Optimize filling line efficiency
SmartLine: Increase your filling line efficiency
Fill-and-finish operations are under increasing pressure to reduce breakage, avoid unplanned downtime, improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and generate reliable evidence to support process changes. Many critical interactions between the container and the filling or packaging line are not visible during routine operation, but SmartLine makes these interactions measurable.
The SmartLine approach is built on SmartSkin Digital Container Twin technology, which enables SCHOTT Pharma to use analytical testing and technical consulting to interpret the data, validate root causes, and support evidence-based decisions for optimization, change control, and long-term line robustness.
With SmartLine, customers start with the licensed SmartSkin platform then expand with SCHOTT Pharma’s analytical testing and consulting to meet their operational needs.
See the unseen and create evidence to guide key decisions
SmartLine offers transparency when standard observation reaches its limits. SmartSkin Digital Container Twins map mechanical stress, pressure, vibration, and critical container-line interactions across specific filling line sections. This gives operations, engineering, and quality teams a clear view of where containers are exposed to potential impact and where further investigation may be required.
To determine whether these interactions have a potential impact on container strength, breakage risk, or process robustness, SCHOTT Pharma Services can help. By combining line data with mechanical strength testing, fractography, and structured interpretation, SmartLine helps customers identify visible defects and strength-related damage, as well as locations where modification could yield measurable process improvement.
This evidence-based approach helps prioritize line adjustments, support change control, and verify the effectiveness of any changes to pharmaceutical filling lines.
From subscription to system-level support
SmartLine offers three levels of support based on your operational objectives. The SmartLine Subscription provides continuous visibility into container-line interactions through Digital Container Twin technology. The SmartLine Bundle then offers expert interpretation, analytics, and consulting support. For urgent operational challenges, SmartLine On-Site Support brings technology and technical experts directly to your production line to investigate issues, identify root causes, and accelerate improvement activities. Every SmartLine service is built around the SmartSkin platform, helping customers transform process data into actionable insight.
Our SmartLine offer
The baseline for continuous line insight
Customers use SmartSkin as a licensed operational platform to generate Digital Container Twin data and gain visibility into container-line interactions throughout their fill-and-finish process. The platform helps identify critical process conditions, supports data-driven manufacturing decisions, and establishes a foundation for continuous pharmaceutical process monitoring and optimization.
The SmartLine Subscription is ideal for organizations looking to build internal capabilities and integrate Digital Container Twin technology into their day-to-day operations.
Integrating technology, analytics, and expertise
The SmartLine Bundle combines SmartSkin Digital Container Twin technology with SCHOTT Pharma’s analytical testing capabilities, glass expertise, and consulting support. Customers not only receive measurement data but also expert interpretation and scientific evidence to understand the full impact of process conditions on container performance.
The SmartLine Bundle is designed for organizations seeking a long-term strategic partner to support continuous process improvement, optimization projects, line modifications, validation activities, and change control initiatives.
By combining process visibility with analytical evidence, customers can make more informed technical decisions, reduce risk, and strengthen process robustness across their manufacturing network.
Focused support for urgent line challenges
Some filling line challenges require more than data. When pharmaceutical companies experience glass breakage, cosmetic defects, unexplained rejects, yield losses, downtime, process instability, or challenges after format changes, SmartLine On-Site Support brings SmartSkin technology and technical experts directly to the manufacturing floor.
Every engagement includes a SmartSkin License and the deployment of experienced specialists who work alongside customer teams to investigate the process, analyze critical line sections, and interpret Digital Container Twin findings within the production environment.
SCHOTT Pharma’s analytical testing and consulting services can also be integrated to provide additional evidence and technical insights to rapidly transform operational uncertainty into actionable recommendations, helping customers implement any changes with confidence.
Flexible support models tailored to your operational needs
See what standard observation misses
Make hidden container-line interactions visible with Digital Container Twin data.
Quantify what is critical
Use analytical evidence to understand whether a line interaction affects container strength or process robustness.
Turn data into decisions
Combine SmartSkin measurements with SCHOTT Pharma interpretation to support line adjustments and change control.
Build long-term line confidence
Use SmartLine for troubleshooting, optimization, verification, and future expansion across lines.
A structured path from insight to improvement
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