About this Presentation
Carbogen Amcis AG (CGAM) is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for active pharmaceutical ingredients, partnering with customers in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. Within CGAM sites, one of the most challenging interfaces is between the Development and Production departments, operating in a multi-project environment and with multi-purpose plant equipment. In the past, a lot of time, effort and energy were spent on solving the following issues: How to set priorities for projects moving from development to production? What is the tolerable limit for the number of parallel projects in production? How to deal with strong fluctuations of workload for the production teams? Those issues often led to conflicting situations and to dissatisfaction of the involved employees. This presentation shows how the introduction of CCPM helped to improve the situation at said interface. It will highlight the measures, principles, and practical instruments that have been implemented and how this affected the organization, ultimately leading to higher throughput, steadier workflow, and higher employee satisfaction. However, the presentation will not hide problems and obstacles that were encountered during the implementation of CCPM and will address new areas of friction and follow-up issues that have to be dealt with.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
Learn how Critical Chain Project Management was applied to manage dependencies and handoffs between development and production in a regulated pharmaceutical environment.
Understand why misalignment at the development–production interface creates delays, rework, and priority conflicts, and how CCPM helps address these issues.
See how resource constraints, shared priorities, and buffer management improve coordination and schedule reliability across functions.
Gain insight into practical lessons and challenges of implementing CCPM within a CDMO operating under regulatory, quality, and capacity constraints.
Instructor(s)
Martin Althaus
Martin Althaus studied chemistry at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), where he obtained his diploma/masters degree in 2004. He continued his education with a Ph.D. at ETH Zurich in the field of organometallic chemistry and catalysis (2004-2008), and did postoc research from 2008-2009 in the field of organic methodology at the University of Bristol (UK). After returning to Switzerland, Martin started his industrial career as team leader in the development lab of a CDMO specialized in peptides. In 2015, he took on a position as Senior Chemist and technical project leader in the PR&D department of Carbogen Amcis AG, a CDMO for active pharmaceutical ingredients. Since 2021, he is Manager PR&D, leading a team of technical project leaders, and is acting as project manager for customer programs in various stages of clinical development.