Pharmaceutical Chilled Storage Facility – Automated Product Storage and Retrieval System C&Q The Challenge A large mid-western pharmaceutical company planned to install an automated product storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) within a new chilled storage facility. The idea was established as a way to better identify and document time the product spent outside of refrigeration […]
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The Challenges A manufacturing division of a major pharmaceutical corporation owned and operated a number of Kaye Validator thermal validation systems. Historically, the facility’s Metrology department had outsourced the scheduled calibration of the Kaye Validators and their sensor input modules (SIMs) to the vendor, which limited their control over the time it took to return […]
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The Challenge A global organization that develops, manufactures and sells diagnostic instruments and related software needed validation for their cloud based Electronic Data Capture “EDC” platform, “IBM Clinical Development” to help reduce the time and cost of clinical trials. Their clinical sites would enter study data into the software and it would expedite their data […]
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The Challenge In 2003, a large pharmaceutical and biotechnology company was experiencing cost overruns, project delays and other cost-of-quality issues that have become the norm on recent projects. Many questions existed and answers were needed for questions such as: Further investigation revealed that the construction industry, as a whole, has been struggling with quality issues […]
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The Challenge The 2016 publication of FDA draft guidance document (“Data Integrity and Compliance with CGMP”) along with increased warning letters / 483s have generated an increased attention toward data integrity issues among FDA regulated industries. As a result, companies in the affected industries have begun instituting or updating their data integrity policies and best […]
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The Challenge A leading medical device company was underway on two projects intending to launch new global business information systems; an electronic CAPA management system and a product complaint handling system. Both systems were being developed in a TrackWise® system environment with the collaboration of the software vendor, Sparta Systems, and the in-house development team. […]
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The Challenge A large Midwestern animal health manufacturing company needed to move from an old process control automation platform with diminishing upgrade and support options to a newer more customizable and expandable system. The same automation platform was being used for all of the major manufacturing processes at the plant site, from fermentation to recovery […]
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Clinical Trials Manufacturing – Conversion of a Manual to Automated Process The Challenge A Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) required a process improvement to increase the production capacity for prefilled syringe assembly and labeling operations. This parenteral assembly, labeling, and packaging process was currently being performed manually, but due to forecasted volume increases, an automated process […]
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The Challenge A client contacted Performance Validation requesting assistance with qualification of a new product packaging line for a bagged dry product to allow for serialization and reduction in personal protective equipment (PPE) required by operations. This system was to be installed in a parallel room with tie-in to the existing packaging line to allow […]
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The Challenge A client contacted Performance Validation requesting assistance with qualification of additions and modifications to an existing cell culture purification suite to expand the product line capabilities of a newer acquisition facility on a tight production shutdown window. Additionally, this client requested assistance with replacement of their obsolete washers and autoclaves, expansion of their […]
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