This article overviews some of the benefits and methods of state-based control as it applies to the models defined by the ISA106, Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations standards ...

Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

ISA106 started with the goal of developing standards, recommended practices, and technical reports on the design and implementation of procedures for automating continuous process operations. The ...

A photo of technicians working in front of a process train. Novartis's continuous manufacturing center in Basel, Switzerland, replicates an end-to-end manufacturing process developed at the ...

Continuous-motion assembly engineering can be performed concurrently with new product design or to make existing manufacturing systems more efficient. John Giacopelli Increasingly, manufacturers of ...

GE Healthcare’s ReadyToProcess WAVE 25 single-use bioreactor can be used for batch and perfusion cell culture processes. Now representing eight of the top 10 pharmaceuticals based on global sales, ...

Continuous delivery (CD) is a digital product development practice where code is automatically built, continuously delivered and deployed. All modifications are deployed in a testing or working ...

Big Data is powerful. It can also be daunting. The current data analytic landscape focuses on the use of “scripts” that can identify duplicates and quantitative outliers. Yet, there is little guidance ...