Abstract

MATERIALS MANAGEMENT IN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY - A REVIEW

Madhumita Roy*, Dr Padmini Sharma and Atika Gaikawad

Abstract

The pharmaceutical manufacturing operations are to produce finished pharmaceutical products from active, inactive raw materials and various packaging materials. The quality of finished products produced solely depends upon the quality inputs and hence materials management becomes a very important activity in pharmaceutical manufacturing operation. The total material management activity starts right from selection of vendors for row material and packaging material to dispatch of finished products to its destination. All incoming materials should be quarantined immediately after received or processing, until they are released for use or distribution.

Keywords: Material management, raw material, packaging material, finished product, rejected products.