Building the Digital Infrastructure: Key IT/OT Foundations for the Pharma 4.0 Transformation (Part 3 of 4)
Complimentary
Learning Level: Intermediate
Time: 1100 - 1200 ET
Session Length: 1 hour
Pharma 4.0 promises real-time visibility, predictive quality, and connected manufacturing, but needs a solid digital backbone underneath it to deliver on that promise. This session, drawn from Chapter 9 of the ISPE Good Practice Guide: Pharma 4.0™ - Holistic Digital Enablement, tackles the practical realities standing between most organizations and that backbone: legacy systems, data silos, and the long-standing divide between IT and OT. In an interactive panel format, our speakers will unpack why IT/OT convergence stalls, what a Unified Namespace and ISA-95 actually solve in practice, and how to build a connected plant without a disruptive rip-and-replace.
Learning Objective
- Explain why legacy systems persist in pharmaceutical manufacturing and evaluate practical alternatives to disruptive rip-and-replace modernization.
- Differentiate the core priorities and governance models of IT versus OT and describe what effective joint governance looks like in practice.
- Apply a structured, phased approach to beginning an IT/OT convergence initiative, including practical KPIs to measure early progress.
View More in This Series
- Empowering Data Excellence: Navigating Data Governance and Data Integrity for Digital Success
- Igniting Digital Transformation: Intro to the Holistic Digital Enablement Good Practice Guide — Series Kickoff (Part 1 of 4)
