1,100 hours per year are saved at Fujirebio

Fujirebio makes biomarkers (i.e., blood tests) and its core competency is in the oncology area so its products are mainly centered around cancer testing. The product it manufactures annually is quite considerable.  At their Malvern, Pennsylvania plant, they produce about 75 million tests that are then distributed throughout the world. 

The solution is completely paperless and provides electronic record collection with electronic signatures while maintaining 21 CFR compliance and ISO 9001 and 13485 certification

 

What makes the solution at Fujirebio unique?

The EMS provides us a way of archiving data and it allows us to trend the way that our equipment is operating to make sure it’s staying within specification and up to our standards. 

Josh Zimmer
Quality Engineer

What makes the solution unique?

1. It is a complete paperless system with electronic records and electronic signatures
2. It generates18 Monthly Department Reports for “Review By Exception” 
3. It routes reports for review and approval via the Wonderware Workflow software

More information

In my next post, I will talk about what going paperless did for Fujirebio. In the meantime, you can check out the following:

1. Wonderware Workflow
2. Wonderware System Platform

Take care,
Jay

Fujirebio: from a 15 hour review to just minutes

 

“At Fujirebio, we are looking to take advantage of our electronic systems. We installed the equipment monitoring system to electronically capture data from Fujirebio’s temperature-controlled areas. The new monitoring system also provides the company with a scalable infrastructure which we can implement other electronic data capture projects as we go forward.”

Mike Koch

Vice President, Supply Chain

 

A great start at Fujirebio

 

A major milestone was achieved at Fujirebio Diagnostics on July 1, 2013 when the manual paper-based process of periodically recording temperature readings for specific GMP-related equipment was officially replaced by a new computerized system.

 

“Before the EMS system went in, I was spending about 15 or more hours manually reviewing the GMP packs. After the system, I went from hours to minutes. The key benefits of the system are the electronic signatures with the review by exception, and not having to worry about missing papers or chart recorders. The system has just made my life a whole lot easier.”

Rachael Vinjamuri, Lead Manufacturing Document Analyst

 

Fujirebio: innovation always starts with an idea

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

Fujirebio: Electronic Initiative for manufacturing



With a more than 20-year reputation as a trusted source of innovative solutions in clinical diagnostics, Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc.’s proven manufacturing process for the production of biomarkers has made it a global partner of choice among leading diagnostics companies around the world. 

Project goal: To replace an existing paper-based GMP record system and manual process with an electronic monitoring system

Being in the life sciences industry, Fujirebio adheres to a strict manufacturing processes.  These processes are certified with compliance for reporting and documentation requirements that are very detailed and extensive.  The biomarkers produced by Fujirebio help physicians, lab professionals and patients better manage disease.

The benefits of SmartGlance to Coca Cola

The following benefits were achevied at Coca Cola Swaziland after the Wonderware solution was installed:

1. The Wonderware solution provides more visibility into energy usage and cost per plant and subsection
2. It has enabled Coca Cola Swaziland to implement a system that facilitates smarter energy usage
3. It allowed Coca Cola Swaziland to have a tighter grip on epartmental budgets and targets
4. It gave Cocal Cola Swaziland the ability to control high energy operations to take place during low-cost periods

 More information

For more information on the products used in this success story, you can visit the following links:

1. Corporate Energy Management from Wonderware
2. Wonderware SmartGlance
3. PDF version of the Coca Cola Swaziland success story

Coca-Cola Swaziland keeps operators informed

This project facilitated the first time measurement of metrics and when the first results were made available they came as a shock:  The Swaziland Electricity Company validated the results and found out that Coca Cola Swazialand achieved a discrepancy of less than 1%.

Once this was established, the organization completely bought into the system.