Lean RA

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.