The digital revolution and industrialization have changed the pharma and biotech market drastically over the years. It is providing opportunities for all market players. However, it has also brought challenges like increasing quality and regulatory requirements, shrinking batch sizes, and demand for cost-efficient solutions. Though the need for pharma and biotech products has significantly increased, there are several challenges in the manufacturing sector. Due to the increased demand, the manufacturers are constantly under pressure to produce high-quality products on time. Moreover, with economic fluctuations and stringent legal requirements, it becomes tricky for manufacturers to increase efficiency and productivity.
Werum IT Solutions has been relentlessly working to solve the production challenges in the pharmaceutical sector since its inception. The company provides an efficient, functionally complete, and user-friendly manufacturing execution system (MES) called PAS-X. The software products offered by Werum help pharma and biotech companies increase their manufacturing efficiency and productivity to benefit from high-quality and cost savings, maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage in the market.
COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impacts
As paper-based production workflows in a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment are slow, error-prone and can’t be executed remotely, electronic and computer-aided manufacturing execution systems are gaining more importance than ever in this COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Werum is able to prepare and execute an MES software project in a largely remote way to help its customers during these unprecedented times. Werum resources are being used for performing various tasks – from business benefits analysis via MBR design through to configuration and parameterization of the PAS-X MES system.
The majority of the manufacturers is expected to continue their investments in MES to drive forth the digitization of their manufacturing processes. Werum anticipates a huge demand for its software and consulting offers after the pandemic as only computer-aided manufacturing of medicines enables a rapid and efficient response to unforeseen events such as COVID-19.
Specialized and Innovative Solutions
Werum has been providing specialized and innovative solutions in pharma and biotech for more than 30 years. It offers a full-scope MES solution comprising the PAS-X software product and pre-configured content for pharmaceutical and biotech processes. Werum’s manufacturing IT portfolio is complemented by Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) solutions for easy data acquisition and advanced decision making.
Furthermore, Werum is providing remarkable new offerings such as its biometric authentication product K.ME-IN to simplify login and signing processes and PAS-X MSI Plug & Produce for fast and easy level 2 integration. Moreover, it provides an integrated solution for detailed scheduling based on sedApta’s Factory Scheduler and Augmented Reality (AR) driven shop floor operations for more efficiency and quality.
Enthusiastic and Passionate Leader
Jens Woehlbier, the CEO of Werum IT Solutions, is actively driving forward the further development of Werum’s product portfolio. Prior to joining Werum, he worked as a Managing Director at Accenture for more than 20 years. He is enthusiastic about technology since his childhood. For instance, he was a part of the German National Team at the first Computer Science Olympiad at the age of 15. Jens is a passionate individual who likes to try out new technologies with curiosity in his private and professional life. He says, “Family, technology, as well as curiosity and openness to learn, are important for me.”
Motivating the Employees with Constant Communication
Werum is digitally well-positioned as a software provider and therefore was very well prepared for COVID-19. The company uses state-of-the-art techniques and tools for networking and communication in its daily work. The CEO is in regular contact with all employees around the globe as a part of the company’s CEO Talk, an interactive web conference. In the CEO Talk, the CEO informs the employees about news from the company, and some of the teams present lighthouse projects for the whole of Werum. Furthermore, the company organizes virtual coffee corner meetings with individual departments that focus on informal exchange and get-together. With CEO Talks, Coffee Corner Meetings, and other activities, the company keeps in touch online and thus successfully motivates the employees.
Stellar Global Presence
The roots of Werum IT Solutions trace back in 1969 when the software pioneer Wulf Werum founded the company in Germany which focused on system software. The company started concentrating on the pharmaceutical industry in the early 1990s and soon became the world’s leading supplier of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and manufacturing IT solutions.
Over time, the company expanded its footprint to the USA, Japan, Singapore, France, Brazil, China, Thailand, India, and Ireland. Today, Werum is the leading strategic partner of the pharma, biotech and cell & gene therapy industry worldwide. The majority of the world’s top 30 pharmaceutical and biotech companies and many medium-sized customers around the globe run PAS-X and more than 1000 installations of Werum’s software have been accomplished worldwide.
Striving to Generate Sustainable Competitive Advantages
Werum aims to apply and derive the benefits of Industry 4.0 to pharmaceutical production environments. For this, it strives to generate competitive advantages to its customers in the pharma, biotech, and cell & gene therapy industries through its innovative Industry 4.0 technologies. In the near future, the company will continue to develop its existing manufacturing IT products and launch new products and solutions.
Werum recently acquired Exputec, a company focused on data-based process analysis and consulting in the biotech industry, to extend its PAS-X MES and EMI solutions. With inCyght, a proven bioprocess data science solution, customers can accelerate the development of their biopharmaceutical pipeline, improve the speed and regulatory success of new product commercialization and optimize productivity. Thus, Werum IT Solutions is well prepared for future challenges!
