Concept exploits untapped potentials

Fette Com­pact­ing has devel­oped a new ser­vice offer­ing for the opti­miza­tion of tablet pro­duc­tion and cap­sule fill­ing under the name Life­time Effi­cien­cy. This ser­vice is based on the com­pre­hen­sive analy­sis and sys­tem­at­ic improve­ment of all pro­duc­tion process­es. It enables users not only to exploit pre­vi­ous­ly untapped poten­tials, but also to increase the effi­cien­cy of pro­duc­tion and achieve sav­ings over the entire life cycle of the machine. The new FEC20 cap­sule fill­ing machine is cel­e­brat­ing its world pre­miere at Achema 2018. Oth­er high­lights include an effi­cient solu­tion for the con­tin­u­ous pro­duc­tion of tablets and Con­tain­ment Guard, a new stan­dard for exact con­tain­ment sys­tem designs.
The phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try faces some major chal­lenges. High research and devel­op­ment costs, more strin­gent reg­u­la­to­ry require­ments, lack of stan­dard­ized inter­na­tion­al approval pro­ce­dures, fluc­tu­a­tions in demand, price reg­u­la­tions and increas­ing­ly com­plex prod­uct port­fo­lios are only some of the fac­tors which increase the pres­sure on effi­cien­cy. For man­u­fac­tur­ers of phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, the val­ue added which they can achieve per active sub­stance across its entire prod­uct life cycle is an essen­tial basis for entre­pre­neur­ial deci­sions. This also has an effect on pro­duc­tion, which needs to be reli­able and flex­i­ble but above all more effi­cient than before.

Support during all phases of the production cycle

The cen­tral idea of the Life­time Effi­cien­cy offer­ing involves ana­lyz­ing all the rel­e­vant fac­tors for pro­duc­tion and opti­miz­ing them con­tin­u­ous­ly to reduce over­all costs for users and improve pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. “Life­time Effi­cien­cy means that we not only sup­port our cus­tomers in rem­e­dy­ing every­day pro­duc­tion prob­lems but also sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly work with them to improve val­ue added for pro­duc­tion as a whole,” empha­sizes Rain­er Krug­mann, Glob­al Direc­tor Sales at Fette Com­pact­ing. “This step from prob­lem ori­en­ta­tion to poten­tial ori­en­ta­tion demands even clos­er coop­er­a­tion with our cus­tomers. Through com­pre­hen­sive analy­sis of the installed machine base and data-sup­port­ed opti­miza­tion of plants and process­es, our cus­tomers can ben­e­fit from sig­nif­i­cant­ly greater and some­times unique effi­cien­cy potentials.”
Apart from machines, process equip­ment and tablet­ing tools, the Life­time Effi­cien­cy range also com­pris­es gen­er­al con­sult­ing in the area of tablet design and prod­uct tests as well as scale-up con­sult­ing and per­for­mance con­sult­ing. Ongo­ing sup­port in pro­duc­tion is based on a wide vari­ety of ser­vice and con­sult­ing offers which can be cus­tomized as required. These include offers for proac­tive main­te­nance, opti­miza­tion and avail­abil­i­ty of spare parts and han­dling full main­te­nance and spare parts man­age­ment. With train­ing pro­grams coor­di­nat­ed to users’ indi­vid­ual require­ments or devel­oped in coop­er­a­tion with cus­tomers, Fette Com­pact­ing sup­ports its cus­tomers in devel­op­ing and retain­ing their employ­ees’ expertise.