Implementing continous improvement methodogies common in other industries is difficult in the heavily regulated world of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biologicals.
How do you combine Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, 5S and other World Class Manufacturing techniques with GMP compliance?
In companies with heavy regulatory compliance requirements, critical business performance indicators such as stock turnover, manufacturing cycle times and QC release times are often well short of the benchmarks of other industries.
Is it possible to combine common continuous improvement tools and techniques in regulated facilities. The trick is to understand how to marry GMP compliance with continuous improvement.
PharmOut has consultants experienced in implementing process improvement in regulated facilities. We can:
Lean Manufacturing aims to eliminate waste or non value adding activities in manufacturing processes. Lean Manufacturing combines the principles of:
with the aim of zero paper, zero inventory, zero downtime, zero defects, and zero delays in design, manufacture and distribution. Now try doing that whilst ensuring Quality system compliance!
PharmOut consultants have extensive experience in introducing such improvement programs in a manufacturing environment with heavy regulatory requirements.