Batch Standard an Industry Mainstay

摘要

With cumbersome paper trails clogging up production processes, the goal of the ISA-88 batch standard is to help manufacturers establish a standard manufacturing philosophy to provide electronic production records and meet regulatory compliance faster. Using the standard gives manufacturers critical production data and history and more easily answers these required questions: What was the lot number of the material? What were the characteristics? How did they use it in a process? If manufacturers need to recall a product, they can get a listing of product ingredients as well as which lot code went with which ingredient. All of these items give manufacturers a better understanding of their process. This valuable information can travel up to an ERP system so manufacturers can get more accurate enterprise information faster.