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Real-Time Production Monitoring for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Pharmaceutical manufacturing centers around products that must be created to exact specifications in a heavily regulated environment. In an industry challenged by high R&D costs, competition in the form of generics, and extreme time-to-market pressure, pharmaceutical companies need to optimize their internal manufacturing processes in order to help them remain competitive.

Vorne understands the complexities of bringing digital technology to the plant floor. Pharmaceutical companies must maintain qualified lines in controlled environments, which makes conveying real-time production data and goals a more significant challenge. Vorne XL alleviates many of these concerns by providing a monitoring solution external to the line that is easily accessible over your local area network, enabling supervisors and management alike to see the performance of areas that were previously not monitored.

Other benefits of XL that our pharmaceutical customers love include no software to install, no servers to maintain, no recurring fees, and no contracts. Instead you get unlimited users, free technical support, a 3-year warranty, and free software updates.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.

Driving OEE Improvement and More in Pharma Manufacturing

It is critical for pharmaceutical manufacturers to consistently, safely, and efficiently manufacture the products that their customers depend on while still being able to understand where there are opportunities for improving the throughput of existing manufacturing processes.

The Vorne XL Productivity Appliance empowers you to monitor your processes, improve throughput, and maximize efficiency, all while preserving the integrity of your products. XL drops onto your existing process, making it a quick and easy solution that requires little to no changes to your manufacturing process.

Production timeline showing a period of running slow after a changeover within the Vorne XL reporting interface.

Key Benefits of Vorne XL for Pharmaceutical Lines

One of the greatest advantages of Vorne XL is that it deploys as a simple edge computing device. Whether you need to monitor processes involving liquid or powder encapsulation, coaters, tablet presses, blister packs, solid dose filling, pre-filled syringes, or aseptic filling lines, XL “bolts on” externally to your process, enabling remote monitoring without impacting the form or function of the process itself. This is an enormous benefit as you can easily apply XL to virtually any pharmaceutical process and get the same wealth of information, including:

  1. Precise Cycle Times for High-Speed Operations Pharmaceutical manufacturing typically depends on high-speed operations (e.g., hundreds of pills per second moving through a tablet press). XL can easily handle hundreds of cycles per second - apply it to your high-speed lines with confidence.
  2. Automatic Running Slow Detection Visualize periods of time during which the line runs slow, exposing potential performance loss trends following major or minor changeover events.
  3. Automated OEE Reporting Accurate, critical, and precise OEE calculation by the same passionate and knowledgeable experts who publish OEE.com.
  4. Customized Reporting Build upon an already robust reporting platform with intuitive custom reporting capabilities. Create reports and analyses that support your unique continuous improvement activities while easily integrating into your ERP or MES system.
  5. Scan Reasons Pareto your downtime simply by scanning a barcode to assign reasons. Capture all-important operator insights. Miss a reason? It is automatically highlighted in the timeline so you can see it and update it right away.

You're In Excellent Company

Vorne XL users span across 45+ countries and are in virtually every industry - including many in pharmaceutical. Take a look at a sampling of pharmaceutical manufacturers that have unlocked the benefits of XL to obtain accurate and actionable data, critical insights, and a foundation for their continuous improvement programs.

Reckitt
Abbott
Zoetis
Pfizer
Baxter
Bristol Myer Squibb
Allergan
Catalent
Amneal
Takeda
Reckitt
Abbott

Learn More About Vorne XL

We would be happy to show you XL, deep dive into your challenges and your processes, and answer any questions you may have. We also offer free 90-day trials. In fact, we have completed thousands of successful XL trials. Did you know that 92.8% of companies that try XL buy XL?

Metrics, Dimensions, and Dashboards

Vorne XL delivers an incredible data foundation and the tools you need to effectively drive your continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and digital transformation initiatives. With XL you get immediate access to over 100 highly accurate and actionable metrics and 20 data dimensions - in real time and for deep retrospective analysis through historical reporting. There are dozens of built-in reports and you can easily create your own reporting dashboards.

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Vorne XL User Success Stories

XL helps manufacturers in almost every industry improve their process productivity. You will love our free support, free software updates, 3-year warranty, transparent pricing, fast implementation, and of course, the wealth of product features. That is why we have so many users who share their success stories.

