Getting Up to Speed and Staying There Lean Lab Improvement That Lasts COST REDUCTION In order to maintain competitiveness, a global manufacturer of brand and generic drugs needed to cut per-unit costs by 20%. To achieve that ambi- tious goal they intended to make their operations faster and leaner. That included making the laboratory more responsive and shrinking its throughput time with no compromise in quality or safety. The Result: Most observers agree that a Lean approach to lab operations can support such improvements and the cost savings they bring. But sustaining such improvements is another story. I 40-259 CR-GettingSpeed-LeanLab-REPRINT-v2.indd 1 40-259 CR-GettingSpeed-LeanLab-REPRINT-v2.indd 1 6/13/13 11:47 AM 6/13/13 11:47 AMTunnell brought a comprehensive understa

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