This 3-day course, written and presented by highly experienced chemists from the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry, provides a modular overview of the most important tools available for the organic chemist working in industry. The concepts are illustrated with an abundance of industrial and academic case studies from literature, conferences and private communications. The lectures are interspersed with interactive problem sessions, enabling participants to share in the problem solving and troubleshooting typically experienced when practising organic chemistry in an industrial environment.