Waste Elimination

Optimizing QC Lab Testing: A Lean Approach

Optimizing QC lab performance requires a good foundation of workload leveling and standardized work to mitigate volatility before systematically targeting the waste in the testing process. By streamlining testing, combining similar runs, and eliminating redundant testing, labs can significantly reduce cycle times, cut costs, and improve overall operational efficiency.

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

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

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.

Can and should Lean be applied in Labs?

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?