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‘Everyone is on a learning curve… The workloads that exist now were unimaginable only a few years ago, so it’s not about replicating the old formula - it’s about rethinking it.’.

Throughout this reality, we’ve recognised that different technologies require different manufacturing techniques and logistics..Circumstances like the pandemic raise the question: how do we deal with this type of complexity?

The answer is, we use Modern Methods of Construction and we start to model it.We link in with the people who understand the development processes, and look at the physicality of the supply chains.We look at what is likely to happen, the capacity different countries have to make different vaccines, and how such factors would affect the global supply.

Understanding the picture in this way allows us to make decisions at an early stage about what we might do, should certain circumstances arise.In this instance, we could decide in advance how we might react to a vaccine becoming available, and get it out to people quickly.. As the Factory in a Box project demonstrated, there are elements which are standardised across projects.

For example, they all need hygienic spaces, so we can make sure the hygienic components will be available regardless of the situation with projects.

Components could be ready to deliver very quickly.As a result, these are particularly important factors to consider in the design and construction of pharmaceutical facilities..

In summary, Chips allow us many different perspectives on parts of a project.And crucially, they provide the common language for communication between all the different people involved in executing that project..

Improving pharmaceutical facility design with Chips, generative design and automation.We are now using chips as the basis of generative designs to allow us to automate the design process.