What Is Lean Six Sigma? Lean Six Sigma is a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing waste and reducing variation. The methodology has gained worldwide acceptance as a framework for continuous improvement.
Everyone knows Aristotle’s famous quote “Well begun is half done”, but it is seldom true when it comes to sustaining organizational change initiatives for achieving better quality and excellence. Understandably, change is uncomfortable for most of us...
What is Kaizen? Kaizen is a Japanese term derived from two separate Japanese words, 'Kai' and 'Zen.' The word 'Kai' means change, and 'Zen' means good. Therefore Kaizen literally means 'changing for the good.' Kaizen is a widely accepted philosophy f...
What is Lean Six Sigma? As the name suggests, Lean Six Sigma is a business management strategy that combines principles of Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma.
In the world we live in today, mass production of goods and industrial development is on the increase and the economy thrives on the capability of countries to export to other countries for profit. These production companies comprise of different dep...
Deviations and nonconformities, as all QA professionals know, are at the very heart of quality management. Detecting them is fundamental in preventing quality issues, and paves the way to improvement. However, preventing deviations and nonconformitie...
Lean Thinking is centered around building efficient manufacturing operations by defining value from the customer's viewpoint and continually improving how value is delivered by eliminating wasteful resources or resources that do not contribute to the...
Tech innovations are driving the rapid evolution of everything humans do, and auditing is no exception. Since 2020, remote or virtual audits have become commonplace, born out of necessity in a time when on-site audits were simply impossible. Due to t...
Old habits die hard and a paper-based QMS system is that old habit that has more disadvantages than advantages. Whereas the new eQMS system holds the seeds for success in future regulatory audits. That is why the bad old habit of using a paper-based ...
Stacks of paper, what a hassle! Staying on top of who printed what, where, and when is a common struggle for many life science companies. Document reconciliation is even more of a challenge. Printing may be unavoidable, but staying compliant and keep...
Most pharma and MedTech companies have had digital transformation on their to-do list for quite some time. Unfortunately, only a few (roughly 20%) have actually pivoted from doing digital to being digital.
Scilife’s controlled print and reconcile solution is performing well on all fronts. Two months after going live with it, Scilife has announced strong early success with their Print & Reconciliation module, a new addition to their digital life sci...
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