For life sciences facilities and lab operations teams, routine maintenance procedures are tedious but necessary. With the demands that need to be met, procedures like equipment calibration can be a pain, but can cause bigger consequences when left unchecked. Poorly calibrated equipment can lead to downtime, reduced accuracy, and, ultimately, fewer batches.
While time-based maintenance procedures are common in the industry, other, more efficient options are also available in the market, such as the use of predictive maintenance. Shifting to a more predictive maintenance method instead of time-based ones helps prevent unnecessary production stoppage, as some equipment may still be in good working condition and are not in need of maintenance yet. This saves effort and money, resulting in better output delivery.
Shifting your life science facility to predictive maintenance also increases accuracy and reduces cost of instrument and valve configuration management in order to meet compliance requirements more cost-efficiently.
As this method relies heavily on data, your facility can leverage this to streamline maintenance with diagnostic data-driven automated work orders as well. The use of real-time data for production planning can also increase multi-discipline productivity, plant overall uptime, and throughput.
Transitioning to predictive maintenance can be tricky, but working with a tried and tested partner can make it much more manageable. When it comes to calibration, NECI is a specialist in the life sciences industry and has worked with some of the largest drug manufacturing facilities in the northeast. NECI’s calibration team brings over 150 years of combined experience in calibration, reliability, and other operational services.
If your in-house team or third party calibration partner is struggling to keep up with the demands of your facility, NECI can help review, optimize, and certify your facility’s equipment. Learn more about our
Calibration & Instrumentation Management offering on our website, or
get in touch with a NECI Calibration Expert anytime at
1-844-NECI-NOW.
