| Laboratory Resource Planning for Quality Control of Pharmaceuticals Dr. Walter Bühla, Joachim Daniela, Dr. Martin Höyncka, Dr. Winfried Jänickeb, and Dr. Sabine Szarowskib Merckle GmbHa, Ulm (Germany), and OR Soft Jänicke GmbHb, Merseburg (Germany)
The following article describes how the production planning for solid pharmaceuticals can be completed and supported by a subordinate lab resource planning tool for quality control purposes (to plan e.g. personnel, HPLC equipment etc.). The main objective is to organize lab labour in a way that allows the finished products to be delivered in time. It is described how production orders taken from the production planning module and simulated inspection orders originating from the quality management module are merged in an addon for ERP systems. With the help of this addon the data objects can be jointly visualized in browsers as Gantt charts, enabling the user to gain an overview and to plan the allocation of the resources automatically and technologically feasibly. A dynamic pegging algorithm is used to schedule the orders across all manufacturing levels. The article is based on experiences made after the addon was implemented in an SAP R/3 environment.
Key words Laboratory scheduling, duetime testing, personnel • SAP R/3, QM, PP-PI |
