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Points of View: Resource Pack for Compound Management
June 14 by Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology EditorAt the Compound & Sample Management Summit in London this May, we interviewed our speakers to get a grasp of what the current trends are in compound management and where it is going. From cont...
Doctor Who – Change Agent with a TARDIS
January 14 by Jon WetzelWhat lean business knowledge can we learn from a fictitious doctor that travels through space and time in a shiny police box? Let’s discuss. Doctor Who is a Time Lord but he doesn&rsq...
Being A Lean “Action Hero”
June 07 by Jon WetzelBy saying “Action Hero” you might be envisioning Angelina Jolie as “Laura Croft” or Jason Statham in just about anything he’s ever done but I’m talking about the...
5 Things You Need to Know about Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
November 15 by Andrea Charles“Continuous manufacturing is done in almost all manufacturing industries, except for wine, hard spirits, and pharmaceuticals. Defining a batch is up to the manufacturer but consistent with QbD...
Are You a Good Worker or a GREAT Leader?
July 25 by Jon WetzelI’ve had many a discussion over the past week with my colleagues about what makes a lean system work? The answer every time comes back to a culture of leadership. Everyone in a lean organis...
Biobanking: Moving Towards Prospective Procurement
March 31 by Andrea CharlesJon Wetzel, Founder of the Lean for Everyone Blog, joins Andrea Charles from Pharma IQ, to discuss recent technological and commercial trends in the biobanking sector. Wetzel offers his ex...
Implementing Lean and Operational Excellence Initiatives Within a Distribution Strategy
March 29 by Pharma IQLean has existed as a concept for more than 40 years, but it is really only in the past two decades that the pharmaceutical industry has begun adopting it as a philosophy. The ultimate aim of Lea...
Lean Innovation: Buzzword or Feasible Phenomenon?
November 17 by Pharma IQCelia Banks, R&D and Medical BT CI Lead at Pfizer, joins Helen Winsor from Pharma IQ, to discuss whether Lean innovation is the non sequitur it seems, or actually a real possibility. Banks...
Achieving Execution Excellence through Lean, Six Sigma and ToC
November 04 by Helen WinsorWhat are the 7 Deadly Sins of Quality Assurance and Quality Control? Download our free QA QC eBook...
How to Sustain Effective Continuous Improvement in Your Organisation
October 08 by Pharma IQLean principles drive cost reduction, improve efficiency and increase ROI. In this podcast, Elisabeth Goodman, former Business Operations Consultant, GlaxoSmithKline and Owner of RiverRhee Consultin...
Hospital Management: Realising the Benefits of Going Digital
September 27 by Bryan CamoensJoe Hau, Head of Operations & Administration University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, speaks exclusively to Pharma IQ's Bryan Camoens, on customer behaviour as we...
How a Lean Approach to Pharma Can Lead to Positive Gains?
July 03 by Klaus Hjortgaard OlsenIt is very rare to diet and see instant results, but taking a lean approach to your department can produce quick visible gains. “Within the last 6 months we have seen an OEE increase of 25%...