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Overall enterprise
integration in a
validated
environment
Solution scenario
Validated
Pharmaceutical plant
Issues: Enterprise Integration and validation
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
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Overall enterprise integration
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SAP integration for scheduling
and master recipes
 Enterprise connection to diverse
systems including: HVAC, mixing,
maintenance management
product routing and water systems
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Total plant pharmaceutical
industry validation
This large pharmaceutical
manufacturing facility produces
over 3 billion tablets annually
Additional requirements
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Regulatory compliance in the design and
deployment of products and systems from the
plant floor to the ERP level
 Process, raw material, and product tracking and
control
 High level of operator interaction
 Automated sampling data entry
ABB Solution: Enterprise Integration
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System integration services were provided by
ABB
 Inform IT Enterprise Historian selected as the
heart of the ERP/MES/Plant Floor for production
related activities
 Planning functions are logically and physically
separated from production. In the event of a
network failure, the MES system continues
production for days based upon previously
downloaded SAP production orders
ABB Solution: Enterprise Integration
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SAP system selected as the basis for recipe
development, production planning and material
movement and permanent batch records
 ABB handled distribution and synchronization of
recipes across multiple, independently
controlled process areas
 ABB is responsible for the electronic batch
record keeping
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Data is collected into the Enterprise Historian
ABB application consolidates the batch record and
forwards it to SAP
ABB Solution: architectural view
Barcode
system
Process
management
Mixing system
SAP
Production
scheduling,
orders,
final batch
records
Production
supervision
& accounting
Production lines
Product Routing
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Building control system
ABB Solution: Enterprise Integration
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ERP system interface via SAP certified software
(Verano Enterprise Link)
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Production orders
Quality data
Batch records (schedule)
Material short-term tracking
Operator interface
Automation system interface
Peripherals interface
Maintenance system (CMMS) interface
Historical process recording
Industrial IT solution: validation and security
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Data source uniqueness is
preserved
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Data can only be entered at one
place
All operator and maintenance
personnel entries recorded (by
an electronic batch recording
system)
 Project documentation is
available at the Enterprise
Historian served up by
Netscape Fasttrack web
server. Goal is to become
paperless.