Waste Elimination

The Seven Deadly Sins of Lean Programmes - Why Lean Programmes often under perform

Published by Tom Reynolds in Lean Programs on January 17, 2019

In an effort to deploy Lean across their organisations, many companies have invested heavily in large multi site programmes supported by dedicated internal Lean resources. The results from these programmes are quite often patchy and underwhelming. So why do these programs under perform?

Waste in Laboratories

Published by Tom Reynolds in Lean Laboratory on January 17, 2019

Laboratories are not the same as manufacturing environments so do the standard Lean ‘Wastes’ even apply in Labs? BSM can show you the "right" wastes to tackle to unlock the performance of your testing laboratory.

Optimising QC Lab Testing

Published by Gary Ryan in Lean Laboratory on October 9, 2018

QC test methods and the overall testing approach employed in laboratories can themselves be inherently wasteful. What steps should be taken to identify and eliminate such waste?

Can and should Lean be applied in Labs?

Published by Tom Reynolds in Lean Laboratory on September 4, 2018

Lean originated in the automotive industry and it’s easy to see how the tools and concepts are a good fit for that type of manufacturing. It’s much less obvious however that Lean can and should be applied in Labs.  In recent times Lean Lab projects have become quite common but…

Is Lean really an appropriate strategy in the Lab environment or are labs just blindly following trends?

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