Education Session

106 - Logistics: Follow the Money/Material and the Impact on Unit Pricing

Get Agenda 8 November 13.00-17.00
ISPE CEUs: 0.35


Tracks: SurvivalSupply

In today’s highly competitive arena, how do companies respond to the powerful market drivers of generic and off-shore unit pricing? To meet these challenges, unit costs must be reduced, but then product capacity of existing operations must be increased necessitating upgrades and additional production lines with limited capital investment. How do companies concurrently maintain product integrity and capacity flow while analyzing the existing process prior to proceeding with the retrofit and/or procurement of equipment?

The achievement of these goals is a complex matter and entails careful consideration of the following:

  • Every step in the production process
  • How and when materials are delivered to points of use
  • Identify individual constraints impacting line balance

How You Will Benefit

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Evaluate business and production objectives and weigh them against existing limitations
  • Benchmark current Industry standards for logistics and their impact on the cost of producing a product and alternatives to reduce unit cost
  • Identify line balance and all line constraints to identify the limit of the current production and feasible cost

Who Should Attend

Professionals from production/manufacturing operations, master planning/engineering, cost control, methods, marketing, and procurement

ISPE Communities of Practice (COPs)

API, CU, Packaging, PPD, PM, and SF

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Session Leader

  • Walter Motyka, Sr Director, Logistics & Strategy, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc USA

Session Presenters

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