Improving Technology Transfer  This article focuses on the
growing need for effective data management in the life sciences
industry—especially among smaller pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Nov 01, 2012  As the life-sciences industry amasses ever-
increasing volumes of manufacturing data, the need grows for
better data management, especially among smaller
biopharmaceutical manufacturers. Like their larger colleagues,
small companies can strategically leverage data with the
transformational power of process intelligence—defined as the
technology and systems needed to design, commercialize, and
sustain robust manufacturing processes that give predictable,
high-quality outcomes cost-effectively, based on scientific
process understanding.  Current approaches to data management
Traditional approaches to data management attempt to provide
process intelligence, but are not efficient or effective.
Proceeding "the way we've always done it" is no longer enough
due to three significant industry trends working against life-