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Pharmaceutical News
ProModel Corporation is pleased to announce an industry-specific conference
for the Pharmaceutical industry.
The 2nd Annual 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
Join decision-makers in the pharmaceutical industry within R&D and
manufacturing who would like to be able to make faster, more accurate
decisions with a higher degree of confidence when it comes to complex
strategic and mission critical issues.
To
register click here.
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
Pre-Conference Workshops Include:
Strategic Planning
Assessing the Impact of Possible Portfolio Initiatives on
Resource Requirements, Timelines and Financials Across the Enterprise
In this workshop, attendees will be exposed to:
• Strategic Initiative evaluation using predictive analysis
• Bridging the gap between strategic & tactical planning
• Developing a methodology & toolset where longer term, strategic
plans drive the shorter term, tactical planning efforts.
Example of initiatives:
• In-licensing
• Cycle time reduction
• Increasing/decreasing capacity
Tactical / Operational
Cost Effective Approaches to Managing the Impact of a Variable
Forecast on Operations
In this workshop, attendees will be exposed to:
• Cost effective approaches to managing a variable demand schedule
on operations
• Better analyze the use of resources – both people and equipment
• Explore options surrounding batch size and batch frequency
• Learn how to assess the economic impact as process improvement
initiatives are being evaluated
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If you have any questions, please contact Christine Bunker at
cbunker@promodel.com or (801)223-4601.
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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…
“Meeting and discussions
with similar professionals using modeling was great”
Joe Cancelarich - Pfizer
“Panel discussion was
good, diverse background of speakers and audience.”
Jim Velez – Merck
“[What I enjoyed most
about the conference was] Sharing experiences with other companies”
Greg Gordon – Smith’s Medical |
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