Key points at a glance
- Challenge: Recipe-driven manufacturing in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries requires meticulous batch management, weighing, and seamless traceability – manual documentation is error-prone and prone to audit criticisms.
- Solution: We configure SAP Digital Manufacturing using best practices for the process industry: recipe and batch control, integration of weighing and dosing processes, and end-to-end batch traceability.
- Outcome: Reproducible, compliant batches with electronic documentation, seamless traceability, and reliable quality data.
io benefits: Experience gained from real-world process plants and regulatory projects ensures that weighing, batching, and documentation processes are not only compliant but also run reliably and practically in day-to-day production.
What does SAP DM for process industries mean?
The process industry manufactures in batches based on recipes – mixing, dosing, reacting. SAP Digital Manufacturing (SAP DM) provides recipe and batch control, integrated weighing and dosing processes, and end-to-end traceability. This results in reproducible, compliant batches with electronic documentation.
- How are recipes and batch orders managed and approved?
- How are weigh-ins and process values recorded and verified?
- How is each batch traced from raw material to finished product?
- How are GMP and compliance requirements documented electronically?
- How are quality checks performed directly within the process?
Weighing systems & plant integration
Weighing, dosing, and process systems are integrated so that quantities and process values are recorded directly and compared with target values.
Process mapping
Recipes, batch logic, weighing, and testing steps, as well as regulatory requirements for process manufacturing, are jointly documented.
Best-practice mapping
Existing processes are mapped to SAP DM standards for the process industry, and necessary adjustments are defined.
Configuration
We configure recipe/batch control, weighing integration, traceability, and electronic documentation.
Typical use cases
Pharmaceuticals & life sciences
Strict GMP requirements and audit obligations. The goal is electronic batch documentation with complete traceability.
Chemicals & specialty chemicals
Recipe-driven processes with precise weighing. The goal is reproducible, parameter-controlled batch production.
Food & beverages
Traceability and hygiene requirements. The goal is end-to-end batch genealogy from raw material to finished product.
Weighing & dosing processes
Manual weighing is error-prone. The goal is integrated, verified data capture directly from the weighing system.
Added value of io
Regulatory-compliant batches
Documentation and approvals ensure regulatory requirements are met reliably in daily operations.
Precise weighing processes
Equipment and process integration ensures weigh-in data and process values are captured reliably.
