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2024 State of Smart Manufacturing Report: Life Sciences edition
How the Life Sciences industry is harnessing emergent technology to reduce risk, improve forward planning and maximize workforce potential
FactoryTalk®PharmaSuite® is the leading MES solution developed specifically for the Life Sciences industry. It provides role-based optimization for each lifecycle stage and drives time to results for all users. Its open-content architecture, paired with an intelligent upgrade engine, provides a robust system for growth in both batch and discrete processing.
Resource Management
Automatically track all production-relevant resources like materials, equipment and personnel within a comprehensive electronic batch recording (EBR).
Weigh & Dispense
First-in-class support of pre-weighing scenarios. Weigh & Dispense is completely embedded in the modular EBR solution
Recipe Design & Execution
Master recipes follow ISA S88/95 standards and include a comprehensive set of standard building blocks to cover EBR for API, biotech, bulk manufacturing and packaging
Review by Exception
Sophisticated exception management for a “best in practice” balance between flexibility and control. A quality dashboard supports a real-time view of the shop floor and facilitates the review by exception process.
IT Excellence
Included is a set of innovative solutions to lower the total cost of ownership over the product lifetime.
Integration
Seamlessly integrate to ERP systems as well as the automation layer.
"Best choice on the market for the level of functionality and flexibility required.”
– Biotechnology PharmaSuite® Customer
Why PharmaSuite®?
Your application involves different types of users, and perhaps different sites, all with varying needs. Those needs continue to evolve as your application does; what works today may not tomorrow. Versatility is critical; out-of-the-box content provides consistency yet must be easily configurable to address changing needs. And everything must be documented to meet stringent regulations.
Scalable applications include:
- Production order management
- Quality management
- Recipe management
- Review by exception
- Track and trace
Preserve Quality with Cold Chain Tracking
With PharmaSuite, manufacturers can manage and track thermo-sensitive material throughout the entire production process.
- Define temperature and time requirements for all thermo-sensitive materials being used
- Track the amount of time a sublot has spent in each temperature range
- Notify operators when a sublot is reaching usable limits
- Manage cold chain tracking properties inheritance
Laying the foundation for growth
Relying on manual paper-based processes might have worked in the past, but with a growing need for agility, it’s no longer dependable. If your goal is to scale production without sacrificing product quality, you need a modern and digital solution that can help you take advantage of this opportunity to grow. Discover what success can look like in the highly competitive and strongly regulated Life Sciences industry.
How PharmaSuite can help you save
Savings Through Efficiency
The efficiencies made possible through an EBR system can help optimize the total cost of your deployments. For example, automating quality-assurance functions and review by exception capabilities reduces the effort and associated costs of researching process deviations, while electronic logs of batch data eliminate the costs of physically storing paper documents.
Less Waste
Reducing the risk of human error combined with EBR features, such as enforceable work flows, can help prevent production or recording errors and reduce waste product. What’s more, preventing these errors can also help minimize the likelihood of expensive, brand-ravaging product recalls.
Inventory Savings
Automated data collection and the ability to review exceptions in real time as they happen, rather than after the fact, result in less product sitting in the warehouse and waiting for release. For you, this faster turnover translated to reduced inventory costs.
Fewer human errors, better outcomes
To overcome the operating challenges in the Korean domestic market, the pharmaceutical company Dong-A ST planned to enter overseas markets. This required a production environment based on international standards. Explore how FactoryTalk PharmaSuite and other Rockwell Automation solutions helped the team at Dong-A ST achieve their goals.
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