Automation & Digital Systems
Connect process control, manufacturing data and GMP requirements.
Choose an automation architecture that fits your process. Address PLC/DCS, SCADA, historians, MES, integration, alarms and cybersecurity, with evidence that supports operation throughout the lifecycle.
What decision are you working on?
12 articles across 6 decision areas. Choose what you need now.
What must the automation deliver?
Translate process needs into verifiable requirements. Define control layers, system boundaries, ownership, availability and recovery before selecting the platform.
Translate process needs into verifiable requirements. Define control layers, system boundaries, ownership, availability and recovery before selecting the platform.
Which control architecture supports the process?
Compare PLC and DCS against actual operating needs. Design HMI actions, recipes, trends and exception handling that operators can use reliably.
Compare PLC and DCS against actual operating needs. Design HMI actions, recipes, trends and exception handling that operators can use reliably.
Where do execution and manufacturing records belong?
Define MES and historian responsibilities. Connect equipment, LIMS and ERP with clear data ownership, transaction confirmation and recovery rules.
Define MES and historian responsibilities. Connect equipment, LIMS and ERP with clear data ownership, transaction confirmation and recovery rules.
Which evidence demonstrates trustworthy operation?
Build access, chronology and electronic records into the design. Link risk, specifications, testing and release without duplicating the CSV lifecycle.
Build access, chronology and electronic records into the design. Link risk, specifications, testing and release without duplicating the CSV lifecycle.
How will people and systems respond to abnormal conditions?
Rationalise alarms around consequences and operator action. Address segmentation, vendor access, patching and recovery within process constraints.
Rationalise alarms around consequences and operator action. Address segmentation, vendor access, patching and recovery within process constraints.
How do you sustain and renew the system?
Plan system and data migration, obsolescence and cutover. Compare suppliers on technical capability, support, ownership and total lifecycle cost.
Plan system and data migration, obsolescence and cutover. Compare suppliers on technical capability, support, ownership and total lifecycle cost.
An automation project or a system problem to resolve?
Describe the process, equipment, current architecture and project stage: URS, PLC/DCS, SCADA/HMI, MES, historian, integration, assurance, alarms, OT cybersecurity or migration.
Describe your projectWe help you find the right expertise.
GuideGxP collects your request, assesses your needs and recommends the professional or company best suited to your situation.
- 01Describe the system, objective and project stage.
- 02We assess the expertise required and geographic area.
- 03We suggest a contact suited to your needs.
