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 services@sakura.eu

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