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> CASE STUDY: PFIZER Packout weighting and labelling system (POWLS)

Pfizer Pharmaceutical

Global Leader Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

• $51 Billion Annual Revenue
• 135 facilities worldwide
• 6 manufacturing locations in Ireland
• Pfizer Ringaskiddy – Pfizer’s most complex Pharma plant

Before:

• New high-volume Plant, with new requirements
• Pfizer required a sophisticated fully integrated system for Finished Product pack-out, weighing, and labelling to support this state-of-the-art facility and help maximise ROI
• Existing systems were excessively manual due to insufficient system reliability, and lacking weighing capability at Packout stage
• Time consuming manual QA sampling and sample tracking
• Old technology and limited support
• Sought greater process enforcement using IT

“With the new plant, our business process had changed and our current system needed to be upgraded to ensure our quality systems were enforced.”
- Geraldine Druhan, IT Project manager, IT Systems Quality and Validation

After:

• AS/400 based system – easier to maintain, reduced support issues
• Fully integrated with Pfizer LIMS & ERP Systems
• More automated application of Quality System requirements
• Automated Sample Management system
• Greater adherence to Pfizer’s stringent labelling requirements
• More flexible system design, greater future proofing

  "Millennium's focus is clearly on delivering success for their client. The Packout Weighing & Labelling project, time and time again, presented challenges with other vendors' hardware. Although not their responsibility, Millennium, with a can-do attitude, quickly stepped in to drive a solution with the different hardware vendors. Great to work with."
  - Stephen Galvin, project engineer/manager Pfizer OSP4 fourth Packout suite project

  “The project required interfacing with many software and hardware systems. With knowledge of Pfizer’s business and systems, on-going work with the user-group and strong project management abilities, Millennium have proven themselves again and again.”
  - Brendan Murphy, Production Systems Team Leader, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals