Highlights from ExL Pharma's 3rd Lean Sigma & Kaizen

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Highlights from ExL Pharma’s 3rd Lean Sigma &

Kaizen for Life Sciences R&DMarch 23-24, 2010

Philadelphia, PA

Examining How Lean Concepts Help Create a Strong Company Culture:

Examples from the Healthcare Sector

Lean Healthcare is a Global Movement

Data source: visitors to www.leanhospitalsbook.com

Lean is Fundamentally About:

People doing work

People managing other people

People facing

problems

No waiting

No waste

Zero harm

Why Lean for Healthcare?

Source: an NHS hospital, UK

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Improving Radiology /MRI Access Time

Source: Children’s Medical Center, Dallas TX

The Iceberg of Lean

CultureManagement System

Philosophy

5S Kaizen

Std Work HeijunkaVSMs A3

“Equally Important Pillars” of The Toyota Way

Leader’s Job is to Develop People

Source: John Shook and Toyota

Six Sigma

Adapted from: “The Toyota” Way Fieldbook, Liker and Meier

Very fewLarge problems

FewMedium problems

ManySmall problems

MgmtKaizen

KaizenEvent

Daily Kaizen

Different Types of Kaizen

Top Down and Bottom Up

Source: Lean Hospitals, Graban

Hoshin = “compass”◦ Pointing the direction

Kanri = “management” or “control”

Hoshin Kanri◦ A process for embedding strategy and aligning an

organization toward common goals Developed by Yoji Akao (non-Toyota) Using PDCA cycles to:

◦ Create goals◦ Choose measurement points◦ Link daily activities to high level goals

Hoshin Kanri

Purpose: What’s True North?

Decrease Defects and Waiting Time by 50% each year

No. of Suggestions Implemented

Increase Productivity 10% each year

Business Engagement

Quality

Customer

Improve Safety

Inpatient

Med/Surg Telemetry

Outpatient

Clinics

Clinic A

Physician A Physician B

Clinic B

Surgery

EmergencyDept

Align Measures @ Each Level Patient &

Employee

Sprains & Strains

Patient Falls

Mindset◦ Extreme customer focus (patient)◦ Striving for perfection, not just beating benchmarks◦ Process focus, not just results◦Value Stream Map Breaking down silos◦Focus on reducing batches & delay to improve flow, not

on “working faster”◦Standardized Work Consistent, but not constraining◦Lean as “way of being” not a project or event

Management◦ Leaders as mentors and coaches, not “bosses”◦ Manager as process improver, not fire fighter◦Hoshin Kanri / Strategy Deployment Alignment of

work / goals at all levels

For Real Lean Transformation

Staffing◦ Leveling workloads, not just “dealing with it”◦ Staffing based on workload & processes, not benchmarks

(right staffing levels, not too many, not too few) Problem Solving

◦ “No problems is a problem”◦ Root cause, not workarounds◦ Suggestion System True daily kaizen and employee

engagement◦ Everyone a problem solver every day using the scientific

method (PCDA)◦ A3 Structured problem solving◦ Blame-free culture◦ Mistake proofing Culture of prevention, not

punishment

For Real Lean Transformation

Identifying Non-Value and Strengthening Clinical Processes to

Reduce Variability

What are the major challenges to the deploying Lean Sigma in clinical operations and what are effective strategies to address these challenges?

Where are the prerequisites that need to be in place before Lean Sigma becomes established in clinical operations?

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Key Questions for theAudience and Panel

A. What are the pre-requisites?

I. Compelling Business Case “A Burning Platform”

II. Leadership SupportIII. Support OrganizationIV. Methodology to Assess Benefits

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Response to Key Questions

The Burning Platform

The pharmaceutical industry is faced with a number of significant challenges

Increasing Cost Increasing Cycle Times Decreasing Probabilities of Success Nowhere is this more evident than in

the clinical area

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I. Compelling Business Case

The strong, unwavering support of senior leadership is

an essential pre-requisite

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II. Leadership Support

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III. Six Sigma Organizational Structures

Six Sigma Champion

BB BB BB

Corporate Financial

Organization

Financial Analyst

Six Sigma Center of

Excellence

Master Black Belt

Independent Project

Evaluation

Six Sigma Project Execution

Consultant on Six Sigma

Methodology

ManagersEmployees

Sponsor and Staff Project

Business Function

Roles◦ Project Sponsor / Process Owner◦ Master Black Belt◦ Six Sigma Champion◦ Finance Representative

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Six Sigma Roles and Responsibilities

In order to consistently evaluate the benefits of Six Sigma projects, you need◦ Independent evaluators that have

Appropriate training Finance/business basics Six Sigma methods

A consistent set of rules◦ Cost of running a project to measure rate of

return on Six Sigma inestment

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IV. Methodology to Assess Benefits

B. What are the major challenges?

I. Organizational Bandwidth

II. Resistance to change

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Response to Key Questions

Most organizations are busy with the “real work” of drug development

Difficult to find the time or energy to work on important projects

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What are the major challenges?I. Organizational Bandwidth

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No time for Six Sigma?

Too busy to change We have always done it this way This is a regulated business - you can’t just

change things

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What are the major challenges?II. Resistance to Change

All Black Belts are trained in OCM methodology

Use business sponsor to help remove these barriers

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What are the major challenges?Resistance to Change

Right Message/Messenger Acceptance across the organization that Six Sigma will address critical parts of Lilly strategy

Right People Staffing key roles with full-time, high potential leaders

Right Infrastructure IT tracking system and guidelines for HR, Finance prior to launch

Right Projects and Governance Project selection and execution aligned with company priorities and managed by accountable line organizations

Right results Robust measurement and reporting that reinforces the message and supports appropriate project selection

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Critical Success Factors

Still have any questions? For additional information on ExL Pharma’s Lean Sigma &

Kaizen for Life Sciences R&D Conferences, please visit www.exlpharma.com

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