20% to 80%
Productivity Improvements
Lean Lab
For many labs incoming workloads are inherently volatile with significant peaks and troughs. This causes low productivity (during troughs) and/or poor lead time performance (during peaks) and ends up making the labs stressful places to work in with poor and/or inconsistent performance.
Achieving Lean & Operational Excellence in Labs
Very often labs exist in an unending cycle of “Run Late” and “Catch up” linked to the volatility in their workloads.
The capacity of the lab is often not well understood and there is no mechanism to level load the work. The surest way to fail is to put more work into the lab in a given period. But It is remarkable how often this is exactly what happens.
EFESO have developed innovative and highly effective solutions specific to Labs and we provide a deep knowledge and practical application of lean and operational excellence concepts that provide significant value in a short period of time.
We work with your lab teams to develop processes that effectively level short interval workloads, minimize throughput times and support an appropriate level of standardization of tasks. Your laboratory then becomes what your business needs—a reliable engine delivering consistent, quality results while your people thrive in sustainable roles.
Real Results Achieved with our Clients
Up to 95%
Lead-Times Reduction
3 to 5 times
Project cost in annual returns
A Tailored and Pragmatic Approach that Fits your Reality
We work with internal project teams to accurately measure lab capacity and demand and design an efficient process that operates at the "levelled demand rate" and consistently achieves the required lead-times. These new processes are supported by best practices in "short interval control" and "performance management".
Our methodology and approach includes significant change management and engagement elements as standard. These are aimed at creating a shared stakeholder understanding of the change and the need for change. The main objective is to engage the stakeholders and get them ready for rapid change.
The Benefits of our approach include:
- Defined, structured and controlled processes delivering more consistent and predictable performance
- Significantly increased productivity
- Reduced throughput-times
- Reduced costs
- Reduced levels of WIP (work in progress) & associated management effort
- Greater empowerment of lab personnel
- A culture of engagement, pro-active performance management and continuous improvement
- Internalization of skills and knowledge
Lean Lab Client Results
€30M
Recurring annual savings
Automotive and Commercial Vehicles
Automotive supplier with 21 sites faced declining EBITDA margins. We designed holistic lean transformation, deployed continuous improvement, and aligned global operations, delivering €30M in sustained savings.
The EFESO Touch
Over more than 15 years, EFESO has transformed 500+ laboratories worldwide via our dedicated Lean Laboratory Management practice. We have an unrivalled track record in the achievement of significant and sustained improvements in lab performance and have carried out projects and/or multi-site programs with 17 of the Top 20 pharma, biotech and cell & gene therapy companies.
We are a highly-motivated team of consultants with a passion for improving lab processes and performance. We really know lean and we really know labs.
If you want to go beyond Lean Lab and get a broader view of our service portfolio (Lean QA, Lean in R&D, Lean in Regulatory Affairs, Lab Design, and more), you can visit the BSM website—EFESO’s center of excellence in operational excellence for labs.
Meet Some of our Lean Lab Team Members
Ready to Handle Any Volume Without Adding Headcount?
- Process peak loads without overtime or errors
- Stop choosing between speed and accuracy
- See labs achieving more throughput with existing teams
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