100%
ROI In Minutes
M.B. | Manufacturing Engineer | Commercial Building Products ManufacturerEach operator in our plant does just a small piece of the completed product and previously had no idea of how their work affects the final output. This was before the displays. Now, anyone can look down the line and see the real-time production output in large numbers. We were truly surprised at the effect the displays had on our productivity. Some areas actually achieved a 20% increase in on-time quota. We seen gains everywhere we've put the displays and are now convinced of the value. As matter of fact, we've proven 100% payback of the display cost in just minutes of improved productivity!
92.8%
Trial Conversion Rate
D.G. | Plant Manager | Hospitality and Healthcare Products and ServicesXL is exactly what we were looking for! In the past we have struggled with accurate capacity planning. Thanks to the Vorne displays we now know what is going on anytime, anywhere. XL helps us make informed manufacturing decisions. Improved productivity is a bonus.
115%
Of Plan
C.T. | Lean Improvement Team | Global Imaging Products ManufacturerWhen we brought in our first XL, we introduced it to our associates in small groups and explained the idea behind working to Takt Time. After three days our team was producing at 115% of plan and set a new production record. At the end of the shift our plant floor team broke into applause! That's why every line is getting an XL.
10
Out of 10
Gibran R. | Automation Engineer | Oral Care ManufacturingVorne provides excellent customer support and comprehensive documentation… Vorne XL is a platform that is very versatile and excellent customer support when initially setting up. I give this platform 10 out of 10.
22% Improvement
In OEE During Free Trial
Pascal Bourdages | Plant Manager | NovatechWe have XL on a 90-day trial and have already seen a 22% improvement in our OEE score. We are keeping our trial unit and will be adding our next unit shortly!
127%
Target Rate
A.C. | Manufacturing Consultant | Manufacturing Consulting FirmWhen we installed Vorne displays showing target and actual production rates, the target rate for one of the lines was inadvertently set higher than was planned. One of the engineers set the target rate to 180 pcs/min for a part that was scheduled for 140 pcs/min. A few hours later when the plant manager glanced at the display, he was amazed to see the actual performance at 178 pcs/min. The line was running at 127% of plan simply because the goal was there! The Vorne displays showed us that our team members can outperform our own expectations. After we started visual management using the Vorne displays, the lines are showing record productivity numbers.
30%
Labor Savings, 31 Day Payback
G.K. | Continuous Improvement Manager | Global Food Service ProviderWe purchased a Vorne XL display to help us monitor production rates and apply lean manufacturing tools to one of our many value streams. By efficiently working to takt time, we have been able to eliminate waste and improve productivity, while maintaining our commitment to quality. We have calculated a 30 percent labor savings on our pilot project which yielded a 31 day payback. Since the pilot we have installed another two XL displays. As you can imagine, we will be continuing to add more Vorne displays!
94%
Downtime Reduction
S.T. | Plant Engineer | International Glass Products ManufacturerThe Vorne displays definitely generate a competitive interest on the plant floor. Until we put the displays up it was not uncommon to see 160 minutes of shift downtime. Now that operators can see the downtime in real time it is down to just 10 or 12 minutes per shift. Also, one of our production shifts just broke the all-time run rate for the line.
146%
OEE Improvement
W.M. | Operations Manager | Food Manufacturing PlantI've used Vorne XL in my last three roles and it has really made a difference. When I joined my last plant our OEE was 30%. Each month we picked a focus metric from the XL and trained the team on that metric. I showed everyone how it affected the line and then we worked together to drive up the number. We steadily improved, and when I left the plant our OEE was 74%!
100%
ROI In Minutes
M.B. | Manufacturing Engineer | Commercial Building Products ManufacturerEach operator in our plant does just a small piece of the completed product and previously had no idea of how their work affects the final output. This was before the displays. Now, anyone can look down the line and see the real-time production output in large numbers. We were truly surprised at the effect the displays had on our productivity. Some areas actually achieved a 20% increase in on-time quota. We seen gains everywhere we've put the displays and are now convinced of the value. As matter of fact, we've proven 100% payback of the display cost in just minutes of improved productivity!
92.8%
Trial Conversion Rate
D.G. | Plant Manager | Hospitality and Healthcare Products and ServicesXL is exactly what we were looking for! In the past we have struggled with accurate capacity planning. Thanks to the Vorne displays we now know what is going on anytime, anywhere. XL helps us make informed manufacturing decisions. Improved productivity is a bonus.

We Support a Wide Range of Pharmaceutical Specialties

Our XL Productivity Appliance, with its fully integrated OEE reporting system, works well across an extremely broad range of pharmaceutical industry specialties. Here are some of the more common specialty areas where XL is used:

  • Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
  • Aseptic Fill-Finish Products
  • Biopharmaceutical CDMOs
  • Biosimilars
  • Cellular Therapies
  • Clinical Products
  • Clinical Trial Materials
  • Continuous Production
  • Formulated Compounds
  • Liquid Dosage Forms
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drugs
  • Personalized Medicines
  • Quality Control Labs
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Regenerative Medicines
  • Solid Dosage Forms
  • Sterile Pharmaceuticals
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