PLANT MANAGEMENT
ABB Ability 800xA Mobile Operator Workplace
Vinu Kurup discusses how automation technology and mobility solutions are improving efficiency, availability and accessibility of production within the pharmaceutical sector
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Although awareness exists about the opportunities offered by digitalisation, many companies remain challenged in creating efficient workflows in a highly validated environment. Te ability to get useable data in and out of the machines and to use it in a consistent and conformal way, avoiding double and triple entry into the various systems, is critical. With this objective in mind, Anthem
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Bioscience, an Indian-based contract research organisation (CRO), turned to ABB to design, engineer and install a unified API,
ith competition fierce and demand high, today’s pharma companies need to be more agile and scalable than ever.
fermentation, building management system and environmental monitoring system at its new pharmaceutical facility in Bangalore. ABB worked closely with Anthem
Bioscience to ensure its manufacturing operations would run as efficiently as possible, with minimal downtime while still complying with stringent regulations and practices. Te company developed a single automation system for both API and fermentation that would ensure a complete view of plant operations over a single system, ensuring better control, improved uptime and reliability as well as higher productivity. Using ABB Ability manufacturing operations management (MOM) software,
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the company was able to deliver plant- wide data access and insights needed for real-time, accurate decision making by the management team in regards to process improvements, production planning, quality control, inventory and asset management and maintenance operations. With this system in place, operators at the plant can easily understand how the plant is performing at the click of a button. Te system delivers harmonised data and reporting information that allows operators to readily visualise the potential for improvement, understand and prioritise actions to improve efficiency, find and solve production bottlenecks
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