found.
That conviction came through clearly when Fabrice Le Garrec, Founder of The OSICS Network and a globally recognized authority on lean manufacturing and operational excellence, joined the SCW for Pharma podcast hosted by SCW.AI Founder & CEO Dr. Evren Ozkaya.
Pharma is the basic, basic, basic of OpEx. There's 20–30% productivity out there, anywhere you look - and it's not even with additional investment.
The opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight
On the podcast, Fabrice made a case that resonates across the industry. In most pharma plants, a 20–30% productivity improvement is achievable without major capital investment – through better changeovers, less paperwork, and simply organizing work more effectively. The path he describes is pragmatic: prove the value through focused “boosters,” mini-transformations, and lighthouse projects, then scale what works across the site.
But Fabrice is equally clear on a hard truth: digital tools are only as good as the culture and data behind them. Technology can reveal where the hidden capacity is – yet it takes experienced people, working shoulder-to-shoulder with plant teams, to turn that insight into lasting change.
That is precisely the gap SCW.AI and OSICS close together.
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Platform + People: Better Together
SCW.AI’s Digital Factory Platform gives manufacturers real-time visibility into line, labor, and asset performance – following the simple logic at the heart of SCW.AI’s approach: Data → Dashboard → Decision. OSICS brings a network of senior pharma operational excellence experts who work through a manufacturer’s own teams to convert those decisions into measurable, durable performance.
Together, the partnership delivers:
- Data-driven diagnostics – live platform data grounds every expert assessment, replacing guesswork with evidence.
- Collaborative delivery – OSICS experts run hands-on transformation through the manufacturer’s teams, not around them.
- Lasting capability – improvements are owned internally, so gains endure long after a project ends.
- One partnership – platform and expertise, unified under a single, coordinated engagement.
A Global Answer for Pharma’s Productivity Gap
Pharma manufacturing challenges look remarkably similar across regions – and so does the opportunity. Increasingly, SCW.AI and OSICS are working together across geographies, pairing SCW.AI’s Digital Factory Platform with the right operational excellence experts for pharma manufacturers on the other side of the world. Wherever a plant sits, the model is the same: bring the data and the expertise together, and help teams capture the productivity that is already within reach.
In an environment shaped by rising costs and shifting trade dynamics, optimizing existing sites – rather than building new ones – has never been more strategic. That is the future SCW.AI and OSICS are building for pharma, together.
Join Us at CPhI Milan 2026
SCW.AI and OSICS are hosting an intimate, interactive round-table dinner at CPhI Milan – a conversation on operational excellence and AI in pharma manufacturing, co-facilitated by the two people behind this partnership.
OpEx & AI in Manufacturing Dinner - by SCW.AI and OSICS
- Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 19:00
- Milan (CPhI)
An interactive, small round-table executive dinner for:
- COOs
- Heads of OpEx
- Heads of Manufacturing, and similar pharma leaders.
Co-facilitated by Fabrice Le Garrec (OSICS) and Dr. Evren Ozkaya (SCW.AI) – both former McKinsey consultants and industry veterans from Teva and Sandoz/Novartis, drawing on insights from many hands-on digital and business transformations across the pharma industry.
Over dinner, we’ll explore:
- The future of pharma manufacturing: how to get ready for AI
- Operational performance now: the key levers to pull and capabilities to build
Space is strictly limited.
Watch the Conversation
Hear Fabrice Le Garrec and Dr. Evren Ozkaya discuss operational excellence, hidden productivity, and the road to the digital factory on the SCW for Pharma podcast.
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