Libbs signs master agreement with Active for automation of Pharmaceutical and Pharmochemical plants
Feb/2007

Standing on it’s mission: “to offer more efficient, safe and accessible medicines to population”, the pharma lab Libbs counts on Active solutions for automation. The installation includes Identification, Receive and Storage of raw material and weighing materials.

The Project Manager, Rodrigo Correa, says the cooperation between the companies (Libbs / Active) has been of most value to the accomplishment of the project, that has Go live set for February, 2007.

The main benefits o the new system are:


1. Identification, Receive and Storage of raw material

• Location control with bar code, updating automatically the ERP, through bar code and wireless;
• Dynamic storage;
• Processes and resources optimizing through automation of information flow (on-line via wireless);
• Logistical storage management;
• Elimination of Physical Quarantine;
• Elimination of Yellow and Green Labels;
• On-line stock information;
• High data security level for inventory, ensuring precision in the collected information;
• Reducing paper, hand-written notes and typing.


2. Weighing

• Security in the weighing area by electronic confirmation of the raw material to be divided;
• Blocking of rejected, expired or conditionally liberated batches;
• On-line weighing monitoring;
• Controlling and registering of rooms cleaning;
• Scheduling and prioritization of weighing by room;
• Elimination of paper flow, hand-written notes and manual data entry;
• Automatic reduction of raw material (write-off) from ERP stock/batch consumed and allocation to the Production Order;
• FEFO automatic checking;
• Cross contamination control;
• Productivity increasing in the weighing process;
• Electronic records and signatures (21 CFR part)


3. Packing and weighing areas attendance

• Checklists for the packing lines;
• Labeling of finished goods (shipping cases) with bar codes;
• Material supply via KAN BAN;
• History for each type of operation done in the line (recording production, loss, destruction and item return);