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How do you define quality?

I recently received an email from the ISPE. The email asked the following question: “If the FDA asked you tomorrow, “How do you define quality?” how would you answer? How would you prove your answer? One way to ensure product quality is to define it as an industry, a definition that until now has not been explored.”…

Precision Pays When Responding to an Auditor

The Wall Street Journal At Work Blog has an interesting post today. The post related to salary negotiations, but I believe it applies to audit responses as well. In a nutshell, the sited study claims that numbers with more significant digits convey credibility and understanding, while rounded numbers seem arbitrary and not well thought out. …

Safety Lessons

This excellent post by Derek Lowe over at the In the Pipeline Blog is a stark reminder that we all work in a dangerous business. The analysis illustrates all of the classical causes of disasters: Complacency- This disaster happened on the 175th run. Ignoring Close Calls- Past close calls were never investigated. Exothermic Reactions- No need to say more.…

ASI Completes Validation for Grass Roots Sterile Fill Facility

ASI was contracted to supply technical resources for fast-track validation of a grass roots aseptic fill facility.This biotechnology plant included automated vial filling, lyophilization, blow fill seal, and barrier isolation technology. Working at the direction of a small, highly focused, and dynamic site management team, ASI was able to go from construction to a successful…

Automated Systems, Inc to Present Case Study at Rockwell Automation On The Move

Lake Bluff, IL, Automated Systems, Inc. (ASI) will be presenting a case study at the Rockwell Automation On The Move event being held at McCormick Place on March 24th and 25th. The case study will present ASI’s experience with the installation, configuration, and start up of FactoryTalk® AssetCentre.FactoryTalk® AssetCentre provides a set of asset-centric tools…

Manufacturing Intelligence in Action: On-Demand Webcast ASI

For those of you that missed the Rockwell Manufacturing Intelligence in Action Webinar, it can now be viewed at your convenience, as an On-Demand Webcast ASI. Just use this link; http://discover.rockwellautomation.com/IS_EN_Webcasts_manufacturing_intelligence_in_action_on-demand_webcast_asi.aspx.

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