Implementation of Electronic Logbooks for the Utilities Area in a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility

Abstract

Technology is an ever evolving concept, that every year incorporates new terminology appropriate to technological advances and different application domains. Industries are trying to leverage all of those new concepts to start to have major integration between their processes and their systems. One of the enablers to do this integration in the pharmaceutical industry are the Manufacturing Execution Systems. Serving as the main point for capturing manufacturing data, the Manufacturing Executions Systems can help pharmaceutical industries detect inefficiencies and problems sooner, saving time and money and support continuous business improvements. With the objective of simplifying and standardizing processes, as well as to leverage the infrastructure and systems already in place, this design project will focus in the implementation of electronic logbooks for the Utilities area, including, but not limited to the creation of requirement and design documents, development of electronic logbooks, validation and production implementation. Key Terms - Pharmaceutical Industry, MES, Information Technology, DMAIC, Environmental Regulations