Product category:
Process Control: SCADA, ERP, MES and networks
News Release from: Werum Software and Systems | Subject: Werum PAS-X
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2007
Manufacturing platform for ERP + MES
applications
Werum PAS-X basic system achieves "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" status, enables integration of business applications and manufacturing processes to achieve compliance and operational excellence
Werum Software and Systems has announced it is striving to establish a common platform for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) applications tailored for the pharmaceutical industry This common platform will integrate business and manufacturing processes to achieve operational excellence
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 2 Mar 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Pharmaceuticals facility uses PAS-X MES
The infusion solutions produced at the B Braun Melsungen pharmaceuticals facility are manufactured by means of a highly automated process in a validated production environment, using Werum PAS-X
AstraZeneca to use Werum PAS-X data acquisition
AstraZeneca will be using the Werum PAS-X Operating data acquisition system for its pharmaceutical packaging at production sites in Wedel and Plankstadt in Germany
The initial step in this integration process has already been done: Werum has achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" status for its MES PAS-X basic system, module PAS-CAPA version 1.0.
In the next steps, Werum is going to advance the technical integration.
Pharmaceutical companies utilising the mySAP ERP application and the SAP xApp for Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP xMII) composite application can leverage the Werum PAS-X basic system, a leading MES application, to simultaneously meet regulatory requirements and increase operational performance by building a compliant shop-floor manufacturing and electronic batch records (EBR) infrastructure.
Further reading
Werum provides PAS-X MES for production at Bayer
Bayer HealthCare is now using Werum PAS-X software to run its parenteral drug manufacturing at its Leverkusen, Germany site, further expanding the domain of the Werum MES product suite at Bayer
Organon installs Werum PAS-X for API production
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient manufacturer Organon has installed Werum PAS-X MES software in their new state-of-the-art API-powder processing production facility in Oss, The Netherlands
Werum PAS-X MES system for Altana Pharma Cork
Werum has delivered a PAS-X MES system for Altana Pharma, currently building a new green field secondary pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Cork, Ireland
To achieve Powered by SAP NetWeaver qualification, Werum has demonstrated that PAS-X basic system can be successfully deployed on a J2EE-based deployment of the SAP NetWeaver Application Server Release 6.40 and is accessible via the SAP NetWeaver Portal.
This deployment has been tested and certified by the SAP Integration and Certification Center.
"Now that PAS-X has achieved Powered by SAP NetWeaver status, leading companies are planning to take advantage of it in many ways, such as its ability to access and use plant-wide information from remote locations or the ability to control all aspects of a manufacturing step from a single user interface," said Hartmut Krome, Chairman of Executive Board at Werum.
"These features and capabilities go far beyond what is currently available today in the industry".
Faced with weaker drug pipelines, eroding profits and significant competition from generic companies, pharmaceutical executives are looking for new ways to meet today's complex manufacturing challenges of compliance, efficiency and flexibility.
While most organizations have deployed SAP solutions to manage their worldwide business networks, many anticipated benefits cannot be realized until manufacturing operations are seamlessly integrated into the supply chain.
To address these challenges, Werum is working to integrate solutions into a common manufacturing platform for ERP and MES that eliminates design-integration aspects in favour of business-configuration elements.
This platform provides smooth and reliable information exchange between the business and manufacturing layers by enabling production visibility at the business layer and transparent synchronisation across both layers.
Werum intends to leverage and align its solutions around the SAP xMII application into a manufacturing standard for operational excellence in the life sciences industry.
"Compliant manufacturing is the foundation for pharmaceutical companies executing a comprehensive manufacturing strategy," said Jim Sabogal, Vice President of Life Sciences Industry Solutions for SAP: "The SAP extensive product investments and industry partnerships across the pharmaceutical industry emphasise our commitment to helping our customers transform their manufacturing operations from a market necessity to a business opportunity.
The Werum qualification of the PAS-X basic system, module PAS-CAPA as Powered by SAP NetWeaver is a key demonstration of this strategy.
It provides our customers assurance that their manufacturing execution systems will smoothly integrate with their existing enterprise infrastructure and support near-term operational enhancements during project initiatives".
Benefits of Streamlined Integration.
By deploying their integration approach on SAP xMII, customers using solutions from SAP and Werum will greatly benefit by significantly reducing project deployment costs while relying on a scaleable architecture capable of addressing their most demanding business needs.
By deploying a standard integrated solution, organizations can now consider the strategic deployment of MES across all their plants, thereby reducing project complexity, lowering infrastructure maintenance costs, reaching time to benefits much faster, and lowering deployment risks significantly.
Customers will be able to take advantage of the Werum life science expertise acquired during the last 20 years in the form of standard built-in best practices and advanced dialogs to significantly reduce production lead times and inventory levels.
Collaborative Customer Roadmaps for operational excellence strategy.
MES is now a mission-critical application for all pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies.
The combination of an integrated manufacturing platform with a pre-configured and validation-ready MES product makes it easy for customers to adapt and deploy leading-edge technology, while at the same time realizing the benefits of a product that is reliable and a leader in the market.
A key element of this relationship is the reliance on SAP xMII to concurrently drive the vertical integration of manufacturing processes into the business application layer (top-floor to shop-floor integration), and the horizontal integration of MES within the supply chain of the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries.
SAP xMII and SAP NetWeaver provide complete support for J2EE technology adopted by both organizations many years ago.
This guarantees ease of integration, rapid functionality enhancements and reliable support.
• Werum Software and Systems: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Processingtalk email newsletter
• Processingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
