Evaluating Your Total Cost of Ownership Forces a Longer Term View
As pharmaceutical companies across the world continue to invest in serializing their packaging infrastructure, they run the risk of making short-term decisions in systems that will require extensive reinvestment as regulations evolve…and they are constantly evolving.
The initial costs of serialization include direct costs of software, hardware, systems integrations and validation. However, the ongoing costs and reinvestment required adjusting programs for a new product or regulatory requirement are woefully underestimated.