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Plug & Produce

A solution for the whole plant
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Life Sciences
      • Biotechnology
      • Medical Device
      • Pharmaceutical
      • ATMP
    • Biotechnology
    • Medical Device
    • Pharmaceutical
    • ATMP
      • Serialization
      • Building Management Systems for Pharma
      • Single-Use Bioprocessing
    • Serialization
    • Building Management Systems for Pharma
    • Single-Use Bioprocessing
      • Analytics
      • Quality & Compliance
      • Batch Performance Analytics
      • Plug & Produce
    • Analytics
    • Quality & Compliance
    • Batch Performance Analytics
    • Plug & Produce
  • Sustainability

What is Plug and Produce?

Plug and Produce offers a seamless integration of modular process skids into a plantwide production system, aligning with the industry's shift towards modular manufacturing and engineering using a harmonized automation strategy. This solution streamlines the entire lifecycle of modular process automation, encompassing design, development, validation, integration, orchestration, maintenance, and operational management of the system. By adopting Plug and Produce, a production system can achieve the following advantages:

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Automatic identification of new or modified components

Integrate into running production process

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Reduce manual adjustments to changes

MTP: A Step Forward for Plug-and-Produce
MTP: A Step Forward for Plug-and-Produce
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Blog
MTP: A Step Forward for Plug-and-Produce
Plug-and-produce manufacturing hasn't always been as easy as it sounds. The development of a module type package (MTP) standard could change that.
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Common challenges affecting the optimization of your production system

Time to market

Long build lead times and slow plant construction

Maintenance cost

Custom engineering drives up maintenance cost

Project risk

Complexity and integration delays operations

Flexibility and scalability

Inflexible production and lack of scalability delays deployment

Embracing modularity and agility

Plug and Produce adopts industry standards and open technologies to allow for platform-agnostic integration into what is referred to as Module Type Package (MTP). While much of the driving force behind the development of MTP has come from the life science industry, this standardized approach will allows for the following benefits:

  • Helps data transparency throughout the supply chain, site, area, line, and skid.
  • Offers zero-effort integration, validation, and agility making it easier to incorporate into existing systems.
  • Allows for flexible adoption of standards such as MTP, further facilitating technology integration.

Key Benefits

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Smaller plant footprint and faster new plant construction

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Faster time to market with shorter build lead times

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Flexible production orchestration for accelerated manufacturing

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Scalable platforms for rapid deployment

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Lowered maintenance costs

How can Plug and Produce help you?

OEMs can leverage this to deploy and integrate their equipment into existing DCS systems with minimal custom engineering through Process Equipment Assembly. PEA enables near-seamless integration of process equipment to simplify and accelerate your operations.

End Users can benefit by easily adding or reconfiguring equipment through the Process Orchestration Layer. POL acts as a centralized system that oversees the interaction and communication between different devices, machines, and systems.

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By implementing Plug and Produce, companies can optimize their production processes, reduce costs and achieve greater flexibility and scalability in their manufacturing operations. Check out these resources to see how Plug and Produce can enhance your production.

Single Use Success in Life Sciences: Part 1
Single Use Success in Life Sciences: Part 1
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Single Use Success in Life Sciences: Part 1
Your life sciences company can see the full benefits of single use systems and plug-and-play equipment by addressing critical areas during setup.
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Single Use Success in Life Sciences: Part 2
Single Use Success in Life Sciences: Part 2
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Single Use Success in Life Sciences: Part 2
Life sciences companies establishing a single-use system with plug-and-play equipment need to set the right priorities early to ensure long-term success.
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The Facility of the Future
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The Facility of the Future

Does your facility operate at its full potential? Learn how to deploy your smart, fast and flexible life sciences facility of the future.

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