American Health Packaging And Innovation Essay

Business Innovation at American Health Packaging

American Health Packaging (AHP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen, located in Columbus Ohio (AHP, 2014). The business provides customized pharmaceutical packaging to two main customer groups; pharmacies and drug manufacturers. The strong position the firm has within the pharmaceutical packaging industry is the result of the high level of innovation, seen with the number of patent protected proprietary products; of approximately 380 SKUs, one third are exclusive to the organization and protected by patents (AHP, 2014).

To consider the way innovation takes place it is necessary to look at general approaches to innovation, consider which is most aligned with the organizations operation. Firms may approach innovation in different ways. Traditional approaches to innovation will focus on the development of evolutionary changes; making small improvements to existing products and systems (Mintzberg et al., 2011). The innovation led organization will have a more proactive approach towards innovation which is more flexible and may lead to greater levels of revolutionary or radical change (Mintzberg...

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The former model is likely to have an internal focus, where products are examined in order to identify small changes may be made, the latter model as a greater focus on customer needs and end goals, and then looks at the best way in which those goals may be achieved, it utilizing existing or new approaches (Mintzberg et al., 2011).
An examination of American Health Packaging (AHP) may indicate that many of the innovations introduced are incremental and evolutionary rather than revolutionary, but the approach is one that is proactive. The advertising for the organization demonstrate a high level of focus on customer, with the ability to design and manufacture customized products for their clients (AHP, 2014). Areas of innovation which are resulting in patents and exclusive products include those which are of most concern to customers; including innovation in terms of packaging design, including blister packaging and a bottle packaging, the development and provision of ready to dispense packaging with barcodes, and measures to support anti-counterfeiting, such as RFID, unique serialization, as well as distinctive labeling,

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American Health Packaging, (AHP), (2014), Home Page, accessed at http://www.americanhealthpackaging.com/AboutUs/Careers.aspx on 27th June 2014

AmerisourceBergen, (2013), 10-k, accessed at http://www.amerisourcebergen.com/investor/phoenix.zhtml?c=61181&p=irol-sec on 27th June 2014

Mintzberg Henry, Ahlstrand Bruce, Lampel Joseph B, (2011), Strategy Safari: The Complete Guide Through the Wilds of Strategic Management, Financial Times / Prentice Hall


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