Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)

Objectives

Reduce the overall lead time from manufacture of the product to final release (Quality Control and Quality Assurance).

Solutions Deployed

Quality Control: queue based levelling and rhythm wheel, standard work roles, visual management.
Quality Assurance: batch record re-engineering, process optimization (batch record review and corrections, investigation management, disposition).

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Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient - BSM

Results

  • Reduction in QC lead time from an average of 13.4 days to an average of 4.7 days
  • Alignment of the QA timeline to the QC timeline i.e. disposition ready to complete as soon as the lab results are finalized
  • Fixed repeatable analyst requirement
  • Continuous improvement culture and mind-set growing within the laboratories

Client Environment

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)

Geography

Ireland