Cytiva and Rockwell Automation launched the figurate SCADA system to reduce digital bottlenecks across biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The platform is designed to integrate equipment and data flows across multiple instrument vendors using an open architecture and real-time monitoring. The announcement emphasizes native interoperability with Cytiva bioprocessing equipment and Rockwell’s FactoryTalk software suite, plus features such as centralized alarms, batch reporting, and scalable deployment from process development into commercial manufacturing. The move targets persistent issues in life sciences manufacturing—system fragmentation, manual workarounds, and data integrity risks—as organizations push process intensification and continuous manufacturing at clinical and commercial scale.