West Pharmaceutical

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West Pharmaceutical Services Manufacturing Facility

Clearwater, Florida

SYSTEM SUMMARY

West Pharmaceutical Services

Customer:
West Pharmaceutical Services

TriFactor Provided:
Design Engineering
Product Selection
Installation and Training

Size:
70,000 Square Feet

Facility Type:
Manufacturing

Products Handled:
Cartons and Totes of vial caps

Markets Served:
Pharmaceutical

Completion Date:
February 2001

Products Utilized:
Conveyor
Sortation
Scanning
Controls/Software
Taper

West Pharmaceutical Services Manufacturing Facility Clearwater, FL

West PharmaceuticalAs the market share leader for the production of medical vial closures in North America, West Pharmaceutical recognized that to increase profits, it must be created through manufacturing efficiencies rather than incremental business.  West turned to TriFactor to accomplish that goal.  TriFactor provided facility analysis as well as complete system design and installation. This ensured that West’s goals of reducing both potential contamination and product handling, as well as the ability to reallocate labor to profit generating work areas would exceed their ROI goals.

The material handling system automated the transport and sortation of both work-in-process and finished goods.  By using separate sorters in each staging area, as well as the use of bar codes and automatic tapers, the cartons and totes that flow on the system are void of human interface.

TriFactor was selected for this challenge, due to West’s confidence that the project would meet all of the design criteria in addition to developing a cost effective solution, as they had for so many other companies in this marketplace.