Compliance and risk get new airing in plant monitoring white paper
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For quality managers in the pharmaceutical and related industries concerned about compliance, a new white paper provides valuable insight into commonly overlooked sources of human error from the various monitoring types.
Ken Appel, manager of regulated industries for Veriteq, a Vaisala company, who wrote the piece, says that it also provides useful guidance on cutting costs of monitoring critical environments while also controlling risk factors.
The paper covers everything from chart recorders to standalone data loggers, wired LAN networks with UPS backups, and wired LAN networks using Power over Ethernet, WiFi and Wireless Mesh – with comparisons of lifetime costs of ownership and compliance risk factors.
Appel says the white paper is aimed at quality managers, helping them to weigh the pros and cons of different approaches to continuous monitoring.
"Whether you choose one connectivity method over the other or a combination, you will have to decide what makes the most sense in your organisation," he explains.
"There is no one solution that fits every situation. Always though, a concern is to address the level of risk you can afford, and to know what these risks are."
Appel also makes the point that decisions over solution types and approaches do not happen in a vacuum. His advice: physical plant layout, existing IT infrastructure, support resources and management buy-in are all key – so the wise will make it their business to talk to those functional heads early.
