The efficient and accurate management of punches and dies is vital to optimise profitability and productivity in modern tablet manufacturing. However, keeping track of tablet tooling is not an easy task and can be a daunting undertaking. There are clear trends within tablet production today; these include the increase of capacity, flexibility, speed of response and robust traceability with the core objective to maximise press uptime.

This paper explores how computer based monitoring the form of a tool management system can help to meet all tablet manufacturing objectives.