Process Engineering
Strategies for efficiency and quality
As an engineering leader in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, Precis relies on process engineering to help our clients improve product quality and bring drugs to market safely and efficiently.
Our process engineers translate user requirements into a working facility by specifying the equipment, controls, and interconnecting piping in an efficient layout that meets cGMP and regulatory requirements, resulting in a quality product. When it comes to cleaning and changeovers between products, we are able to help our clients reduce the volume of non-value-added activity and increase production times by employing various product manufacturing optimization methods.
Expertise in Operational Excellence (OpEx) allows us to tie pertinent data to our clients’ objectives, helping them make smart facility decisions for maximum efficiency, quality, and safety. Our process engineering metrics on important operational components, such as cycle times, head count, space utilization, and impact to other operations, inform smart strategies that our clients can use for decision-making above and beyond capital costs.
- Process Flow Diagrams (PFD)
- Process scope development
- Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (PID)
- Process instrumentation and automation
- Operational excellence and optimization
- Highly potent API containment
- Capacity analyses and scale-up planning
- Superskid and module design
- Equipment and User Requirement Specifications (URS)
- Cell culture and microbial fermentation with downstream recovery
- Building Information Modeling (BIM) and 3D piping design
- Single-use and continuous processing
- Chemical synthesis, solvent handling, and recovery
- Aseptic fill/finish
- Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) (tablets, capsules)
- Semi-solids (creams, ointments)
- Biosafety Level (BSL) and Animal Biosafety Level (ABSL) 2/3 facilities
- Risk assessments and Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) reviews
- Energy modeling and conservation strategies
- Deionized (DI) water, United States Pharmacopeia (USP) water, and reverse osmosis (RO) purified water systems design
