​BatchLine's co-founder and CEO David Margetts shares key points from the history of EBR and MES that help to guide our product design by learning from the constraints these created in older products.

So, You Want to Move from Paper –
​But How Can We Reduce the Complexity of Implementing EBR?

Problem Area Most Software Can't Reach 
For a long time Batch Recording software, or Electronic Batch Records (EBR or eBR if you prefer), for GMP regulated manufacturers has been possible only for  the flagship sites of the Global Pharma industry creating a digital vacuum  for many  companies between the ERP and various machine controllers.  Typically, this gap is  still handled today using paper documents and spreadsheets.