On the road, speed may be judged by miles per hour; but, on a pharmaceutical packaging line, it’s all about containers per minute (CPM); that’s the number of containers processed every minute the line is in operation.
When it comes to the specific part of the process when labels are applied to the container, CPM is increasing in other sectors — most notably the food and beverage markets — in a bid to get product to market faster, in larger batches and more cost-effectively than ever before.
Where the food and drink sector goes, the pharmaceutical market tends to follow. But not in this instance. So why hasn’t the pharmaceutical industry embraced the need for speed?
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