Services
Automation Interventions
What we deliver to unblock projects
Vanguard Systems core business: multi-vendor industrial automation engineering (Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff, Emerson) on pharma, biotech, microtechnology, food & beverage and OEM sites in French-speaking Switzerland. 10+ years of field experience in regulated (GMP, GAMP5) and non-regulated environments. From design to commissioning, operations support, retrofit and migration.
Practical application of data and AI to real industrial problems: process optimization, predictive maintenance on historian data, on-premise technical chatbots based on RAG, MLOps in regulated environments. Pragmatic approach, no experimental demos: everything we deploy must work in operation and survive a quality audit.
Many industrial needs justify neither an ERP/MES program nor heavy development: quality deviation tracking, supplier portals, workflows across five legacy systems, AI agents on technical documentation. Vanguard Systems assembles the right mix for the site context: no-code automation (n8n, Make, Power Automate), lightweight databases (Airtable, Dataverse, PostgreSQL), AI agents via LLM APIs deployed on Azure or AWS Bedrock EU zone, custom web apps (Next.js) when no-code reaches its limits. Always with industrial requirements in mind: confidentiality, OT/IT integration, audit trail, lifespan beyond 5 years.
Design of technical architectures for complex industrial environments: ERP/MES/SCADA integration, unified data platforms, OT/IT governance, industrial network security. Our approach combines multi-vendor technical expertise and understanding of operational constraints in a regulated site.
Complete support for qualification and validation in GMP environments: Factory Acceptance Test, Site Acceptance Test, installation, operational and performance qualification. GAMP5 and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant documentation, deviation management, support for Big Pharma internal audits and authority inspections. For missions requiring dual batch and CSV expertise, we work with our partner Eric Rouane (20+ years pharma CQV).
Project leadership and technical leadership for complex automation projects. Combination of field technical expertise and PMP-certified project management. Ability to coordinate multiple subcontractors, arbitrate schedule / quality / cost trade-offs, and own operational responsibility for a deliverable through to routine production.