Plug & Produce: Your entry point to Pharma 4.0

Vertical integration is a fundamental condition for the implementation of numerous Industry 4.0 solutions (Industrial Internet of Things). Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers can use it with any smart equipment such as filter integrity testers and analytical test devices or automation systems such as DCS or SCADA.

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3 Tools for Reducing Change Resistance

Change resistance and other roadblocks can delay a change initiative– or worse yet, cause it to fail. Change management assessments not only identify sources of resistance but help you develop a more effective change management plan – and overall project plan.

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Is It Time for the Chief Automation Officer?

While widespread hiring of CAOs is not a reality today, it doesn’t appear to be too far off. With recent examples of outages due to automation breakdowns making the headlines, as well as the growing complexity of IT Operations, the need for an individual or centralized team that can deliver automation engineered from the top is growing.

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How to Avoid RPA’s Disadvantages, according to Gartner

Robotic process automation (RPA) is everywhere. Businesses are talking about it, analysts are writing about it; RPA has appeared in articles in Forbes and McKinley and The Wall Street Journal. You can hardly mention digital transformation without hearing about RPA. But are there downsides to using RPA?

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