INTRODUSING OF EFFICIENT PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES

Abstract

The article analyzes the possibilities of applying the concepts of lean manufacturing, kaizen and 6 sigma in pharmaceutical production. The number of companies that use one or another productivity improvement system is increasing annually. The pharmaceutical sector is also actively involved in this process. Foreign companies such as Merck, Pfizer, Baxter and others have adopted various concepts of efficient production management since the beginning of the 21st century. In Russia, not only pharmaceutical companies, but also the state realized the need to implement such systems. Since 2010, many government programs and projects have been implemented to improve the efficiency of enterprises, expand them and increase exports. Some projects are focused only on the pharmaceutical industry (anti-epidemic projects, drug labeling, etc.), others - on certain industries (SPIC, labor productivity, labor productivity with RFRP). The "Labor Productivity" project is the only one that directly related to the implementation of lean production; in the rest, lean production can be implemented along with the implementation of the project's tasks. So, for example, the company AstraZeneca Industries Ltd did it, having carried out the localization of production in the Kaluga region under the SPIC project according to the Lean production principles. The article analyzes the activities of Russian companies that implement lean manufacturing tools under the national project "Labor productivity". The project participants are distributed in accordance with the types of products produced, by geography and the type of participation in the state program. The experience of the Werteks company, which introduced lean manufacturing tools with the participation of the Japan Association for Trade with Russia and Newly Independent States, was also studied.