Keynote Session
Monday, 5 November 08.30 – 11.45
Charles A. (Charlie) Portwood, President, Technical Operations and Product Supply (TO&PS), Wyeth, discusses Leveraging Integrated Standard Systems to Achieve High Impact Business Results.
Gary Convis, Chairman of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky and Executive Vice
President of Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, discusses the
role of management in lean manufacturing. Convis shares the elements of the Toyota
Production System and its commitment to a “customer first” philosophy across all facets of
manufacturing and production.
Uri Boneh, Director of Global Engineering, Teva Global Generic Resources, speaks on Teva’s
Jerusalem oral solid dosage plant recently completed and approved by the US FDA. New
manufacturing and packaging technologies were applied while providing a one-step-forward
level of GMP to increase efficiency and reduce production costs.
