This session will explore the critical role of predictive maintenance and contamination control in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Discover how these strategies can be integrated into your maintenance program to prevent product loss, minimize deviations, and ensure compliance. In this session, you will learn more about how to:

• Implement predictive maintenance to proactively address failures that lead to product loss and process deviations.
• Integrate contamination control measures within maintenance practices to protect product integrity.
• Improve reliability, reduce risk, and support compliance through a unified, preventive maintenance approach.

• What types of equipment or systems in your facility are most vulnerable to failures that lead to deviations or product loss?
• How are contamination risks currently addressed through maintenance activities, and where are the gaps?
• What data sources (e.g., sensor data, deviation trends, maintenance logs) could you leverage to support a predictive maintenance approach?
• What cross-functional collaboration (e.g., between maintenance, quality, and operations) is needed to successfully implement and sustain these programs?
• What challenges or barriers (e.g., cultural, technical, resource-related) might you face in implementing predictive maintenance and contamination control—and how can they be overcome?

In the Harvesting Session the World Café moderators will summarize the results of their discussions and highlight key findings.