Socio-economic pressure as well as increasingly strong competition have clearly made the entire healthcare industry focus a lot of attention on reducing costs. Not so long ago Costs per kilogram, OEE, and number of Stock Turns were ‘alien’ indicators to the pharmaceutical industry, but now they are considered virtually ‘holy’ figures. In this article, Wim Spook at Matcon Ltd delivers some hands-on examples that will help improve your solid dosage facility, all approached from a powder-handling point of view.