The environment in an API plant is very different from that in an automotive or electronics manufacturing company. Fair enough, it took us a while to learn this but now we know! Not only are shop floor processes different – so is the business environment. We concluded that a new customised approach was required in API companies.
A Lean Programme in an API plant is likely to involve some or all of the following:
- Implementing PAT / in-line monitoring
- Test rationalisation
- Lean Clean-downs
- Improvement of the Batch Record process
- Implementation of Lean Laboratory techniques
- Implementation of Lean Change Control
- Implementation of Lean Root Cause Analysis
- Implementation of Rapid Regulatory Response
- Implementation of Lean Scale-Up
- Elimination of corrective process steps like milling & sieving.
No other consulting company offering ‘Lean’ services has BSM’s knowledge of the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. But why believe us – ask our clients!
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