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THE PROJECT IMPORTANCE FOR THE INVESTMENTS ON PHARMACEUTICAL AND COSMETIC INDUSTRIES
The Engineer Silvio Rodrigues opened the lectures on the 2008 Conference 13rd FCE Pharma with a strategic lead for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries: “The Project Importance For The Investments on Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industries”. In his lecture, Silvio Rodrigues approached the main factors which demands new investments: technology, production capability, logistics, new products, security, regulation, quality and rationalization.
Based on his experience like the Director of Operations at PharmaKo Consultoria, Silvio highlighted all the aspects which shall be considered to define the construction technical and economical feasibility.
According to Rodrigues, the purpose of the engineering project is the study and discussion on the greatest number of available alternatives, checking the technical feasibility for each option and comparing the alternatives in order to make possible the best choice. In the comparative study, the assumption is the cost simulation and the cost-benefit relationship, case by case, so that we can get the investment risk analysis. The success of an enterprise depends directly on a good project performance that offers the possibility to simulate without expending any money, with cost reduction. All these benefits are the opposite of the myth “project is expensive”, because the good project promotes savings that compensate its hiring costs.
In fact, the project cost changes from 2% to 10% on the total investment, depending on both the enterprise profile and the project quality. Silvio Rodrigues introduced one case study in which the project cost was recovered through solutions developed during its execution. In this case, the client budget estimated an R$ 10 million investment, and the project represented 4% of the investment, which means: R$ 400 thousand. The economy obtained from the project solutions was R$ 500 thousand (5%), which means a negative cost of R$ 100 thousand. These outcomes mean that the project cost was compensated beyond the expectations, promoting bigger savings than its costs.
Silvio Rodrigues emphasized the relevance on the level of detail and explained the characteristics related to the four project phases:
Phase 1: Technical and Economical Feasibility Study
The purpose of the Feasibility Study is to check if the project is technically and economically feasible.
In this Project phase, the investment cost estimate accuracy is 50%.
Phase 2: Conceptual Project
The Conceptual Project covers the concept definition related to products, presentation and volumes.
In this phase, the investment cost estimate accuracy is from 70% to 80%.
Phase 3: Basic Project
The Basic Project is supported on the Conceptual Project together with the user requirements. Its content goes deeper inside processes, architecture, HVAC and electro-mechanical studies.
Rodrigues says that in this phase the cost estimate accuracy is from 80% to 90%.
Phase 4: Executive or Detailed Project
the Executive Project details the Basic Project, with the purpose to provide the documents that will be used for civil construction and electro-mechanical erection. In this phase, the investment cost estimate accuracy is from 90% to 95%.
The pharmaceutical project is very sophisticated and specific concerning the good manufacturing practices (GMP), adequacy to the sanitary department regulations, production capability and procedures, technology, quality, safety and logistic capability. Silvio Rodrigues clarified that the project methodology requests functional planning (building specifications and functional areas) and technical (individual requests, utility system and distribution system), as well as the consolidation of guidelines on the Basic and Executive Projects. The planned activities are project qualification, definition concerning assumptions and restrictions, implementation strategy, document organization; scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risks and supplies management.
Silvio Rodrigues also remarked the relevance of manufacturing modules layouts. As well as the importance of working in the Project with focus on the manufacturing process validation.
For PharmaKo Consultoria professionals, the project importance on the investments for pharmaceutical and cosmetic enterprises has been strategic for the Company growth that has 40 employees and renders services for 30 clients. Since its foundation, PharmaKo has improved its performance in order to become a reference on the engineering projects execution for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries in Brazil. This fact is proved through projects performed for clients like Apotex, Avon, BDF – Nivea Beiersdorf, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Galderma, Croda, Novartis, Interlens and many others.
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