Deep cultivation of “from consulting to landing” five major innovations to boost the smart transformation of pharmaceutical factories

At this CIPM site, Schneider Electric focused on demonstrating a complete software and hardware integration solution based on EcoStruxure™ architecture and platform for the life science field. Through innovative solutions and services covering consulting design, equipment automation, process automation, production line informatization, and public works, Enabling companies to achieve operational excellence throughout the pharmaceutical plant life cycle:• Consulting design: Planning first, Schneider Electric provides digital transformation consulting services covering strategic, operational and technical levels, from the three levels of technical consulting “Y” model for enterprises to develop ideas and see results. Specifically, Schneider Electric helps companies focus on their business objectives at the value chain level, and then helps companies integrate business functions through horizontal collaboration with senior management, supply chain management, production operations management, engineering management, and customer management. Finally, the vertical integration from research reports, technical standards and specifications to user needs, budget plans, and then to the implementation path and summary report truly ensures that the plan can be implemented and can be landed.
DS200TCQAG1BHF • Equipment automation: In view of the current high requirements for intelligent and automated equipment in pharmaceutical factories, Schneider Electric takes random disruption and rapid restoration of the Rubik’s cube as an example. The Modicon M310 EtherCAT bus motion controller and the Lexium 18E bus servo driver and motor are combined to form an EtherCAT ecolum-based motion control iron triangle. With the EcoStruxure open automation platform and advanced machine vision, the precise and agile execution of complex processes is completed. In order to cope with increasingly stringent compliance requirements and complex working conditions, Schneider Electric Harmony FT6 stainless steel touch screen provides electronic records, electronic signatures, data integrity, advanced security policies and other functions in line with domestic and foreign regulations, and has high pressure washing resistance, corrosion resistance and other properties, which can effectively ensure production compliance and safety.
• Process automation: As a mature product in the field of process automation, ProLeiT Plant IT brewmaxx process control and manufacturing execution system is based on the S88 standard model, integrating order, batch, formulation, material management and manual weighing functions. Embedded in AVEVA Model Driven MES manufacturing execution and operation management system, energy management system EMS and packaging line management system LMS, and perfectly integrated with the edge control layer of Modicon M580 process control system, horizontal integration from raw material processing, packaging to storage of the entire drug production process. Vertically open up from procurement, material management to workshop drug control, to create a reliable standardized operating platform for users.
• Production line informatization: With software and digital services such as AVEVA AIM EcoStruxure AIA Asset information management platform, AVEVA PI System operational big Data DS200TCQAG1BHF management platform and EMMO Line management suite, Schneider Electric can build digital factory architectures for pharmaceutical companies. Enable the full life cycle from digital design to digital delivery to digital operations and maintenance.
• Utilities: To meet the needs of pharmaceutical factories for stable and controllable production environment, Schneider Electric provides BMS building management system that can integrate all facility subsystems, and EMS environmental monitoring system that can collect and display environmental data of key areas and equipment throughout the plant, helping users to improve the ability to maintain the stability of storage and production environment and ensure the data integrity of environmental records. And reduce equipment failures, thereby reducing maintenance and operating costs.

Enabled by Schneider Electric, many leading companies in the industry have taken the lead in the digital transformation and upgrading of their factories. Among them, with the help of Schneider Electric’s hardware and software products and digital solutions based on the EcoStruxure architecture and platform, Liaoning Chunguang achieved a 100% increase in production efficiency, a 50% reduction in energy consumption, a 15% reduction in energy costs, and a 20% reduction in downtime for each rapid packing machine. The factory of a well-known medical nutrition company is based on the MES system DMO customized by Schneider Electric, tracking management and statistical analysis of the entire production process, reducing the single ton production cost of 3% enterprises, while the production efficiency of the entire production line is increased by more than 8%, and the defective product rate is reduced by 5%. The Suzhou base of Merieux Biology relies on Schneider Electric’s complete set of power distribution, automation and information technology solutions, and has successfully become a benchmark project in the biopharmaceutical industry.

DS200TCQAG1BHF As a key area of new quality productivity and future industries, the life science industry is facing a wave of transformation driven by innovation and restructuring of industry competitiveness. In this process, Schneider Electric will be committed to providing end-to-end services for pharmaceutical factory users and equipment manufacturers to help enterprises ensure production and operation compliance and drug quality is strictly controlled. At the same time, we continue to deepen innovation in the three major areas of digitalization, automation and electrification, with a view to working with more partners to continue to empower the intelligent transformation of the life science industry.