Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 1 French Batch Forum Update Jean Vieille (Consultant) World Batch Forum 2000 Atlantic City, April 2000

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 2 Origin of FBF F.B.F. for… –Forum Batch Francophone or French Batch Forum –(a Finnish Batch Forum exists too…) French Batch issues: –Lack of worldwide batch information: WBF unknown. Language barrier leads to isolation –A strong need of S88 education, but interesting S88-unaware Batch implementations(ASTRID). –Business / Production integration not mature Goals –Batch and Production control education & Forum –French speaking countries aimed

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 3 Activities Conferences Board meetings Working groups Internet Forum Internet Web site

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 4 Conferences First conference held on January 20 th –80 attendees –Michael Saucier (Sequencia, past WBF president) brought us a great support –High degree of satisfaction –S95 curiosity: a main expectation for the next conference Second conference scheduled on November 16th

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 5 Working groups WG1 : FDA validation / S88 Led by Michel Fontvieille (Fisher Rosemount) –French mirror of the corresponding WBF WG WG2 : Batch & Tracability Led by Jacques Mateos (Cap Gemini) –ISA 900x, FDA, GAMP, S88, S95 requirements –S88, S95, Batch Package benefits –Recommendations

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 6 Internet Internet as the main communication media Public mailing list 80 subscribers from France, Swiss, Quebec, Belgium Leaders mailing list Web site with extensive documentation

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 7 Logistic FBF is supported by the SEE –SEE is « the Society of Electricity, of Electronics, and of information and communication technologies » –8000 members –IFIP, IFAC and IEEE correspondent –FBF as a Thematic Circle of SEE’s Club18 « Industrial Automation » Free membership for FBF members –SEE membership solicited for leaders Two-monthly board meetings

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 8 ISSUES Users hard to involve Leaders themselves haven’t much time for FBF activities Dialog by Mailing list not so easy: –Not many interesting discussions raised –Un-subscriptions occur when traffic increases – usage not yet mature

Authors nameCopyright © 2000 World Batch ForumSlide 9 Some of FBF members… ALS Consultants Alstom APV Arc Informatique Aspen Tech Becker Industries Bridgestone/Firestone Cap Gemini Coris Danone Eurintech Euriware Firmenich Fisher Rosemount Foxboro GE Fanuc Intellution Lilly Lyondell Moore Solutions Novachem Paprican Pasteur Mérieux Pharmacia & Upjhon Predicast Rhone Poulenc Rockwell Rohm & Haas Ross system Saint-Louis Sucre Schneider SCT Corporation Siemens Sinfor Total Toyo Engineering Schools & Universities… (Professors, Students) Consultants… Associations links…