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    How Digital Production Records Can Build Quality Into Production

    Despite the investments that manufacturers have made in core digitization and automation, many producers stop short of digitizing their production records and other shop floor data collection efforts. The shop floor is a critical, but often overlooked, opportunity to make quality proactive rather than reactive. Every operator, step and output of the production process is a chance to establish quality and compliance – but only if operators have the tools to deliver quality at the source.

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  • Leveraging Digital Manufacturing Solutions

    Human-Centric Digitization in Manufacturing: Optimize, Empower, and Engage Workers

    Manufacturers sometimes make the mistake of viewing automation or digitization in manufacturing as a replacement for workers rather than as a means of supporting and enhancing workers. In failing to invest in digital manufacturing solutions as tools to optimize people on the shop floor, manufacturers miss out on the real benefits of digital transformation, including time efficiencies, new business intelligence, and greater productivity.

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    How Electronic Production Records Can Extend Manufacturers’ Digital Edge

    Even as manufacturers invest in system digitization and automation, the people responsible for production records have been left to manage paper, spreadsheets and other standalone systems to collect, record and interpret data relating to production and quality processes. By extending digitization beyond their core systems to their production records, manufacturers can gain a more complete view of their data, optimize manufacturing and ensure quality throughout the production life cycle.

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    Completing the Lean Manufacturing Journey With Digitalization

    Many occupying the manufacturing C-suite have embraced the principles of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement because they affect their bottom line. Yet a large portion of manufacturers continue to rely on error-prone, costly document management and recordkeeping systems on the shop floor. Reap the greatest benefits from lean by embracing the digital transformation and upgrading your organization’s culture of quality.

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  • MasterControl’s Ultimate Guide to Digitizing Pharma Manufacturing.

    Ultimate Guide Spotlights Pharma Manufacturing’s Transition to Digitization

    Numerous pharma companies are adopting digitization to ensure long-term relevance in the value chain. This post highlights MasterControl’s “The Ultimate Guide to Digitizing Pharma Manufacturing,” which takes an in-depth look at how the industry is transitioning to modernized operations.

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  • How to Overcome Supply Chain Challenges

    Pharma Supply Chains Call for Better Visibility

    Lately, it seems the only other term uttered as often as COVID-19 is supply chain. Global supply chains are largely becoming more complex, difficult to manage, and vulnerable to uncertainties and risks. This post addresses the supply chain challenges for pharmaceutical companies and provides tips for overcoming them.

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  • AVI systems enhances quality control in pharma manufacturing

    Automated Visual Inspection Delivers Transformational Improvements in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

    Pharma manufacturers that adopt machine vision technologies are finding faster ways to detect and contain defects and avoid waste and rework. Learn why automated visual inspection (AVI) systems are the key to enhancing quality and productivity in evolving manufacturing environments.

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  • Leveraging Your Manufacturing Software for Deviations

    A Robust Manufacturing Software Solution Reduces the Frequency and Impact of Deviations

    Deviations are an inevitable part of manufacturing, but the ability to detect and deal with deviations in real time, reduce the occurrence of avoidable deviations, and limit their impact is made more difficult than necessary with paper or disconnected systems. Manufacturers can save themselves a lot of pain by leveraging manufacturing software with robust digital tools to increase operational visibility and manage deviations more effectively.

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  • How Northeast Scientific leverages MasterControl’s Medical Device Manufacturing execution software.

    Vision and Paperless Manufacturing Operations Make Northeast Scientific a Medical Device Industry Leader

    Many medical device manufacturing businesses are busily exploring ways to reduce the soaring costs of health care. Medical device remanufacturer Northeast Scientific is contributing to the effort by repurposing single-use devices (SUDs) to make them fit and safe to reuse.

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  • How to reduce human errors in the pharma industry with paperless manufacturing.

    Why Paperless Manufacturing Is Critical to the Pharmaceutical Industry

    In addition to focusing on more resilient supply chains, the pharma industry needs to prioritize ways to reduce human error in manufacturing. Human errors cost time and money, but they are often preventable.

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  • 3 tips to choose a pharma contract manufacturing organization featured by MasterControl

    Three Tips for Pharma Picking a CMO

    Pharmaceutical companies need to partner with contract manufacturers capable of maintaining impeccable product quality. Follow these three tips to find a CMO in the pharma industry that can meet and exceed expectations.

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  • Medical Device Manufacturing Digitization Trends and Best Practices with MasterControl Manufacturing Software

    Medical Device Manufacturing Trends, Part 1: Resilient Supply Chains Require Modern Tools

    While visibility, agility, and responsiveness have been priorities in managing supply chains for decades, the disruption and volatility around the COVID-19 pandemic amplified their critical role. In doing so, it brought to light the need to digitize and integrate supply chain systems to ensure all relevant data and insights can be connected for optimal resiliency. To protect themselves in the face of supply chain volatility, medical device manufacturers should reassess their supply chain capabilities with an eye toward proactive, tech-enabled solutions.

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  • Latest Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Trends

    Pharma Manufacturers Are Modernizing to Improve Quality and Safety

    Given the high numbers of pharmaceutical recalls and shortages, along with the current supply chain issues, product manufacturers are making modernization a higher priority. This post examines the new pharmaceutical manufacturing trends in modernization.

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    How to Solve 3 Common Batch Record Challenges

    Life sciences manufacturers' production processes should be assets, not liabilities. Yet too many manufacturing companies continue to allow their batch records to become liabilities by using manual, often paper-based systems that are error-prone, disconnected, and limited in the operational insights they provide. Here are three common batch record challenges manufacturers encounter and some practical ways an electronic batch record (EBR) solution can resolve them.

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    The Secret to Clinical Manufacturing Success: Integrate Quality Early

    Quality takes on a new meaning in the clinical manufacturing sector, where flexibility is critical and production hinges on rapid yet exacting adjustments. Discover how integrating quality early in the manufacturing process gives companies an edge in the fast-paced and highly competitive field.

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    Should Design and Life Cycle Management of an eIFU Solution Follow EN62304?

    Electronic distribution of instructions for use (eIFU) are becoming widely used among medical device manufacturers. Due to the increasing popularity, it is critical to understand eIFU within the context of regulations, particularly Europe’s new medical device regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR).

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    Rapid Acceleration in Technology for Life Sciences Quality and Manufacturing

    We have built technology for life sciences quality and manufacturing for more than 25 years and I have been involved in that effort for 19 years. It wasn’t until 2014 that we realized the why behind what we do and it wasn’t until 2020 that our mission became crystal clear to everyone on our teams.

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    Medical Device Suppliers Offer Shared Supplier Audits to Save Time and Reduce Exposure

    Last year brough a lot of changes to audits. In addition to remote audits, MedTech suppliers are learning the value of shared audit to be beneficial in working down the backlog of audit requests while reducing exposure in the plant.

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    Quality Is the Key Ingredient to Successful Manufacturing

    The president of Wellington Foods, a leading contract manufacturer of nutraceuticals, explains why quality should be an organization’s top priority. This approach helps manufacturers achieve better process control and plan for significant growth without worrying about highly complex manufacturing processes.

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    Integration Brings These 3 Advantages

    Integrate disparate systems and get the most out of your investment in technology designed to streamline manufacturing operations. This will make it possible to improve efficiency, eliminate mistakes and scale quickly.

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