Core technology provides a unified platform for managing content across all business functions, including R and D, clinical trials, manufacturing, marketing and sales
First Consulting Group (FCG) has launched version 3.0 of FirstDoc, an enterprise content management (ECM) solution suite in the life sciences industry.
The newest version offers functional, usability and navigation enhancements designed to solidify its position in the industry.
The FirstDoc solution, built on the Documentum ECM platform, has been selected by six of the top ten pharmaceutical companies, many of which are implementing the solution as the ECM standard across their enterprise.
FirstDoc is the cornerstone of FCG's array of consulting, technology and outsourcing services that are designed to help life sciences leaders improve return on investment at all phases in the drug development lifecycle.
FirstDoc is the core technology that provides a unified platform for managing content across all business functions, including R and D, clinical trials, manufacturing, marketing and sales and medical information communications.
FirstDoc is said to be the only suite of solutions in the life sciences industry that offers full enterprise functionality in an out-of-the-box, regulatory compliant solution.
FirstDoc delivers ECM functionality specific to the life sciences industry without the need for costly customisation.
FirstDoc 3.0 offers significant usability improvements designed to significantly improve the user experience while performing their job functions by providing greater ease of navigation and simplification of application functions.
System administrators will notice significant improvements in performance and can now manage users via the FirstDoc web interface.
All of these improvements equate to measurable gains in efficiency and productivity.
With the 3.0 release of FirstDoc, FCG says it has applied its deep domain knowledge to address typical problem areas within the pharmaceutical enterprise.
These problem areas have been answered through improvements in features, functions, and automatic integration with other core organisational systems, such as electronic publishing systems.
With the system's robust new capabilities, companies can streamline submissions, increase ease of publishing, and ensure greater levels of compliance through enhanced system and security checks.
"FCG clients rely on FirstDoc for global scalability, including multilingual capability and the ability to adapt to local business practices. "They also rely on our experts for their domain knowledge and in-depth familiarity of the specific challenges and processes inherent in a pharmaceutical company environment.
"The combination provides a regulatory-compliant solution that has brought to our clients real productivity gains and increased ROI," said Jeff Klein, vice president, global delivery for FCG's life sciences practice.
