Rockwell Automation

“Automating these important activities saved me time and the company money. We experienced a 75% reduction in manual data recording activities. That allowed us to re-allocate 50% of the weighing personnel”
-Production Manager

Benefits

• Operator is guided through complex weighing process reducing the risk of errors
• Barcode identification helps to ensure that only correct material can be used
• Enforcement of processes and specifications helps minimize waste and rework
• Optimization of weigh and dispense operations can free up capacity
• Automatic calculations deliver correct quantities for active ingredients and compensation materials
• Equipment management enforces the use of qualified equipment

Value of an integrated platform

• Robust technology and infrastructure proven in mission-critical business applications
• Service-oriented architecture (SOA) for cost-effective, flexible deployment and easier integration with business and automation systems
• Built-in graphical tools make it easier and faster to build and modify applications that help to reduce cost of deployment and maintenance

Intuitive, workflow-based user interface guides operators through complex weighing process.

Lowering costs in regulated world? Yes!

Weighing and dispensing ranks as one of the critical steps in life sciences industries. Companies are striving to eliminate the potential for error from the manufacturing process. FactoryTalk® Pharma Suite Dispense helps ensure regulatory compliance while reducing risk within weighing and dispensing operations.

Operators are guided through complex processes with pre-defined workflows. Barcode identification helps allow the use of correct material and equipment. Material, equipment and personnel activities are systematically linked into a single record of production. A built-in exception management detects and records any deviations from pre-defined processes and specifications.

FactoryTalk Pharma Suite offers these and additional benefits, backed by J2EE technology proven in business-critical environments. Built-in graphical tools and the model-based approach of configurable workflows and activities permits significantly lower cost of ownership (TCO).

Goals of operational excellence permeate the life sciences industry. FactoryTalk Pharma Suite Dispense can help achieve these goals with a powerful validation-ready package that helps drive compliance costs down while helping increase productivity.

Features

• Pre-defined weighing workflows
• Multiple weighing methods
• Barcode ID of material and equipment
• Enforcement of material requirements like batch status or expiry date
• Calculation of active ingredients and compensation material
• Booth cleaning management
• Calibration management
• Hazard symbols and Risk & Safety phrases
• Tracking of all material, equipment and personnel involved in the weighing process
• Electronic signatures and audit trail
• Label printing and weighing report
• Works stand-alone or with ERP
• Automatic booking of consumptions in ERP
• Support for a wide range of lab balances and industrial scales terminals from different vendors

Get More Information

For ordering information contact your local Rockwell  Automation sales office or Allen-Bradley distributor. Or learn more by visiting discover.rockwellautomation.com/go/PharmaSuite.

How one company lowered costs while simplifying compliance issues.

Changing economic pressures and regulatory requirements present challenges for most any pharmaceutical company. At one midsize pharmaceutical company, the pressures ran deep as the production manager struggled to find a solution providing an easier way of tracking activities. FactoryTalk® Pharma Suite gave the production manager the answer. The comprehensive weigh and dispense application, utilizing the predefined weighing workflows, resulted in a decrease in manual errors and miscalculations. These weighing workflows ensured that only material specified in the bill of materials (BOM) was used. The electronic signature requested after each cleaning eliminated manual documentation, resulting in decreased time spent on manual activities.

"Automating these important activities saved me time and the company money," said the production manager. "We experienced a 75% reduction in manual data recording activities. That allowed us to re-allocate 50% of the weighing personnel. The guidance of the system through complex weighing processes significantly reduced the manufacturing risks. That led to a more reliable output and helped us to reduce WIP." After experiencing the functionality that FactoryTalk Pharma Suite provides, the company is now better able to comply with the changing economy and meet all regulatory requirements at a lowered total cost of ownership.