VirtECSĀ® for Biologics Manufacturers

A planning & scheduling tool uniquely designed to optimizeĀ production of drug product and substanceĀ 

From upstream operations to downstream purification, VirtECSĀ® is designed to handle the full scope of bulk manufacturing while addressing the most challenging production constraints.

After years of R&D development, VirtECSĀ® software is now used by leading biologics manufacturers across the globe.Ā 

The manufacture of biologics is similar to other processes in many ways, including certain production steps and the style of equipment, but there are also unique challenges to the clinical manufacturing of drug product and substance. VirtECSĀ® provides flexibility, shared resource coordination, solution storage and many other features that address the specific needs of biologics manufacturers.

At each step,Ā VirtECSĀ®Ā ensures schedule feasibility, prevents overlooked conflicts and maximizes utilization of all lines.Ā 

IN THIS GUIDE, YOU’LL LEARN:

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HowĀ VirtECSĀ®Ā caters specifically to biologics manufacturers.Ā 

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TheĀ customization options available within the planning & scheduling platform.

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VirtECSĀ®ā€™Ā abilities that minimize manual labor and the number of errors made during scheduling.Ā 

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HowĀ VirtECSĀ®Ā Symphony facilitates feedback between users and allows for schedule changes in real time.

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Reducing Capital Investment

“Using VirtECS, we were able to debottleneck our largest production facility by identifying a sequence of changes that we never could have evaluated with a spreadsheet model. We reduced the necessary capital investment by $300 million by demonstrating areas where more equipment did not benefit throughput.”

Senior Resource Planning Manager – Biopharma Industry

Big Time Savings

“VirtECS handles all of the ripple effects to the schedule when things change. That is a big time savings in a complicated process with lots of constraints. Not to mention making sure that you don’t miss a constraint!”

Finite Scheduler – Biopharma Industry

Most Powerful Solution

“I have evaluated more than a dozen process modeling software solutions and VirtECS is hands-down the most powerful for end-to-end capacity analysis”

Director of Manufacturing Science & Technology – Leading Pharmaceutical Company

Avoid Unexpected Pitfalls

“A Discovery project with APCI helped us to identify and avoid some pitfalls that we had not anticipated. With the initial process model in place we were able to roll right into a Finite Scheduling implementation”

Product Manager – Chemical Company

An Essential Tool

“I would not want to schedule this plant without VirtECS.”

Scheduler – Leading Pharmaceutical Company