Not just fashion. Italy is also the country of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry. With over 30 billion euros of turnover, of which 71% for export, Pharma made in Italy ranks second in the European market, after Germany. It saw a 21% growth between 2010 and 2017, going against the trend compared to manufacturing which in the same period had a decrease of 3%. It is clear why, in a similar scenario, the maintenance of chemical-pharmaceutical plants represents a fundamental item. In fact, like other sectors, the concept of maintenance itself, from a cost center, has now taken on the meaning of strategic investment for all the processes attributable to its riverbed.
Modern CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), therefore, play increasingly complex roles, integrating the collection of specific information divided by equipment and production sites with the generation of static reports on the types of faults and on the interventions carried out. The latter, then, can be divided into corrective, planned and preventive interventions.
Rebecca Asset Management for the chemical-pharmaceutical sector
In the panorama of the most advanced CMMS, Rebecca Asset Management stands out, a system created by Inspiring Software that is able to manage the entire maintenance cycle of all sectors, including the chemical-pharmaceutical sector. On this front, its adoption is particularly suitable since Rebecca is compliant with the CFR 21 Part 11 specifications of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for the electronic management of data (safety and reliability). In fact, as envisaged by the US government body that deals with the regulation of food and pharmaceutical products, the CMMS makes it possible to record the installation, verification and calibration of measuring instruments considered critical for production. And this is not the only one, but one of the many features of the solution developed by Inspiring Software that adds to the others. Here are the main ones:
- registry management of all actors involved in maintenance: procedures, equipment, spare parts, maintenance technicians, contractors, orders, cost centers, etc .;
- workflowand authorizations, both configurable;
- organization of the different access levels and hierarchies in accordance with the indications of CFR 21 Part 11
- customizable print layout;
- intuitive and user-friendly interface;
- main page customizablewith the most used functions;
- import and export to Excel;
- integration with the Troubleshootingmodule, which allows the maintenance technician to find the solution to an anomaly by analyzing the history of the interventions and the component fault libraries.
The competitive advantage in Pharma with Rebecca
To understand the added factor that Rebecca brings in the maintenance of the chemical-pharmaceutical sector, it will be useful to remember that, within this sector, in Italy the industry of active pharmaceutical ingredients or API (Active pharmaceutical ingredients) stands out, with a share of world market equal to 9%. Since this is an area with a strong innovative vocation, in which the speed of time-to-market is a real competitive advantage, having the best computerized maintenance management system is a strategic asset. Where, on the contrary, the “machine downtime” and faults that require longer repair times allow ample room for maneuver for the competition. Compared to the other CMMS, Rebecca embodies, among other things, an evolution of the classic web-based platforms dedicated to the maintenance flow. Its originality is given by the numerous integrable modules thanks to which it is possible to develop predictive models.
The definition of these models, with the consequent creation of functions that signal their deviation (for example, CuSum cards or alerts in case of exceeding critical thresholds), allows to promptly identify wastes, inefficiencies and malfunctions, up to predicting their occurrence before they even occur. With cost savings and an optimization of the efficiency of the plants of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry which translates into greater speed in achieving business objectives.
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