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GE Fanuc Automation, a division of the GE Infrastructure global business platform, has introduced a new realtime information portal solution for life sciences manufacturers, which helps companies capture, analyse and act on plant production data to significantly improve profitability, efficiency and compliance.

The solution provides web-based batch reporting, captures and maintains proof of compliance, facilitates realtime quality analysis, and decreases product manufacturing cycle times. "To unlock the full potential of a manufacturing operation, life sciences companies must have a realtime understanding of what is actually happening on the plant floor and be able to improve the operation based on the data being collected in a compliant fashion," says Daniel Coetzee, GE Fanuc Automation business manager for Sub-Saharan Africa. "With this new realtime information portal solution, they can not only gain critical production information but they can then securely share it with other decision makers and take action to improve their bottom line - all the time recording in a compliant repository the changes that could affect their operation," he explains.

Designed for 21 CFR Part 11 and cGMP regulations, the GE Fanuc Proficy Real-Time Information Portal solution features a powerful suite of plant intelligence software applications that, according to Coetzee, are active and proven in pharmaceutical companies today.

"Based upon these successful implementations, the solution provides scalability, speed and precision for data collection and batch record analysis to improve consistency of operations, boost capacity, lower inventory levels, optimise manufacturing scheduling, and reduce waste, rejects and recalls. The GE Fanuc Automation division of GE Infrastructure has helped life sciences companies reduce the costs and risks of meeting government regulations specifically aimed at production record keeping. With this software toolset, the production management team can improve quality control and assurance, and gain product genealogy reporting for traceability," says Coetzee.

The web-enabled realtime information portal integrates a full range of easy-to-use applications and services to continuously improve productivity. "It has been developed to build intelligence into processes - gathering, analysing, and transforming data into information and enabling companies to act in realtime to optimise results. With an open architecture, the software applications connect production equipment, business systems and decision makers. This closed-loop experience ensures that production runs smoothly, efficiently and with greater profitability," Coetzee concludes.

For more information contact Daniel Coetzee, GE Fanuc Automation, 031 583 2602, [email protected], www.gefanuc.com

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