Building Automation/IT

Talk to Me, Supply Chain: Warehouse Workers Find their Voice
By AMR Research Inc.
White paper
This white paper by AMR Research Inc. shares case studies and examples of how voice-directed work propels the demand-driven supply network strategies of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.

Building Controls
By Trane Co.
Product collateral
Trane sells building control software and equipment through sales offices around the world. Those offices provide system selection advice and building analysis during the design phases of a project. The Trane sales consultant continues to work with customers through the construction and commissioning phases of a project.

Building Automation System
By Trane Co.
Product collateral
The Tracer Summit building automation system (BAS) provides building control through a single, integrated system.

Tracer Controllers
By Trane Co.
Product collateral
The Tracer MP503 input/output (I/O) module is a configurable, multi-purpose device used to provide data monitoring and binary control as part of a building automation system (BAS).

Critical Control System
By Trane Co.
Product collateral
The Tracer Summit system has an extensive library of pre-engineered environment-control applications. These applications, such as chiller-plant and variable-air-volume system control, bring an added level of reliability to potentially complex systems.

Summit WebOPS
By Trane Co.
Product collateral
Tracer Summit WebOPS provides the ability to access the Tracer Summit building automation system (BAS) from any PC using a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer.

Coriolis meters replace turbine meters in high purity water application
By Micro Motion, a division of Emerson Process Management
Case study
This case study describes how a pharmaceutical company saved nearly $12,000 per year in meter replacement, maintenance and calibration costs by switching from turbine meters to Coriolis flow meters in a high-purity water application.

Modeling and simulation: The return on investment in materials science
By IDC
White paper
According to this white paper from IDC, there is significant return on investment (ROI) from the use of modeling and simulation software tools in partnership with traditional experimentation -- its research suggests a cumulative ROI three to nine times greater than the amount invested in these tools and associated expertise.

Top 10 questions about 21 CFR Part 11 compliance
By Siemens Corp.
White paper
This white paper by Siemens Building Technologies. Inc. answers 10 common questions pharmaceutical engineers might have about 21 CFR Part 11 compliance, particularly electronic records and signatures.

Innovative technology for automated tablet production
By GE Fanuc Automation
Case study
In this case study, GE Fanuc Automation Inc. builds the foundation for a new pharmaceutical plant for Krka NOTOL with a design that incorporates