
The Smart Factory Begins in Engineering
Why digital continuity, shared data models, and integrated engineering shape plant performance before operations begin.

Why digital continuity, shared data models, and integrated engineering shape plant performance before operations begin.

Achieving sustainability targets and productivity improvements are primary levers that make operations teams successful. At MBCC Group, one of the leading construction chemicals players, Wayne Towell, Vice President of Operations has been driving various initiatives to track, monitor and enhance productivity of their plants across the globe.

ISPE and its members are developing the roadmap to introduce Industry 4.0, also called the Smart Factory, at the pharmaceutical industry as Pharma 4.0 – an operating model that is interconnected, meaning that the digital tools allow for a fully connected network to enable direct communication between all levels in an organization.

Porsche Consulting presents a vision of a high-end smart biopharmaceutical production unit and a corresponding operating model.
