Lean RA

The Trouble with Dedicated Resources: Leveling the Workload

Published by Adrian Fegan in Lean Laboratory, Lean QA, Lean R&D, Lean RA on January 17, 2019

Dedication of resources may seem like a good way to have “Subject Matter Experts” (SMEs) get through work quickly, but it gives rise to a costly productivity penalty. The antidote is to level the workload across the team (without compromising the important role of the SME!).

Labelling Updates in Regulatory Affairs: Is product specific dedication of resources a good idea?

Published by Gary Ryan in Lean RA on April 11, 2018

Managing changes to the content and format of product labelling is a key function within any Regulatory Affairs Organisation. Such functions are typically structured by therapeutic area, where each provides support for a reasonably small group of specific products.

Lean in Regulatory Operations

Published by Alan Maloney in Lean RA on July 25, 2013

BSM have been pioneering applied research into the utilization of Real Lean methodologies to solve problems and generate efficiencies in Regulatory Affairs Operations (Reg Ops) in large life science companies. Operations from a Regulatory perspective encompasses the standard activities that accompany the filing of Regulatory submissions such as Labelling, Publishing, Production, Archiving etc. “Real Lean” is the term used to describe BSM’s approach to implementing Lean in a wide variety of industrial settings. We use this term to distinguish our approach from generic Lean implementations which primarily focus on elimination of the seven wastes. “Real Lean” has at its core a commitment to incorporate the key principles of Levelling, Flow and Standard Work as a basic operating system.