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Workflow Consultancy Consulting Services
Increase the efficiency and qualityof your laboratory and do morewith the same resources
Do you want to improve the process of your laboratory?
Most laboratories are facing higher workloads, increasingturnaround times, shortage of skilled staff and costpressures. These challenges demand increased optimisationand maximised productivity for the laboratories.The Workflow Consultancy enables the laboratory to gainmore insight into their current process to identify bottlenecks and to consult on improvements.
The aim of the consultancy
service is to improve the process
of the histopathology laboratory
by applying Lean principles. This
allows you to do more with the
same capacity/resources while
improving the quality of work and
results.
The Workflow Consultancy
The Workflow Consultancy
consists of a one-day workflow
observation. This provides the
lab with information about the
processes, such as utilisation
rates of the workstations and
current state of the material flow.
Workflow Consultancy process
1. Observe current workflow and process
2. Identify bottlenecks and non-value adding steps
3. Consultancy on workflow improvements to increase
efficiency and to do more with the same resources
4. Ready-to-use recommendations presented in a report
The benefits
The Worklow Consultancy offers
you increased quality, by giving
you insights in how to standardise
processes as well as maximised
productivity, by supporting
you in eliminating non-value
adding steps. This allows staff
to spend more time on other
critical activities and/or duties.
This results in efficient use of
your resources, both people and
money.
Laboratories who want to
optimise their efficiency and qual-
ity will benefit from this service.
This might be the case when they
are facing an increase in work-
load, consolidation/mergers, a
need for shorter turnaround times
and/or an increase of competition.
The report is set up not only for
laboratory members of staff, but
also (higher) management and
members of the board.
What does Lean mean for a laboratory?
Lean is a systematic method
for elimination of waste (non-
value adding steps in the
process) within a system. A Lean
laboratory is a management and
organisation process, which is
focused on processing products
and materials to deliver results in
the most efficient way in terms
of cost, speed or both. The goal
of a Lean laboratory is to use
less effort, optimise resources
and need less time to process
incoming samples.
The following subjects will be presented in the report:
✓ Insights into the current
situation
✓ Future impact on capacity if
the current situation remains
unchanged
✓ Expected workload-growth
over the next couple of
years
✓ How can Lean principles
support the expected
increase of workload
✓ Providing consultancy on
workflow improvements
(from quick wins to
strategic steps)
✓ A comparison between your
laboratory-productivity and a
sector benchmark
✓ An optimal specimen flow
The Workflow Consultancy is
managed and executed by Lean &
6 Sigma consultants, specialised
in histopathology laboratories.
The consultant will analyse the
observations and the collected
data, to identify bottlenecks
and non-value adding steps in
the processes. He will provide
recommendations in order to
maximise the productivity within
your laboratory and how to best
make use of staff and equipment,
which allows staff to spend more
time on other critical activities.
The recommendations are
practical and pragmatic, so you
and your team can immediately
start working on the quick wins.
Do you want to improve the process of your laboratory?
Contact your local Sakura representative or [email protected]
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