The Study Will Identify Cleaning and Change Over Best Practices to Help Companies Better Face Challenges Such as Capacity Utilization, Cost Components, Cycle-Time Reduction, and Schedule Consistency
SOMERSET, N.J. & LAFAYETTE HILL, Pa.--cResults Consulting, providing operations management services focused on operational excellence, manufacturing, quality operations, and supply chain management, and Integrated Project Services (IPS), a leading, full-service engineering, design/build, validation, and compliance company dedicated to assisting pharmaceutical and biotech companies improve operations, recently launched an industry-wide benchmark study to identify cleaning and change over best practices to help companies better face challenges such as capacity utilization, cost components, cycle-time reduction, and schedule consistency.
"cResults is committed to helping pharmaceutical companies gain a better understanding of operational excellence opportunities and provide a clear road map to improve the bottom line," said Rafi Maslaton, President, cResults Consulting. "In today’s competitive business environment, change over, set up, and cleaning is often overlooked. These activities consume 30-50% of resources - both human and equipment.” Mr. Maslaton added, “cResults and IPS chose to conduct a focused benchmark to get to the root cause and provide participating companies with a clear road map to reach the level of industry best practices. We are excited by client enthusiasm and interest in assessing their current performance in this non-value added area. Participating companies are compared with other companies of varying sizes to identify and learn best practices in terms of structure, tools, approaches, and more.”
Chuck Stock, Sr. Vice President, Principal in Charge, Compliance, states, “In today’s competitive and highly regulated market, pharmaceutical companies need to significantly improve their production cycle times while improving their compliance profile. Cleaning accounts for a large percentage of line down time as well as an area of regular Regulatory scrutiny and concern. By focusing on how to improve cleaning effectiveness and cycle times, we can potentially improve our production cycle times while improving our cleaning compliance. This study will enable participants to improve cleaning compliance while improving overall production cycle times through comparing their practices to some of the best in class within our industry.”
Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and specialty pharma companies - market leaders as well as start-ups - are expected to participate. Study participants and responses will remain anonymous to ensure full confidentiality. Benchmark findings are targeted for April 2007. Study results will provide peer comparisons, recommendations, and a roadmap containing recommendations for improvement, thus saving organizations time and money.
To learn more and become a participant in cResults Consulting and IPS’s benchmark, please visit www.cresultsconsulting.com, www.ipsdb.com or contact Kimberly Goodman at 610.828.4090.
About cResults
cResults, an affiliate of IPS, provides consulting services to improve the overall operational performance of its clients by reducing costs, increasing productivity and improving overall organization efficiency. cResults is the leader in Operations Consulting specializing in the Life Science and Microelectronics Industries. Founded in 2005, cResults is owned and managed by industry trained and experienced professionals.
About IPS
Integrated Project Services (IPS), www.ipsdb.com, is a full-service, engineering firm servicing the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries as well as medical device, diagnostics and specialty chemical. IPS services include technical consulting, engineering and design, design/build, construction management, commissioning, and compliance. Located in Lafayette Hill, Pa., IPS has full service branch offices in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, California, Indiana, and Puerto Rico.
