Industry 4.0 – Combining Traditional Process Improvement and Six Sigma in the Age of Big Data

Lean process tools have a demonstrated track record of resulting in continuous improvement for manufacturing facilities.  This is true regardless of the industry. Not every organization has invested in training lean six-sigma personnel but many have, and those that have not hopefully are able to utilize trained personnel from external resources.  Lean manufacturing focuses on […]

Blackbox Machine Learning Versus Physics Based Models Vs Hybrid Physics Informed Models

Part 1: identify use cases for modeling information to identify requirements for Model Fidelity. Today modern data science and culture is pushing the progression of regression models. This is not always the right choice for a process. The first step in any modeling initiative is to identify the need.  The customer or process needs should […]

Accelerating Drug Development: How VESL’s Framework and Virtual Factory Empower Pharmaceutical Process Optimization

In the pharmaceutical industry, the path from initial research and development (R&D) to commercial manufacturing of a new drug or therapy is intricate and time-consuming. Each phase involves critical data collection and process optimization to ensure that life-saving treatments reach patients quickly and safely. VESL’s approach, known as the “VESL Framework,” combined with our Virtual […]

What is a Digital Twin and Why do I care about it? 

Digital Twins are the product of “digitalization” (the process of converting a physical object into a digital object.  The application of digital twins is emmense for manufacturing.  This is true for all stage of products and production including: R&D, Scale Up, and Mature Production Processes.  The digital twin answers the call to test things quickly […]