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ProModel Corporation is pleased to announce an industry-specific conference for the Pharmaceutical industry.

The 2nd Capacity and Productivity Improvement Conference for the Pharmaceutical Industry, Using Simulation Technology to Improve Decision Making Capability

Dates: October 10-11, 2007
Location: Philadelphia, PA

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

Call for presentations:
ProModel is currently accepting applications for presentations demonstrating the success you have experience in these areas. This is a great opportunity to showcase the simulation work you are doing at your company. Each presentation should be approximately 45 minutes long (including some time for questions) and will be published in the conference proceedings distributed to all conference attendees.

If you are interested in sharing your project at the 2007 Capacity and Productivity Improvement Conference, please email an abstract (approx. 100 words) to Christine Bunker at cbunker@promodel.com. If you have any questions, please contact Christine at (801)223-4601.

Some of the Companies in Attendance Last Year:


Johnson&Johnson, Pfizer, Wyeth, Merck, Eli Lily, Allergan, Astrazeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Hoffman La Roche, and more…

…some of which said…
Joe Cancelarich - Pfizer
“Meeting and discussions with similar professionals using modeling was great”

Jim Velez – Merck
“Panel discussion was good, diverse background of speakers and audience.”

Greg Gordon – Smith’s Medical
“Sharing experiences with other companies”