Life Sciences Industry

Life Sciences Industry

RS PMX MES™

Features and Benefits

Electronic Batch Recording

• New and more capable EBR browser
• Re-engineered architecture
• Full screen browser
• Completely embedded dispense capabilities
• Integration of ActiveX components (e.g. RS BizWare Batch™)
• Improved usability by new GUI concept
• Browser based thin client architecture

Automation Integration

• RS BizWare Batch™ and GE Proficy Batch™ (iBatch) integration in RS PMX MES 4.1, e.g.
  • Creating and starting a batch
  • Retrieving batch status information from the Batch Execution System (BES)
  • Retrieving batch journal information from the BES
  • Batch Data imported into the RS PMX EBR MES 4.1 record
  • Support for deferred operating parameter recipes in the BES from RS PMX MES 4.1
  • Support for BES recipes
• RS BizWare Historian and GE Proficy™ Historian (iHistorian) integration in RS PMX MES 4.1, e.g.
  • Upon operator selection, retrieve history data and present it in chart form within the batch record
  • Allow updates of the chart upon operator selection (until signed)
  • Limit check values are returned and create a deviation if any of the values are out of limit
  • Chart embedding in RS PMX EBR MES™ 4.1 for review
• IBM and Rockwell Automation have identified best-practice methods and technology tools for the Life Sciences industry
• PAT Capabilities
  • Define and deploy PAT methods, embedded in recipe
  • Conditional control of process execution based on real-time parameters

Recipe

• Material Flow Control (MFC) improvements
  • Usability of forms used with MFC
  • Log output trading units
• Label printing for all equipment can be defined and printed from RS PMX Equipment Management MES 4.1
• Equipment flow control definition

Equipment Management

• Equipment assemblies
  • Defined and tracked by RS PMX Equipment Management MES 4.1
  • Available to EBR as equipment manipulation functions during processing
• Printable equipment logs and equipment labels for identification and tracking purposes
• Automatic equipment log entries
• Equipment status changes linked to the process flow of a batch
• Equipment Flow Control (EFC)
  • Execution of equipment assembling/disassembling
  • Tracking of all equipment operations
  • Enhanced equipment management
  • Equipment status changes
  • Improved logbook handling

Weigh and Dispense

• Manual barcode input triggers electronic signature
• Integrated weighing and dispensing capabilities in EBR

Reporting

• Version controlled report management within RS PMX MES 4.1 database
• XML export from the RS PMX MES 4.1 grid