Success story
Geistlich Pharma – Streamlining Maintenance
- Monitor all asset data and eliminate dependence on different programs to manage daily maintenance processes, for example, some tasks recorded in Excel and Access.
- Simplify management and improve the way key documentation is stored to comply with regulations.
- Multiple systems that generated data silos and a lack of overall vision from their departments regarding performance, product quality, and production.
- If they could not find a solution to help them comply with strict FDA regulations, they would not sell their products or achieve profit targets.
- Implementation of automated audit trails for all relevant assets.
- Simplified maintenance management.
- Mobile application to capture calibration parameters on the spot.
- Increased security through additional password requests.
Geistlich Pharma was founded in 1851 and has since woven a long history in the field of regenerative biomaterials. Headquartered in Wolhusen, Switzerland, for more than 170 years they have been dedicated to the research and development of innovative medical solutions that serve various regions of the world: Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.
In the case at hand, the entity required the services of IFS Ultimo for two clear reasons closely related to each other: diversification of information and regulations. Before implementing the solution, Geistlich managed its maintenance processes in scattered programs. This made regulatory compliance difficult, as it was much more complicated to find key documentation, if it had been stored correctly, among so many tools.
In addition to covering the two objectives mentioned, the results were also reflected in an increase in efficiency and cost control of 12%, and in the reduction of failures by 30%.
