Automated backups and production 
documentation at your fingertips 

Pharmaceutical and life science manufacturers must comply with a range of regulations and standards. This requires full and detailed documentation of the entire production process and regularly conducted self-inspections. Every step of the manufacturing process must be documented to provide full records and complete traceability. 

octoplant helps companies adhere to FDA and GxP rules with regard to process quality, production documentation and proof of compliance by backing up automated tasks and documenting all aspects of a production process.

  • Automate documentation processes to maintain comprehensive records of the entire production lifecycle
  • Enhance efficiency by automating backups and maintaining a clear change history
  • Streamline regulatory audits with readily accessible and organized documentation
  • Support adherence to stringent regulatory standards through meticulous documentation and validation

Version control software for the pharmaceutical & life sciences industry: 
key features

Complete transparency

Accurately track all production process changes, providing detailed insight into who, what, when and where changes were made.

Compliance adherence 

Verify compliance with quality standards, including FDA (21 CFR Part 11) and GxP requirements.

Efficient release control 

Ensure early error detection and quality assurance by using the four-eye principle within the approval process.

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AMDT CUSTOMERS 
IN THE Pharmaceutical & Life Science Industry

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Yichang Humanwell Pharmaceuticals
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Yichang Humanwell Pharmaceuticals

By introducing the AMDT solution, we are minimizing the risk of PLC-failures that affect the quality of the medicines. This data management and change-software enables us resolve production stop issues and resume production as quickly as possible.

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Elevate compliance and efficiency 
at pharmaceutical and life science companies 

octoplant by AUVESY-MDT automates documentation processes, ensuring meticulous adherence to FDA and GxP regulations. By optimizing workflows and maintaining comprehensive audit trails, octoplant minimizes errors and enhances operational efficiency so you can focus on delivering safe and effective pharmaceutical products.

Job configuration

octoplant backs up automated documentation processes, ensuring adherence to FDA and GxP regulations with meticulous traceability throughout the production lifecycle. 

  • Get a comprehensive 360-degree view of the entire plant
  • View a complete change history with information on who made what changes, when, where, and why
  • Compare versions graphically and in tabular form
     

Keep track of 
all devices and drivers

octoplant backs up automated documentation processes, ensuring adherence to FDA and GxP regulations with meticulous traceability throughout the production lifecycle. 

  • Get a comprehensive 360-degree view of the entire plant
  • View a complete change history with information on who made what changes, when, where, and why
  • Compare versions graphically and in tabular form
     
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Resume production within 
minutes for an emergency

octoplant’s automatic backups ensure you are able to quickly recover your production line configurations in the event of an interruption – minimizing downtime and ensuring continuity of operations. 

  • Quickly restore the right system configurations
  • Perform pattern-based or custom restores
  • Easily organize program backups to see the latest and correct versions
  • Alarm function for deviations from set values and parameters
     
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octoplant’s automatic backups ensure you are able to quickly recover your production line configurations in the event of an interruption – minimizing downtime and ensuring continuity of operations. 

  • Quickly restore the right system configurations
  • Perform pattern-based or custom restores
  • Easily organize program backups to see the latest and correct versions
  • Alarm function for deviations from set values and parameters
     
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Meticulously track and record every action and change in your processes, providing transparent and verifiable documentation. By automating audit trail generation, octoplant simplifies regulatory audits, ensuring you meet and exceed compliance requirements with ease. 

  • Document even the smallest project differences
  • Audit trails at the touch of a button
  • Set-up approval workflow to comply with industry regulations
  • Get a detailed risk assessment report for your assets
     

Ensure regulatory compliance 
with automated audit trails

Meticulously track and record every action and change in your processes, providing transparent and verifiable documentation. By automating audit trail generation, octoplant simplifies regulatory audits, ensuring you meet and exceed compliance requirements with ease. 

