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Essential Nutriments to Save Lives Made Possible by AVEVA

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Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
  • Europe
Country
  • Belgium
Product
  • InTouch
  • System Platform
  • Batch Management
  • Historian
Tech Stack
  • Profibus
  • SCADA
  • PLC
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Cost Savings
Technology Category
  • Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
Applicable Industries
  • Life Sciences
Applicable Functions
  • Discrete Manufacturing
  • Quality Assurance
Use Cases
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Process Control & Optimization
Services
  • System Integration
About The Customer
Baxter S.A. is a global diversified healthcare company that applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to develop products that advance patient care worldwide. Baxter’s Lessines, Belgium facility is responsible for manufacturing single and multiple compartment storage bags for administering nutriments to patients intravenously. To streamline its operations, manage operating costs and conform to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 21 CFR Part 11 compliance standards, Baxter needed to revise its manufacturing facility processes to incorporate automation methods into a new production line.
The Challenge
Baxter S.A., a global diversified healthcare company, needed to revise its manufacturing facility processes to incorporate automation methods into a new production line. The new automation system needed to assist Baxter in achieving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 21 CFR Part 11 compliance regulations. The automation system selected for the new Baxter production line had to be fully compatible with Baxter’s existing architecture and systems. The company required that the new system integrate Profibus-connected smart sensors into the new manufacturing line process. Production management had to be centralised and include reporting, analysis, traceability and performance monitoring to adhere to FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulations as well as European compliance standards.
The Solution
To achieve this goal, Baxter selected Wonderware software from AVEVA to manage its new production line. Baxter implemented Batch Management for batch execution and genealogy reporting; InTouch HMI for process visualisation; and System Platform powered by Wonderware to provide a single, scalable platform for all SCADA, supervisory HMI and MES applications. The new manufacturing line not only had to double the production capacity, but also had to integrate each of the facility’s sub-systems to form a unified and automated manufacturing process. The new line is composed of six processes for preparing the various nutriments and filling the intravenous storage bags. The use of System Platform in conjunction with InTouch HMI provided Baxter with an open architecture framework that enabled the company to easily incorporate the various technologies operating in the plant.
Operational Impact
  • The implementation of the new Wonderware system doubled the manufacturing facility’s productivity.
  • Baxter’s manufacturing processes are now fully traceable and meet all FDA and European regulations.
  • System Platform powered by Wonderware has enabled the BiiON engineers to create approximately 35 reusable generic objects, which are stored in a central library.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Doubled the manufacturing facility’s productivity.

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