Published on fiercepharmamanufacturing.com
The iPad's ability to probe the fine details of operational data
and make them comprehensible to those who might not otherwise
understand their implications is among the biggest drivers of the
device to the pharma factory floor. Its use in tactical functions
in an efficiency-tweaker compared with what VP/GM Andy Amalfitano
of software supplier Solarsoft Business Systems, sees.
"It can be even more powerful in the hands of management,
looking at every strategic advantage that could boost the bottom
line. That's where manufacturing intelligence comes into play," he
gushes in PharmaPro.
Some might see this as a good thing while others might not. But
at this point, there's no stopping the iPad's march into the pharma
plant.
Last week we reported Pfizer's use of the device to bring data
not normally available on the plant floor to ops personnel.
Amalfitano marries the iPad to lean manufacturing, where he
believes the device can help cut down on "massive amounts of red
tape."
The marriage of ops data and the iPad has already helped
manufacturing companies "transformed the way they do business, says
the 20-year manufacturing veteran. "I've never seen
executives so interested in and eager to manipulate detailed data"
according to the article. "We now have CEOs and division
presidents making decisions based on what's happening on the
factory floor right now."