PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carlos M. Ufret
TI  - Total Quality through Computer Integrated Manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical Industry
DP  - 1995 Jan 01
TA  - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
PG  - 20--28
VI  - 49
IP  - 1
4099  - http://journal.pda.org/content/49/1/20.short
4100  - http://journal.pda.org/content/49/1/20.full
SO  - PDA J Pharm Sci Technol1995 Jan 01; 49
AB  - The role of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) in the pursue of total quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing is assessed. CIM key objectives, design criteria, and performance measurements, in addition to its scope and implementation in a hierarchical structure, are explored in detail Key elements for the success of each phase in a CIM project and a brief status of current CIM implementations in the pharmaceutical industry are presented. The role of World Class Manufacturing performance standards and other key issues to achieve full CIM benefits are also addressed.