  • Document even the smallest project differences
  • Audit trails at the touch of a button
  • Set-up approval workflow to comply with industry regulations
  • Get a detailed risk assessment report for your assets
     
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Get a 360-degree view 
of your pharmaceutical production environment 

octoplant supports more devices than anyone else in the industry, including PLCs (e.g. TIA Portal), SCADA systems, HMIs and robots from different manufacturers. This helps you better analyze the shop floor, isolate errors and fix any problems. See for yourself!

Name Manufacturer Device Type Link to tutorial
ABB Freelance ABB DCS/SCADA/HMI
ABB Robots ABB Robots
Adobe PDF ADOBE Universal
Acronis Backup ACRONIS Backup/Images
ASCII ASCII Universal
Atlas Copco Tightening Systems Power Focus 4000/4001 ATLAS COPCO IFD Intelligent Field Devices
AUVESY Image Service AUVESY Backup/Images
AVEVA InTouch AVEVA DCS/SCADA/HMI
AVEVA PlantSCADA (CitectSCADA) AVEVA DCS/SCADA/HMI
B&R Automation Studio B&R PLC
BECKHOFF TwinCAT BECKHOFF PLC
Binary Binary Universal
CODESYS CODESYS PLC
COGNEX DataMan Scanner COGNEX IFD Intelligent Field Devices
COGNEX?In-Sight COGNEX IFD Intelligent Field Devices
COPA-DATA Zenon COPA DCS/SCADA/HMI
Drive SnapShot DRIVE Backup/Images
Emerson PAC Machine Edition EMERSON PLC
EPLAN P8 EPLAN DCS/SCADA/HMI
FANUC CNC FANUC CNC/NC
FTP FTP Universal
GE Proficy iFix GE DCS/SCADA/HMI
Hirschmann Switche HIRSCHMANN Switch/Router/Firewalls
JSON JSON Universal
Kistler DMF-P KISTLER IFD Intelligent Field Devices
Kistler maXYmos KISTLER IFD Intelligent Field Devices
KUKA KR C2 KUKA Robots
KUKA KR C4 KUKA Robots
Lenze 8400/8401 protec SL/HL LENZE IFD Intelligent Field Devices
Microsoft Excel MICROSOFT Universal
Microsoft Word MICROSOFT Universal
MITSUBISHI Melsoft GX Works MITSUBISHI PLC
MITSUBISHI Robots MITSUBISHI Robots
Omron CX-Programmer OMRON PLC
PHOENIX CONTACT FL Switches PHOENIX Switch/Router/Firewalls
PHOENIX CONTACT MGUARD-Router PHOENIX Switch/Router/Firewalls
PHOENIX CONTACT PC WORX PHOENIX PLC
Rockwell FactoryTalk View ME/SE ROCKWELL AUTOMATION DCS/SCADA/HMI
Rockwell RSLogix 5 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION PLC
Rockwell RSLogix 500 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION PLC
Rockwell RSLogix 5000 Logix Designer ROCKWELL AUTOMATION PLC
Rockwell-Allen-Bradley Stratix Switch 5700 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION Switch/Router/Firewalls
Schneider EcoStruxure Control Expert SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PLC
Schneider Electric Concept SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PLC
Schneider Electric Modsoft SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PLC
Schneider Electric PL7 Pro SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PLC
Schneider Electric Unity Pro SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PLC
SEW-EURODRIVE MOVITOOLS? MotionStudio SEW Drives
SICK Sopas ET SICK IFD Intelligent Field Devices
Siemens PCS7 SIEMENS DCS/SCADA/HMI
Siemens SCALANCE switches SIEMENS Switch/Router/Firewalls
Siemens SIMATIC STEP 5 SIEMENS PLC
Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 SIEMENS PLC
Siemens SIMATIC STEP 7 Multiproject SIEMENS PLC
Siemens SINAMICS Umrichter SIEMENS Drives
Siemens SINUMERIK 840D HMI Advanced SIEMENS CNC/NC
Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operate SIEMENS CNC/NC
Siemens TIA Portal SIEMENS Combined automation platform
Siemens WinCC SIEMENS DCS/SCADA/HMI
Siemens WinCC flexible SIEMENS DCS/SCADA/HMI
SSH SSH Universal
UNC UNC Universal
WAGO e!COCKPIT WAGO PLC
Windows INI MICROSOFT Universal
YASKAWA Robots YASKAWA Robots
Advantech EKI Switch ADVANTECH Switch/Router/Firewalls
AEG A250 AEG PLC
AEG A500 AEG PLC
Bosch CPS21 BOSCH PLC
Bosch Rexroth Indralogic L BOSCH PLC
Bosch Rexroth System3xx BOSCH IFD Intelligent Field Devices
CSV CSV Universal
Danfoss DANFOSS IFD Intelligent Field Devices
EATON EATON PLC
FANUC Robots FANUC Robots
IBH S5 for Windows IBH PLC
IBH S7 for Windows IBH PLC
Indramat CLM INDRAMAT CNC/NC
Indramat DDS INDRAMAT IFD Intelligent Field Devices
Indramat Drivetop Eco Drive INDRAMAT IFD Intelligent Field Devices
KUKA KR C5 KUKA Robots
Omron Adept OMRON Robots
PHOENIX CONTACT PC WORX Safety PHOENIX PLC
Pilz PSS3032 PILZ PLC
Pilz PSSPG PILZ PLC
Pilz Safety PILZ PLC
Pilz WinPro PILZ PLC
Rockwell PowerFlex Drives ROCKWELL AUTOMATION Drives
Schneider Electric ProWORX Plus SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PLC
SEW-EURODRIVE MoviDrive? SEW Drives
Sick PLS SICK IFD Intelligent Field Devices
Siemens COM?Profibus SIEMENS PLC
Siemens CP143 SIEMENS PLC
Siemens ProTool SIEMENS DCS/SCADA/HMI
Siemens SIMATIC SimoDrive SIEMENS Drives
Siemens SIMOTION SIEMENS Drives
XML XML Universal
Stäubli Robots STÄUBLI Robots
S?tron TSWin SÜTRON DCS/SCADA/HMI
COMAU COMAU Robots
Siemens ET200 SIEMENS PLC
Schneider EcoStruxure Machine Expert SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PLC
Sütron TSWin SÜTRON DCS/SCADA/HMI
ABB Logo
Beckhoff Logo
Codesys Logo
Cognex Logo
Fanuc Logo
Kuka Logo
Mitsubishi Logo
Omron Logo
Pilz Logo
Rexroth Logo
Rockwell Automation Logo
Schneider Electric Logo
Sick Logo
Siemens Logo
Yaskawa Logo

