Traditional Chinese medicine production has historically relied on manual expertise and qualitative process controls, making it difficult to ensure consistent quality while balancing mass production, small-batch orders and customized demand. The site deployed more than 30 advanced solutions, including digital frying standards and advanced quality-marker analytics, to optimize production. The transformation reduced batch-to-batch quality variation by 33%, increased OEE by 13%, lowered production costs by 10% and captured critical tacit knowledge digitally.