ALECTIA has developed a simple and structured method for designing pharmaceutical facilities. The method ensures efficient and rational workflow and minimizes the risk of faults in the design as well as in the operation.

According to EU GMP pharmaceutical production facilities should be designed so that the production takes place in logically placed areas, equivalent to the workflow and the necessary levels of cleanliness. With advantage the principle can be used in any type of facility where efficient and rational workflows are required and where there is a wish to minimize the risk of making mistakes.

A complicated task
No matter how simple the principle in EU GMP may seem, it is often a very complicated task to design facilities, such as lairages and laboratories. One of the reasons for this is that the primary workflow process can be rather complicated, and additionally, that the pharmaceutical facilities often include several auxiliary processes necessary for a fully-operational facility, such as person flow, product flow, waste flow, cleaning flow – workflows which all take place within the same design with necessary supplies and auxiliary equipment.

Structured method
Based on years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, ALECTIA has developed a simple and structured method for designing pharmaceutical production facilities. This method is not only applicable to the design of pharmaceutical facilities – the principles apply to all types of facilities, such as production facilities, laboratories, lairages and test plants.

ALECTIA’s method is distinguished by the maintenance and illustration of workflows in the design and is based on recognized and accepted tools for production and process development. With relatively few resources ALECTIA creates facilities that ensure high efficiency and productivity, and minimize waste caused by unforeseen design inconveniences.

An example on auxiliary processes included in the design plan. ALECTIA’s method is iterative and the workflows are graphically illustrated in the design plan, which can be changed, modified and optimized until the required result is obtained.

Development work facilities
In facilities where development work takes place it is difficult to describe the regular workflows, and here the primary design focus is flexibility. It is about looking into the crystal ball and then designing the facility so that it can be adjusted to the expected future needs.