Author: Michalle Adkins I often get asked, "So, what do you do for a living?" Boy is that a loaded question. When I say that I manage a group of Life Sciences Industry Consultants for Emerson—that really does not help to answer the question. Hmmm, how do I describe...
Author: Jonathan Lustri The process control domain continues to get more and more sophisticated as Emerson's customers use process models and increasingly sophisticated calculations to optimize process control. Once case in point is an example I saw at last year's...
This week, the Bio International Convention (Bio 2014) is happening in San Diego, California. Several of Emerson's Life Sciences consultants, including Zuwei Jin, are there to discuss some of the issues and trends in pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing processes...
Author: Gary Mitchell The Emerson Life Sciences Industry Solutions Group consultants, including Saroj Patnaik, Michalle Adkins, Jonathan Lustri, Zuwei Jin and me, will be joining Hillary Clinton, Sir Richard Branson and over 15,000 other attendees from Biotech and...
Pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing processes are complex and require well integrated and documented flows of information from upfront forecast demand and customer orders through the production process to inventory receipt and order fulfillment. The components...
Author: Gary Mitchell More and more process manufacturers, including Life Sciences, if not already embracing it, are considering the use of wireless technology in their facilities. Wireless technology can range from wireless networks enabling mobile operators, to...
For mature markets with retiring "baby boomers", how do we best facilitate the knowledge transfer to the next generation of instrumentation and automation professionals? Emerson's Gary Mitchell, a Senior Life Sciences Industry Consultant, shares some of his career...
For many process manufacturers with lean engineering staffs, partnering with outside automation specialists is critical for successful automation and optimization projects. Emerson's Michalle Adkins, who leads the Life Sciences Industry Solutions consulting team,...
Emerson's Jonathan Lustri explores the trend towards continuous manufacturing for solid dose pharmaceuticals and the technologies and practices that make this possible. This past year I have become aware of a very big change that is coming to the pharmaceutical...
While integration technologies have helped bridge "islands of automation" over the years, some process manufacturers still have parts of their automated processes disconnected from the rest. Emerson's Gary Mitchell, a senior industry consultant on the Life Sciences...
Last week, the 2nd International Summit on GMP, GCP & Quality Control was held in Chicago, Illinois USA. Emerson's Heather Schwalje, a senior Life Sciences consultant, presented Moving beyond part 11; Quality assurance considerations for translating Current Good...
In two very different industries, I have some updates to share from Emerson consultants. On the reliability front, when we last checked in with Emerson's Richard Barnes, a Senior Asset Optimization Consultant, he was at a refinery located on the Black Sea, assisting...
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