Frequently asked questions 
about version control for life sciences

Data integrity can be ensured by implementing robust data management systems that track and document every change in the production process, maintain secure records and ensure that all data is accurate, traceable and compliant with regulatory standards.

Maintaining detailed documentation is crucial for regulatory compliance, quality assurance and traceability. It ensures that every step of the manufacturing process is recorded, making it easier to conduct audits, identify issues and validate product quality.

Automated systems can streamline production processes, reduce the risk of human error, enhance efficiency and ensure consistent compliance with regulatory requirements. They also simplify documentation and backup processes, improving overall operational effectiveness.

octoplant is an advanced version control and data management platform designed for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. It automates documentation processes, maintains comprehensive change histories and ensures regulatory compliance, thereby streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency.

octoplant automates the creation of detailed audit trails, tracking every change and ensuring all documentation meets stringent FDA and GxP regulatory standards. This simplifies regulatory audits and helps companies maintain continuous compliance.

Yes, octoplant minimizes downtime by automating backups and providing quick recovery options in case of emergencies. This ensures production continuity and efficiency, crucial in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Yes, octoplant is designed to manage complex pharmaceutical production workflows by automating repetitive tasks, optimizing processes and maintaining detailed documentation, thereby improving overall efficiency and compliance.

Yes, octoplant is scalable and can be tailored to meet the needs of various operation sizes, from small laboratories to large pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, ensuring flexibility and adaptability.

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