For batch processes found in industries such as pharmaceutical & biopharmaceutical, food & beverage, specialty chemicals, etc., analytics technology advancements are helping to improve quality, consistency and reliability. I caught up with Emerson's Zuwei Jin...
For pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers, Continued Process Verification is: ...the collection and analysis of end-to-end production components and processes data to ensure process is running under the state of control and product outputs are within predetermined...
Measuring quality in real-time improves the overall performance of a manufacturing process. The International Foundation Process Analytical Chemistry (IFPAC) is: …a world-wide, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Process Analytical Technology...
Author: Eric Kuebler Since the Continued Process Verification (CPV) guidance in 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been talking quality and verifying process state of control. Now the FDA is getting around to defining what that looks like and what...
Author: Michalle Adkins I often get asked, "So, what do you do for a living?" Boy is that a loaded question. When I say that I manage a group of Life Sciences Industry Consultants for Emerson—that really does not help to answer the question. Hmmm, how do I describe...
We're now just a couple of weeks away from the September 30-October 4 Emerson Exchange conference in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. Today's the last day to save $200 on the conference fee, so register today if you're planning on joining us. If you're in the...
Models can help bring understanding to complex processes. In batch manufacturing, one of the benefits from generating models from process history data is the process understanding gained by going through the steps of generating and refining the model. These steps...
For batch processes, comparing between batches to achieve a high degree of consistency has always been a challenge. In a Chemical Processing article, Batch Processing Gets a Boost, Emerson's Dawn Marruchella shares results from some beta sites where the real-time...
Over the past several years, I've covered the advancements in batch analytics to improve the efficiency of batch processes and spot troubles early enough to avoid or resolve the trouble. There can be many simultaneous complex activities in batch operations including...
Creating batch process models such as fermentation is challenging due to their inherent time variability batch to batch. It's also critical to know when problems are beginning to develop when corrective measures can be taken. Emerson's David Rehbein, a Senior Data...
I received an email from the 2010 Emerson Global Users Exchange Board about a few errors and omissions in the Friday Emerson Exchange Today newspaper from the recent event. Here's a link to the corrected version. I wanted to pass along the changes to everyone in case...
WBF is holding their annual North American conference this week in Austin, Texas. For those not here, you can get a flavor for what's happening through the WBF Twitter account and the search hash tag, #WBFna. Two Emerson presenters are on the agenda today. First, Dawn...
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