Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Fujirebio: innovation always starts with an idea

A significant amount of time is spent each day manually reviewing reports


The creation of the Electronic Initiative at Fujirebio was triggered by a few challenges in the Pennsylvania plant, mainly on the following:
  • A significant amount of time is spent each day manually reviewing reports
  • The existing paper-based system was time-consuming and vulnerable to reporting errors

Innovation Always Starts with an Idea


The project started when the personnel at the Malvern campus identified a major opportunity to save time and paper, while still retaining compliance by automating the acquisition of equipment data and generating electronic reports for review and approval. 
The solution is called the Electronic Initiative and the first phase of the implementation is called the Equipment Monitoring System, or EMS.

“EMS provides us a way of archiving data and it allows us to trend the way our equipment is operating to make sure its staying within our specifications and up to our standards”  
Josh Zimmer, Fujirebio quality engineer.

The solution is called the Electronic Initiative and the first phase of the implementation is called the Equipment Monitoring System, or EMS

The function of the EMS


The EMS system at Fujirebio performs a number of very important functions such as:
  • Enabling personnel to monitor equipment from their workstations
  • Maintaining all temperature readings in electronic records
  • Notifying authorized personnel in the event of adverse temperature trends
  • Generating electronic Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) reports for review by exception
  • Providing authorized personnel electronic signature capabilities to approve reports

More information


In my next post, I will talk about the benefits that Fujirebio got from the EMS built on Wonderware software. In the meantime, you can check out the following:

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