With the SPAH (Satellite Process Assurance Hub) design, a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility owner will be poised to become a leader in the industry. The innovative yet common-sense approach of SPAH allows a real and significant reduction in footprint of a facility without any compromise in production capacity or quality. This means a smaller facility can be built. As fully serviced facilities typically cost at least US$3,000 / m 2 to construct, SPAH will lead to much lower initial investment costs. The immediate benefits are two folds: Lower investment exposure and availability of excess funds for redeployment.
The SPAH design contains many useful and beneficial features that are not found in conventional designs. Never before such features been put together in one compact and efficient design.
SPAH vs. Conventional Facility Features |
SPAH Feature |
Benefit |
Conventional |
Control hub overlooking production suites |
For monitoring production processes for safety, compliance, quality
|
Usually not available |
Tech corridor wrap around production suites along perimeter of plant
|
Non-intrusive maintenance of thru-the-wall process equipment |
Usually not wrapped around |
Viewing gallery
|
Non-intrusive visitor viewing |
Usually not available |
Uni-directional U-shaped layout of production suites according to process flow
|
More efficient and ergonomic operations |
Usually not in a compact U-shaped flow |
QC labs in close proximity to production suites
|
Speeds up QA time |
Usually not in close proximity |
Separate raw materials and finished goods loading areas
|
Eliminate mix-ups |
Usually shared areas |
One cost effective security Hub (concentration) at the entrance monitoring both material and people flow
|
Better and cost effective monitoring of people and material flow) |
Material and people flow entrances and exit are not in close proximity to facilitate one security hub |
R&D pilot lab well embedded and integrated with the production facility in single building
|
Facilitate cost, compliance and performance of technology transfer from process lab to production |
R&D pilot lab unavailable or not well embedded and integrated with the production building |
SPAH
