10 ways to enhance your partnership with a control systems integrator

10 ways to enhance your partnership with a control systems integrator

Control systems integration is the key to unlocking your manufacturing facility’s profitability and flexibility through digitalization. But to get there, you need a qualified control systems integrator—and a plan for making the most of that collaboration.

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How to improve your manufacturing efficiency: Value stream mapping 101

Even when manufacturing budgets tighten, there are still ways to improve operations and increase throughput, quality, and speed to market. Here’s your guide to getting there with value stream mapping.

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4 steps to protect your facility from combustible dust

4 steps to protect your facility from combustible dust

In life sciences manufacturing, safety in handling bulk powders and combustible dust can fall through the cracks. The bottom line? As per fire and building codes, if your manufacturing process generates dust, you must perform a dust hazard analysis to establish whether you’re dealing with a fire or explosion hazard. If you are, you need to know how to mitigate the risk throughout your facility.

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Stainless steel, single-use, or hybrid: 7 questions to guide your decision

Stainless steel, single-use, or hybrid: 7 questions to guide your decision

Manufacturers of therapeutic proteins face immense pressure to stay ahead of market trends and deliver complex product portfolios. Choosing the right manufacturing system from day one can reduce that pressure and position you for ongoing commercial success.   

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Lighting design for life sciences facilities

Life sciences facilities are unique workspaces that combine office space with highly specialized laboratory, research, and manufacturing areas. In this article, we explore the many roles lighting design plays to enhance the variety of activities that take place at these innovative companies—while at the same time improving energy efficiency and supporting employee wellness.

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Industry 4.0: Examples and benefits for manufacturing

Industry 4.0 examples to better understand what Industry 4.0 is and how it can bring value to your manufacturing operations.

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8 questions to ask before hiring a food and beverage construction company

The journey from initial project concept to an expanded or all-new food manufacturing facility is long, and it’s lined with complex decisions, evolving food safety regulations and shifting business drivers. To make the food and beverage construction project journey as smooth as possible, and arrive at a commercially successful outcome, start by familiarizing yourself with these eight mission-critical questions.

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Applying continuous liquid chromatography for process intensification

Applying continuous liquid chromatography for process intensification

Process intensification is a significant market trend in biomanufacturing. Continuous liquid chromatography—a paradigm shift from traditional batch chromatography operation—is key to increasing manufacturing efficiency.

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7 human-centric design principles to improve the life science workplace

7 human-centric design principles to improve the life science workplace

Whether you’re leasing a lab space or building an all-new drug manufacturing facility, you’ll see a greater return on your capital investment when you deliver a workplace that fits the needs of your employees. That’s the principle behind human-centric workplace design, and it’s the key to a more resilient, flexible, and productive life science facility.

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Mastering the commercialization pathway: a 5-stage operations and manufacturing strategy for food processors

Operations and manufacturing strategy is a process of assessing your current resources and defining your future manufacturing needs and risks, then using those inputs to determine if a capital project is necessary—and if it is, to position that project for long-term commercial success and organizational alignment.

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