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ProModel invites you to the Capacity and Productivity Improvement for the Pharmaceutical Industry Conference

Using Simulation Technology to Improve Decision Making Capability

Dates: Oct 11-12, 2006
Location: New York Marriott East Side


Conference Topics Include:

R&D
• Strategic Planning
• Resource Investment Analysis & Allocation
• Product Development Prioritization
• Communicating the Solution Across the Organization
• Clinical Trial Recruitment Analysis
• Product Development Cycle Time/Time to Market Reduction
• Managing/Reducing Costs
• Portfolio Planning and Analysis

Manufacturing
• New Product Introductions
• Customer Delivery Performance
• Expansion or New Construction
• Outsourcing Decisions
• Prioritization and Implementation of Process Improvement
Projects, SixSigma, Lean, or Right First Time Initiatives
• Managing in a changing environment – adding and
subtracting products to the manufacturing production mix
• Supply Chain Design & Analysis
• Capacity Planning/Schedule Analysis
• Resource and Asset Management


Speaker Preview:

Raul Walker

Director, Research Informatics, Pfizer Global Research
The Cultural Acceptance and Growth of Simulation at Pfizer Research

Bill Connell
Tunell Consulting
Utilizing ProModel Simulation to Improve the QA Function Process and to Improve the QC Lab Operation: Two Pharmaceutical Industry Case Studies

Alan Poirier
Director, Analysis Metrics & Performance Group, Pfizer Global Research & Development
Workflow Forecasting – Common Workflow Currencies We Can Use to Assess Future Workloads

Mike Vanderspool
Project & Portfolio Manager, Pfizer Pharmacokinetics
The Evolution of Modeling Dynamic Resource Demand

Tharuvai Ramesh
Director of Operations Planning, Wyeth
Dynamic Simulation: A Tool for Operational Excellence in the Biotechnology Supply Chain

Greg Gordon
Engineering Manager, Smiths Medical
Use of Simulation in Design for Six Sigma

Chris Kelley
Associate Director, Pfizer
Predicting Regulatory Resource Requirements in Portfolio Simulator

John McGee
Senior Process Engineer, Merck
Vaccine Process Engineering


Brief Agenda

Wednesday, October 11:

Registration 8:00 - 9:00
Welcome & Sessions 9:00 - 12:00
Lunch 12:00 - 1:30
Sessions 1:30 - 5:00
Networking Reception 6:00 - 7:00
Dinner Social 7:00

Thursday, October 12:

Welcome & Sessions 9:00 - 12:00
Lunch 12:00 - 1:30
Sessions 1:30 - 3:00
Closing 3:00 - 3:30

Registration:
To register for the conference please use the ProModel Online Store.



Conference fee is $695.For additional questions please contact Christine Bunker at: phone (801) 223.4601 or by email: cbunker@promodel.com.


Accomodations

New York Marriott East Side

The East Side Marriott hotel is easy walking distance to Times Square, Grand Central Station, and is minutes from Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue. This architectural jewel has been redesigned to reflect its magnificent art-deco past .

Register for your hotel room by contacting the New York Marriott East Side directly at 800-228-9290 or 212-755-4000 and request the ProModel conference room block rate of $399.