Industry 4.0 and the digital plant
Digital design, real-time data and predictive maintenance: we guide manufacturers through their Industry 4.0 transformation.
Standards GAMP 5 · 21 CFR Part 11 · GMP · ISO 9001 · ICH Q9
PBE Expert supports industrial and manufacturing companies as they develop and implement Industry 4.0: turning the plant into a virtual model simulated with instrument data, interconnecting those instruments, recording production in real time, and making the plant flexible and efficient in its use of energy and raw materials.
We integrate PLCs, SCADA, laboratory systems (LIMS) and enterprise systems (ERP, SAP), and we validate computerized systems and data integrity.
Digital plant
From instrument to ERP.
Data flows up in real time from every instrument to enterprise management; production orders flow back down. Each level is integrated, then validated: GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11 and data integrity.
- Level 4Enterprise managementERP, SAP
- Level 3Production managementMES, LIMS, serialization
- Level 2Supervisory controlSCADA and operator interfaces
- Level 1ControlPLCs, vision systems
- Level 0ProcessSensors, instruments, actuators
Products and processes
Our services in this industry
Each service in detail, as we deliver it in this industry.
What we implement9 items
- Digital design of products and systems
- Agile, distributed and reconfigurable production systems
- Data acquisition for self-diagnosis and self-reconfiguration
- Automatic generation of simulation models for continuous improvement
- Virtual model of the plant, simulated with data collected by the instruments
- Interconnected instruments and production data recorded in real time
- Flexible, customized production
- New logistics decision-support tools
- A plant that saves energy and raw materials
Plant data analytics8 items
- Connecting instruments and networks
- Cloud for on-demand computing and data
- Storage and memory infrastructure
- Content and context: correlations and business intelligence
- Community: sharing and collaboration
- Customization and value
- On-demand and predictive maintenance
- Resource planning and realistic scheduling
Systems and validation6 items
- Automation, PLCs, SCADA, integration, BMS, BAS, ERP, SAP
- Laboratory systems (LIMS)
- Digitization, data collection and data integrity
- Computerized system validation (CSV): GAMP, 21 CFR Part 11
- Calibration of measuring instruments ahead of the move to Industry 4.0
- Recording and traceability of data and critical points
Pharmaceutical
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A new site, an expansion, an inspection to prepare for: describe your project and one of our experts will get back to you.