Werum IT Solutions and Sarla Technologies hosted second Manufacturing Excellence Day in India

Mumbai, India, September 14, 2017 – Sarla Technologies, India and Werum IT Solutions hosted their second annual Manufacturing Excellence Day on September 14 at the Hyatt Regency in Mumbai, India. The event was held under the visionary topic of “Empowering Today. Shaping the Future.” to encourage ideas, discussions and engagements in the area of manufacturing technology development and MES. As a leading forum of IT specialists from across the Indian life sciences industry, both global and local experts discussed the role that MES will play in the plant of the future and how Werum IT Solutions is empowering Pharma 4.0.

The symposium comprised speaker keynotes, interactive Q&A sessions and time for networking and discussions with the audience. The Manufacturing Excellence Day in India offered a unique opportunity to gain insights into the topics which will shape the manufacturing IT landscape, such as the latest compliance requirements, guidance from industry leaders, insights into companies on the cutting edge and findings from local customers who shared their experience of implementing MES and what it takes to be successful. The following main topics have been discussed:

·  Mega trends in the pharma industry

·  The role of MES in the plant of the future

·  Data integrity and the role of IT solutions in compliance controls

·  Case studies and success stories of leading pharma companies

The keynote speakers and panel discussion members for the event included: Vilas Dholye (Senior Pharma Industry Advisor), Hanns E. Erle, PhD (Senior Advisor to the Pharma Industry and ex-EVP Operations, Merck Serono), Atanu Roy (Senior Vice President (CIO), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.), Bikash Chatterjee (President and CSO, Pharmatech Associates), Prabhakaran Nair (Senior Vice President & Head – Manufacturing (Formulation), Global Generics, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.), Niju Vijayan (Director, Frost & Sullivan, MENASA), Anil Kumar Kartha (Manufacturing Site Head, Cipla) and Lars Hornung (Senior Director Global Sales, Werum IT Solutions GmbH). The panel discussion was held as an interactive session which allowed participants to post and vote on questions electronically and the experts provided their feedback and guidance on how to realize Pharma 4.0!

The Manufacturing Excellence Day India was jointly hosted by Werum IT Solutions, the world’s leading supplier of MES and manufacturing IT solutions for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries, and Sarla Technologies, the leading engineering services and solutions provider for industrial automation and plant engineering. We would like to thank all participants and speakers and we are really looking forward to the next Manufacturing Excellence Days for India and Asia in 2018.

Photos:

David Margetts, Managing Director, Werum IT Solutions Ltd.

Keynote speakers and panelists

Guests getting hands-on with PAS-X

About Werum IT Solutions Thailand

Werum IT Solutions Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand is the Asia Pacific Headquarters of Werum IT Solutions GmbH, Germany and serves customers in India and other Asian countries. With our regional offices across Asia we are close to many of the world's leading pharma and biotech companies.

Werum IT Solutions GmbH is the world’s leading supplier of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and manufacturing IT solutions for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our out-of-the-box PAS-X software product is run by the majority of the world’s top 30 pharmaceutical and biotech companies but also by many mid-sized manufacturers.

Werum’s manufacturing IT solutions help pharma manufacturers to increase efficiency, improve productivity, and meet regulatory requirements. The range of projects includes global MES programs with multi-site rollouts all over the world as well as single-site solutions in India and other Asian countries.

Founded in 1969, Werum is headquartered in Lüneburg, Germany, and has many locations in Europe, Asia, and America.

www.werum-asia.com

About Körber and Medipak Systems

Werum is part of Medipak Systems, the Pharma Systems business area of the international technology group Körber. The Business Areas six companies, Dividella, Fargo Automation, Mediseal, Rondo, Seidenader Maschinenbau and Werum IT Solutions, are global leading providers of high-quality solutions for the manufacturing and packaging process of pharmaceutical products. As a Medipak Systems company, Werum provides integrated IT solutions for all phases of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical production – including process development, commercial production, and packaging as well as track & trace serialization. Körber unites worldwide almost 11,500 professionals in industry-leading companies, achieving annual earnings of more than 2.3 billion Euros.

www.medipak-systems.com, www.koerber.de

Contact:

Dirk Ebbecke

Director Corporate Communications

Werum IT Solutions GmbH

Wulf-Werum-Str. 3

21337 Lüneburg, Germany

Phone. +49 4131 8900-689

Gulmira Yerdessova

Regional Marketing Executive

Werum IT Solutions Ltd.

287 Silom Rd., 1405 Liberty Square Bldg.

10500 Bangkok, Thailand

Tel. +66 2020 5736

Fax +66 2631 1114

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