Machine Vision based Quality Control: Importance in Pharmaceutical Industry

Quality is important for customer satisfaction and sale of product in the competitive market. Present day consumers have wide variety of demands and needs leading to increased complexity in variety of products. The price war, high quality, traceability, necessity of disclosure of quality, the norms and regulations, imposes the manufacturers to have flexible design with zero defects in a highly competitive market. To achieve the high quality that is demanded by the customers, manufacturers and their suppliers must rely on Machine Vision to prevent defects at multiple stages of production. Machine Vision has become an essential part of pharmaceutical industry, due to the regulations and the health impacts. This paper presents