BestPracticeDatabase.com Launches Section on Productivity in the Quality Control Laboratory.Business Editors CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2003 Recognizing the pressure that increased Food and Drug Administration scrutiny of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes places on the quality-control laboratory, Best Practices, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , has added a new section to the Best Practice Database with proven tactics and lessons learned for improving productivity and quality in the pharmaceutical quality-control laboratory. Research includes staffing levels, structures, sample testing and documentation processes, performance metrics Performance metrics are measures of an organizations activities and performance. Performance metrics should support a range of stakeholder needs from customers, shareholders to employees [1]. and innovative workflow technologies Workflow technology is a new field of software products designed to improve the design of information systems. It involves use of workflow engine to execute models of processes. The models can be edited by persons not experienced in programming (e.g. gathered from in-depth interviews with laboratory managers and directors at seven leading pharmaceutical companies. Visit http://www3.best-in-class.com/dr45.htm to view a free document detailing companies' lessons learned and top challenges in pharmaceutical quality control labs. The Best Practice Database, www.bestpracticedatabase.com, also includes detailed demographic and performance data for pharmaceutical laboratories, including the following: -- Number of products supported -- Number of different test methods -- Number of tests (assays) per year -- Number of reworks (retests) per year -- Personnel employed at each lab (categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat by full-time, part-time and contractor) -- Management-to-analyst/technician ratios for each lab -- First-pass yield rate -- Percentage of total testing costs consumed by rework re·work tr.v. re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works 1. To work over again; revise. 2. To subject to a repeated or new process. n. -- Percentage of rework caused by a variety of root cause factors The Best Practice Database is a timesaving time·sav·ing adj. Serving to save time through an efficient method or a shorter route; expeditious. time research tool that provides best business practices, metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. , presentation slides and flowcharts on key business topics. Members use the database to prepare for meetings, conduct primary research, create presentations and strengthen management reports. Busy executives and managers have found annual subscriptions to the Best Practice Database provide the simplified, ongoing access to key decision support material they need. Visit http://www3.best-in-class.com/dr45.htm to view a free pharmaceutical quality control labs document. To learn more about how the Best Practice Database will provide you the information you need, contact Susan Silverstein at 919-403-0251 ext. 251 or at ssilverstein@best-in-class.com. ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, LLC Best Practices LLC is a research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that conducts work based on the principle that organizations can chart a course to superior economic performance by studying the best business practices, operating tactics and winning strategies of world-class organizations. For more information, call 919-403-0251 or visit http://www.best-in-class.com/ |
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