International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

Company Profile

International Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IPI) was founded by the Wong-

Castillo family, one of the famous Chinese industrialists, on May 6, 1959. IPI
is now among the biggest Filipino-owned pharmaceutical companies in the
country. Since then, the company has expanded to a network of branches
located in key cities all over the country, allowing easier distribution and
availability of its products for their loyal consumers. IPIs vision is to be the
leader in the market it serves. Their missions are to ensure customer
satisfaction, to maintain customer relationship, to enhance peoples lives,
and to recruit the best talents. International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is
located in Go Lam Drive, Pope John Paul II Ave., Kasambagan, Cebu City
6000.

Product and Service Design

Among the collection of products they provide, International

Pharmaceuticals Incorporateds main product is the Efficascent Oil.
Efficascent oil is a liniment preparation specially formulated for fast relief of
back and muscular pains from overwork, cramps, rheumatism, lumbago,
arthritis, stiff neck, headache, gas pain, insect bites, minor burns and
bruises, sprains and skin irritations. It also gives pleasant fragrance and it
does not stain. It may be in colour white or green. IPIs products are simple
products since the design and structure is not complex.

Process

The type of production process is continuous production system since

they produce high volume but low variety efficascent oil. Continuous
production system also applies to other product line of IPI such as soaps,
cottons, alcohol, etc. The process is particularly a mass production process.
They use a make-to-stock strategy because of the nature of the product that
it is widely used by the customers. The process is capital-intensive since the
production requires machine to do most of the work. The workers only assist
in the production process.

Facility Layout

The type of plant layout is product-oriented plant layout because it

produces standardized products of high volume in each line of product in
every production run. IPIs machineries and materials are placed following
the product path.

Quality Management

International Pharmaceutical Incorporated is a certified Halal company

and is FDA approved. IPI maintains a strict quality control in every process to
maintain the safest, most reliable, high quality array of products. A Halal
Certificate issued by the Majlis under the Halal Certificate and Halal Label
Order, 2005. A HALAL accredited company shall mean (a) neither is nor
consists of or contains any part or matter of an animal that a Muslim is
prohibited by Hukum Syara to consume or that has not been slaughtered in
accordance with Hukum Syara; b) does not contain anything that is
considered to be impure in accordance with Hukum Syara; c) has been
prepared using an instrument that is free from anything which is
considered to be impure in accordance with Hukum Syara; and d) has not in
the course of preparation or storage, been in contact with or close
proximity to any food that fails to satisfy paragraph (a), (b) or (c) and
anything that is considered to be impure in accordance with Hukum Syara.
FDA is awarded to companies who complied to the Rules and Regulations
Governing the Operations of Food and Food Products Manufacturing and
Processing Establishments and to the Good Manufacturing Practice
Requirements pursuant to Administrative Order No. 153 n. 2004.

Human Resource and Job Design

International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is composed of both

regular and outsourced employees. Outsourced laborers are found in the
production area. They must undergo training and, at least, a high school
graduate. Regular employees are found in office doing managerial functions.
Women are mostly found in the packaging and sorting area while men are
doing heavy jobs in the production. IPI also gives incentive to those
employees who exceed its quota.

Location

The reason for choosing location is basically that the land is owned by
the Wong-Castillo family. Nevertheless, the site is still ideal because it is
located near the raw materials and labor. It is also convenient to access the
market as well.

Inventory Management
 International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated maintains low inventory
because the capacity of plant is limited. The company uses the First in First
out Inventory Method in which the first batch of products recorded in the
inventory will also be the first batch to come out from the inventory or
delivered to their 13 braches.

Supply Chain Management

International Pharmaceuticals Incorporateds orders raw materials as

much as there are available from the suppliers. IPI Cebu can produce 155
Bioderm soaps per minute in the quarantine area. Then, finished products
were distributed among its 13 branches worldwide.

Scheduling

International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated operates 24 hours for 7

days because of high demands from all over the world. They apply shifting of
labors but they do not apply job rotation. Each worker has designated task in
every station.

Maintenance

International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated performs breakdown

maintenance whenever there are breakdown. The engineering department
immediately responds to the problem to avoid delays in operation. However,
International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated also executes preventive
maintenance at the end of the years operations.