Stop Managing Paper In A Data-Driven World

By Sandra K. Rodriguez, Market Analyst

Many life sciences companies have implemented manufacturing information systems as part of their automated manufacturing initiatives aimed at increasing product quality and lowering manufacturing costs. For many emerging and midimarket companies, however, paper production records and a hyper-focus on compliance remain a reality. The result is a reliance on paper-based processes in a data-driven world.

Companies that have made the shift from paper to data-driven intelligence are aspiring to gain visibility by unlocking valuable manufacturing data to support quality metrics, as well as initiatives such as lean manufacturing, quality by design and continuous improvement. Companies that do not have access to this level of visibility should consider investing in the appropriate quality systems now. Regardless of their size, companies seeking to implement innovative electronic batch record (EBR) and quality management systems (QMS) now have a choice: either on premise or in the cloud.

In this paper MasterControl and Axendia shows how companies that shift from paper to data-driven intelligence are able to better leverage manufacturing data to improve the reliability of their quality metrics and support their regulatory compliance and business improvement efforts.