| Mamoru Matsumoto | Pharma and Biotech Systems Dept., Industrial & Logistics Systems Div., Total Solutions Div., |
| Satoru Serizawa | MES/Environment System Dept., Electrical Control Systems Div., Information & Control Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, |
| Jun Fujita | MES/Environment System Dept., Electrical Control Systems Div., Information & Control Systems Div., Information & Telecommunication Systems, |
| Yasuyuki Suzuki | Industrial Systems Dept.2, Industrial Systems Div., |
| Yuki Yamaguchi | Solution Systems Engineering Dept.1, Solution Business Div., |
The pharmaceutical industry is moving aggressively to adopt MESs to streamline and tighten their manufacturing operations in order to implement stricter manufacturing and quality controls. Hitachi, Ltd. has supported this movement with the development of HITPHAMS (Hitachi Pharmaceutical Plant Management System), a powerful MES package specifically designed for the pharmaceutical industry. MES packages were widely adopted in the latter half of the 1990s, but now hardware maintenance contracts are expiring and systems are being replaced one after another. Based on a survey of pharmaceutical companies that have already introduced MES packages, we found a strong demand for a system that is not dependent on Windows versions, supports record entry using a handheld PDA, and permits access from a Web browser. Responding to this feedback, Hitachi redesigned its MES package and come out with a new and more powerful Version 2.0 of HITPHAMS.
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The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
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HITPHAMS (Japanese Only) |
MES, Manufacturing Execution System, HITPHAMS
