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Operations Management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the respon According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product sibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. It also is the management of resources and the distrib ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in ution of goods and services to customers. “Operations” also refers to the production of goods and services, the set of value-add lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. ed activities that transform inputs into many outputs. Fundamentally, these value-adding creative activities should be aligned wi here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe h market opportunity for optimal enterprise performance. Operations Management is the application of the guidelines and tasks se d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro t by the company to meet the customers’ standards of satisfaction at the same time upholding the company’s administrative standar ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc d of excellent performance. Basically, Operations Management’s main function is to organize and control the foremost business ac easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi tivity which is supplying goods and services to the customers while maintaining quality products and services. Organizations A nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically umber of professional organizations have been formed to promote the operations management profession. Institute for Operations R and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ esearch and Management Sciences [INFORMS] has a subdivision called The Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society [M ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi SOM]. Whose objective is to promote the enhancement and dissemination of knowledge, and the efficiency of industrial practice, re ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a lated to the operations function in manufacturing and service enterprises. Another organization, Production and Operations Manag dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod ment Society (POMS), is an international professional organization representing the interests of POM professionals from around th cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin e world. A third organization, The Association for Operations Management (APICS - the acronym comes from the original name: Amer tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen ican Production and Inventory Control Society) defines operations management as "the field of study that focuses on the effective t? As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel planning, scheduling, use and control of a manufacturing or service organization through the study of concepts from design engin ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust ering, industrial engineering, management information systems, quality management, production management, inventory management, a y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products ccounting, and other functions as they affect the organization" (APICS Dictionary, 11th edition). Origins Historically, the bod . As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de y of knowledge stemming from industrial engineering formed the basis of the first MBA programs, and is central to operations mana elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip gement as used across diverse business sectors, industry, consulting and non-profit organizations Copyright 2007 Ismael D. Tabij tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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