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The latest thinking, advice, and expertise from the Westbourne team

How to Measure the Real Impact of Your Global Service Desk Solution

How do you measure the success of a global service desk solution? Is it through the successful implementation of a new technology to manage support tickets? Is success achieved by your solution provider fulfilling its SLA (service level agreement) obligations? Can you...

Global Service Desk Solutions – Supporting Your Pharmaceutical Facility

Pharmaceutical companies of all sizes and in all locations need skilled, proactive, and scalable technical support that is always available and hands-on when it needs to be. One of the challenges is how to achieve that level of support when you have laboratory and/or...

Case Study: Implementing a Computer System Validation Policy for a Pharmaceutical Company

Implementing a robust Computer System Validation (CSV) policy is crucial for ensuring compliance in pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory operations. Effective CSV policies also enhance operational efficiency, quality, and productivity. Regulators like the FDA...
A Realistic Roadmap for Digital Transformation in Labs

A Realistic Roadmap for Digital Transformation in Labs

Buzzwords like the Lab of the Future and Lab 5.0 are becoming increasingly common. They each come back to a concept that is important for all industries and sectors – digital transformation. That leaves a question that we will explore in this article: what is a...

2024 Pharmaceutical Laboratory IT and Technology Trends

2024 Pharmaceutical Laboratory IT and Technology Trends

Digitalisation, Industry 5.0, smart manufacturing, and Quality 5.0 are buzzwords that will continue to have significant meaning in 2024 as pharmaceutical businesses strive for growth and drive innovation. Laboratories play a significant role in the success of any...

Ransomware – The Facts

All businesses and organisations are at risk from ransomware. For many of those companies, the risks are substantial and potentially existential, but they are largely contained within the business and its customers. For companies in other sectors, the risks that...

Ensuring GMP Compliance with Lab IT Infrastructure and Systems

Continuous improvement is an essential priority for pharmaceutical manufacturers. This push for continuous improvement is one of the reasons companies invest in their IT, including lab IT infrastructure and systems. As a result, more and more processes and workflows...

Virtualisation in a nutshell

Traditionally, IT infrastructure was physical, i.e., physical servers in an on-site server room, physical desktops on each lab technician’s desk/workstation, etc. Virtualisation technologies create virtual representations of these previously physical IT infrastructure...