Cost Optimization of Tablet Production
Pharmaceutical company with in-house tablet production
Tablet production was to become significantly more cost-efficient without jeopardising quality and compliance.
The challenge
The situation
The company wanted to optimize its tablet production processes to achieve significant cost reductions. The central challenge was to streamline production workflows while maintaining quality and compliance, based on a comprehensive review of workflows, cost structures and resource allocation.
Our approach
What we delivered
Reallocation of the production portfolio, so that the cost reduction does not come at the expense of quality and compliance.
Adjustment of the shift model to actual demand
Analysis of the cost structure of tablet manufacturing as the basis, before anything was changed in the workflows.
The outcome
Results & impact
30% lower production costs
Reduction in the production costs of tablet manufacturing.
Four months to target
Cost targets achieved within four months.
In summary
Tablet production runs at 30 percent lower cost with maintained quality and compliance, achieved within four months.
Related expertise
Lean Manufacturing →
Raises the efficiency of pharma production through lean processes and cost optimization without jeopardising the validated state, the core approach of this case study.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management →
Addresses the steering of production resources and capacity along the chain, fitting the reallocation of production lines and resources in this case study.
Lean Six Sigma →
Provides the methodological basis for the cost-structure and process analysis carried out to identify savings potential while preserving the GMP status.
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) →
Safeguards the maintenance of quality and compliance during the cost reduction in tablet production, explicitly named in the case study.
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