Case Study: Baxter doubles manufacturing productivity and achieves FDA-compliant traceability with AVEVA (Wonderware)

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Baxter S.A., a global healthcare manufacturer in Lessines, Belgium, needed to increase production capacity and dramatically reduce throughput time while meeting FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and European compliance requirements. To modernize a new production line that had to integrate with existing architecture and Profibus-connected smart sensors, Baxter selected AVEVA’s Wonderware software suite — including System Platform, InTouch HMI, Batch Management and Historian — to deliver a scalable, compliant automation solution.

AVEVA’s implementation of System Platform-powered Wonderware (with InTouch, Batch Management and Historian) centralized control, enabled batch execution, genealogy reporting and secure e-signature auditing, and supported high-resolution historical data collection. The solution doubled the facility’s productivity, made manufacturing fully traceable and compliant with FDA and European regulations, and produced roughly 35 reusable generic objects stored in a central library to accelerate future projects.

Baxter

Serge Bassem

Chief Executive Officer