Pierre Fabre (6 sites)

Founded in the early 60s by Mr Pierre Fabre, a pharmacist, Pierre Fabre Laboratories have been developing for over 50 years around three complementary activities: medicine, health and dermo-cosmetics. Thanks to its network of subsidiaries in 44 countries, including the main emerging markets, and distribution agreements in more than 130 countries.

Pierre Fabre: an international player in the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics sector

Pierre Fabre generates almost 60% of its sales on foreign markets. The group generated sales of €2.3 billion in 2018. The company employs some 3,500 people outside France, a figure that increased by 50% between 2003 and 2013.

After a one-month trial on 2 test lines, Pierre Fabre Laboratories deployed the MES software Aquiweb on 7 sites. Right from the start of the project, the multi-site dimension was taken into account. Aquiweb was implemented in 3 phases:

Aquiweb core model taking into account all the specific features of the sites to be equipped
Validation of the core model on two pilot lines
Deployment on all sites to be equipped

This approach has enabled us to respond as quickly as possible to the challenges facing Pierre Fabre laboratories:

Standardise and consolidate site performance monitoring
Monitor production activities more accurately and enable operators to concentrate on higher added-value tasks.
Improve productivity through a better understanding of the quantities produced, the times and causes of machine stoppages, the times and causes of non-performance, etc.
Monitor labour times
Digitalizing AIC and visual management
Control format changeover times

Aquiweb for managers and operators

Advantages for managers

Uniform, simplified multisite performance monitoring via a single application
Performance monitoring on smartphone
Operator time tracking (MOD & MOI)
Real-time OEE monitoring for packaging and filling plants
Transfer to SAP: make production results more reliable
Tracking of RPOs (progress, performance, difference between time allocated/time spent)
Time saved on performance management
Information displayed on a large screen

Advantages for operators

Launching and monitoring RPOs
Automatic recovery of RPOs from SAP
Entry of finished product scrap
Line performance monitoring – OEE in real time
Help in qualifying line stoppages (equipment that has stopped the line)
Automated data entry (no more sheets at the workstation)
Real-time visual management

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« Aquiweb has enabled the Pierre Fabre Laboratory to have identical and generalised monitoring of the TRS on all its production sites.

With the ‘core model’ approach tested on 2 pilot sites, we were able to roll out the solution to our sites in just a few weeks. »