The amount that pharmaceutical packaging companies invest in their machinery, as well as in staff training, is considerable. So much depends on ensuring that machines – and employees – work together as efficiently as possible while guaranteeing the safety and quality of the final product. Consequently, the profitability of a company is all about optimisation. But, with different machines performing various tasks across multiple production lines, controlling operations can quickly become a very complex challenge.

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Comscale4 is a comprehensive software system that provides companies with a complete real- time overview of their production processes. The software monitors all inspection technology across all lines at different production sites, bringing together all the product quality data and presenting it in a comprehensible format. And it does all this in real time. After all, if there’s a bottleneck or quality problem in a line, the sooner the staff know it, the better. They can react rapidly to existing or emerging situations and rectify any quality problems with minimum delay. Comscale4 enables clear visibility into the minute-to-minute operation of the company’s production lines by means of charts, dynamic dashboards and reports. 

It is also possible to track events and link them to an alarm system, alerting staff when certain predefined conditions arise. Moreover, the collected data is automatically archived, yielding two important benefits. Firstly, production managers can demonstrate compliance with GMP and other quality standards on a historical basis. Secondly, they can compare current performance with historical data, which is an invaluable optimisation tool.

Comscale4 has one more thing to offer in terms of the immediacy of the information it displays: it is a web-based system. As such, managers don’t have to wait to sit down at their desktop computer in order to get up to speed on how production is proceeding. The same intuitive, graphical presentation of data is available immediately and on any device: smartphone, tablet or PC. 

Wipotec-OCS has always been committed to sparing its customers any concerns about product lock-in. Comscale4 is no exception to that philosophy. Companies can leverage the benefits of Comscale4 without having to commit to tedious subscription models. Instead, there is just a one-off acquisition cost. There are five versions, ranging from Start to Enterprise. Small and large companies alike will find that one of these Comscale4 packages has been designed with them in mind. However, low cost does not mean low value. The benefits that Comscale4 delivers in terms of the elimination of bottlenecks, quality control problems and material wastage have a real and positive impact on the operation’s bottom line.