Every day saved in bringing a GMP facility online matters. Acceleration comes from specialist talent and integrated scheduling, not from shortcuts on validation.
A race against time
In pharmaceutical manufacturing, speed to market is the goal behind every capital project. Each day saved in bringing a facility online can be worth a great deal in revenue and competitive position. Construction and commissioning are often the hardest part of that race.
Speed without compromising compliance
The challenge is to accelerate a multi-year build while meeting some of the strictest standards in industry for safety, quality and validation, including GMP requirements and regulator expectations. Cutting corners is not an option, so the time has to come from better planning and the right people.
Two strategies that work
- Front-load specialist talent
- Bring experienced Commissioning & Qualification and validation leadership in from the start, not as an afterthought when turnover begins.
- Integrate the schedule
- Treat the schedule as a live tool that links every dependency, from long-lead equipment procurement through to the final validation protocols.
In practice
On a biologics facility project in Singapore, the timeline was threatened by a lack of local C&Q leadership. Through our global alliance we identified an experienced C&Q Lead in Europe and presented them to the client in 10 business days, avoiding a delay to the critical commissioning phase.