7th Annual World Drug Manufacturing Summit 2008 – Driving operational excellence. Delivering competitive advantage

Driving operational excellence. Delivering competitive advantage.

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Now a 3 day event

9th - 11th September 2008

Swissôtel Dusseldorf, Germany

Welcome to WDM 2008, the world leading event on drug manufacturing excellence.

This three day event brings together around 200 senior pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing leaders to understand how to drive down production costs, increase speed-to-market and achieve competitive advantage in an increasingly regulated environment

Hot topics include:

Implementing a structured operational excellence programme
Vendor managed inventory – moving towards a leaner enterprise
Continuous flow manufacturing – understanding opportunities for Pharma
Simplifying and reducing complex manufacturing steps – increasing manufacturing throughput
Implementing lean manufacturing methodologies in pharma – achieving manufacturing excellence
Achieving quality by design throughout manufacturing

2008 speakers include:
	Dr. Frank Hoffmann Head of Global Operational Excellence Merck Serono Germany
	Jean-François Ricard Chemical Production Director UCB s.a. Belgium
	Chuck Forsaith Corporate Director, Supply Chain Security Purdue Pharma USA
	Dr. Spencer Fisk Director USP Organon The Netherlands
	Robert D. Miller Executive Director Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence USA

Specialist advisory board

We work with a number of leading experts and practitionners who help develop the programme to ensure it truly reflects the needs of the industry. For more information please click here

Featuring pre-arranged one-to-one meetings

Accelerate the networking and deal-making process by taking pre-arranged business meetings with fellow delegates and leading solution providers at the 7th Annual World Drug Manufacturing Summit

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