Unique Challenges
Once all road blocks (R &D, regulatory compliance, validation, etc.) have been cleared and pharmaceutical manufacturers actually begin production of a new product, manufacturing efficiency must be maximized. Plant throughput efficiency is gained by reducing changeover and downtime while improving productivity and quality.
In order for this to work, the production environment must be managed in real-time. The display of real-time KPIs (key performance indicators) and informational data is critical. The sections below provide a brief list of popular pharmaceutical manufacturing applications and the customers we've helped.
Popular Applications
| Changeover reduction | |
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| APPLICATION |
Pharmaceuticals manufacturers typically design plant floor equipment for complete modularity. Plug-n-play changeovers are common; however, startup time is where the greatest losses can occur. Reducing the startup time can provide significant productivity gains. |
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| Time in process indicator | |
| APPLICATION |
In some cases timing is critical in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals products. If production equipment fails, product may expire before being completely processes leading to costly waste. A time in process timer shows the time to complete each process cycle. |
| PRODUCT | |
| Real-time OEE | |
| APPLICATION |
OEE is one of the best ways to expose manufacturing inefficiencies. Keep operators and supervisory staff informed with real-time OEE, availability, performance and quality percentages as well as all related variables. |
| PRODUCT | |
| Process status messages | |
| APPLICATION |
Keep operators informed of process status, lot codes, job data, production information and more with message displays. Large format message displays provide wide area view of critical data while panel message displays provide localized information. |
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Pharmaceuticals Customers
The following represents just of few of the many customers in the pharmaceuticals industry that we've helped with our solutions.
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• Abbott Laboratories |
• GlaxoSmithKline |
