Article | August 3, 2020
Customer Journey : Production supervisor at a pharmaceutical company
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Amanda is a detail oriented Production supervisor at XYZ Pharmaceutical Inc. She comes with years of experience within the Pharmaceutical industry - has developed her skills and grown into the supervisor role organically through the ups and downs of the company. Witnessing many FDA audits in her tenure at the company, she is constantly looking for ways to streamline the process in the best possible way in order to make sure all CGMP regulations are being met and FDA guidelines are adhered to.
She handles many different facets of the Production floor including, monitoring on going Manufacturing execution, tracking relevant documentation such as work orders and batch records to be started, handling batch production issues and quality control feedback for WIP testing on the batch/ lot, and making sure Batch Production is completed on time per set quality guidelines. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain provide comprehensive solutions to accommodate her end to end needs and set her up for success.
PHARMACEUTICAL LOT PRODUCTION
01. SCHEDULE BATCH PRODUCTION FOR BULK PRODUCT
Raw material quantities calculated and allocated based on FIFO or FEFO.
Machines allocated based on finite or infinite capacity consideration.
Labor allocated based on finite or infinite capacity.
Schedule confirmed.
02. RELEASE RAW MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION
Batch number assigned to work order.
Quality prints Batch record.
Quality conducts line clearance.
Raw materials released for batch production.
03. START BATCH PRODUCTION
Print pick list with raw material locations and lots allocated.
Print route card with list of operations, machine and labor resources.
Pick raw materials from inventory locations and put away in production staging.
Start production job
04. RECORD CONSUMPTION AND OPERATIONS
Enter actual raw material consumption on the pick list.
Post pick list to record physical inventory when consumption complete.
Record operations on the route card.
Post route card to close operations.
05. QUALITY TESTING ON WORK IN PROCESS BATCH
Perform work in process quality control testing.
Record single or multiple test results during the process.
Quality manager to verify test results.
Quality assurance manager to validate the quality order transaction.
06. RECORD YIELD QUANTITIES FOR BATCHES PRODUCED
Enter yield quantities at location for the batch produced.
Quality order transaction auto generated for the recorded yield quantity.
07. QUALITY TESTING ON YIELDED QUANTITY
Perform quality control testing on batch produced.
Record single or multiple test results during the process.
Quality manager to verify test results.
Quality assurance manager closes the quality order transaction and releases batch.
08. REPORT PRODUCTION AS FINISHED AND END
Record final yield - good as well as error quantity.
Mark production order as finished.
End production order to move Production out of WIP and post financials
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