Life Sciences (Europe)

Lives Depend on the Results​​​​​​​
A European pharmaceutical company initiated a project to bring online a new biopharmaceutical production center. This fast-track project had to be completed — from design to production — within two years.
Engineers designed the bioplant manufacturing operation to include upstream and downstream processes in addition to all the supporting processes for media, buffers, and utilities. Managing and documenting the automatic and manual activities involved in production would require strong integration between the manufacturing execution system (MES) and distributed control system (DCS) so that a single batch record could be delivered for each complex batch run, and so that engineers could design recipes in one system rather than in multiple.
Bringing all the data and systems together efficiently would require assistance from an expert partner not only with experience in the biopharma industry, but with strong success in integrating biopharma systems.

Multiple Systems, Multiple Teams Working as One
The company turned to Emerson for expertise and solutions in part thanks to Emerson’s Life Sciences Industry group and their strong track record in implementing comprehensive DCS and MES solutions in similar conditions with similar requirements. Emerson’s local project leadership integrated resources using common processes and tools. Emerson expertise included additional global engineering teams in Europe and India to meet the requirements of a complex fast-track project.
Key also was the fact that Emerson’s Syncade manufacturing execution system and DeltaV™ DCS could be seamlessly integrated. Seamless integration enabled the project team to shape and use the two systems as if they were one — spending less time building, implementing, and (later) maintaining the systems and the documentation. Not only did the solution reduce complexity through its native integration, but it enabled the project team to absorb last-minute changes. The customer’s project team saved engineering time because batch design is performed in just one system.

Success
The team completed the project in the required time frame and the medications were introduced to patients soon after.