Pharmaceutical Plant Administration

About the Book This book is a 'MUST READ', for Post Graduate pharmacy students who want to make their career in Plant Management and also for those who are already in the pharma industry. It provides a fundamental understanding of management concepts and its applications to pharmaceutical plant management. Salient Features: 1. It lucidly explains the concepts of management. 2. Describes in simple language how a typical pharmaceutical plant is organized and functions. 3. A good text for M. Pharm students and also for the practicing industrial pharmacists. ContentsPART – I: Basic Principles of Management, 1. Introduction, 2. Planning, 3. Organising, 4. Staffing, 5. Leading, 6. Controlling, PART – II: PRACTICE OF PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT ADMINISTRATION, 1. Introduction, 2. General Administration, 3. Production, 4. Production Planning and Control, 5. Quality Management, 6. Warehousing, 7. Engineering, 8. Personnel and HRD About the Author Dr. Manohar A. Potdar, M. Pharm (BITS Pilani), Ph.D.(Production Management) USA, Currently President Technical, Doshi Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Pharmaceutical Plant Design and Validation Consultants, was a professor emeritus of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. He thought Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in Pharmaceutical Administration, Pharmaceutical Technology, Plant Design and Operations and Quality Assurance Techniques. He guided many research students in the above subjects.   He has more than forty years industrial experience gained from Indian and Multinational companies like Merck, Burroughs welcome, Ranbaxy, Lupin, Wockhardt, Cadilla, Alkem, etc. He has successfully handled various responsibilities in the area of Q.C/Q.A, Production, Project Management besides executing International Regulatory Audits of W.H.O, TGA, MHRA, MCC and USFDA.   With his Post Graduate Diploma in Training and Development from I.S.T.D (India) background, he has actively participated in various industrial training programmes. He is very much sought after trainer and consultant in the Pharmaceutical Industry.