The combination of process intensification, modularity and automation could transform the industrialisation, commercialisation, sustainability of, and access to, small molecule medicines..
Weight on upfront design is made viable by the digitised process: automated design and updates speed up the process and have delivery ‘built in’..Complete and integrated design to prove compliance at the earliest stages..
However simplified, this is still construction, and the process still involves big data.However, the digital library can mobilise this wealth of data available.No longer overwhelming, it becomes easy to manage and utilise.
Designers can consider the most complex and vast strands of data and options immediately and simultaneously..This data helps designers plan for the fullest range of complex requirements at the earliest stages, from safety to stakeholder requirements, from operations to maintenance, from re-use and net zero to wider sustainability goals..
Platforms enable designers to consider, share and integrate all pertinent data in the earliest design concepts, locking this value in to the DNA of the design, delivery and operation..
Reduced handoffs for reduced risk.The model captures all the systems and their interfaces, and represents all aspects of the overall solution that affect the objectives of the various stakeholders.
This initial representation allows us to agree what kind of expertise we require to develop a solution.For a prison design, that might mean that we need to understand how guards and social workers do their jobs.
For a pharmaceutical plant, it might mean we need a specialist in oral solid dose manufacturing, a quality representative and a health and safety specialist.. Based on this initial representation, we can start gathering the knowledge and data that is essential for developing a solution.We use this input to create a comprehensive and holistic model of the problem and the outline solution.