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Digg It - Allan Kempert Discovers That Truly All You Gotta Do Is Ask
A year or so ago, I met Allan Kempert. Allan was the Quality Assurance Supervisor for a metal stamping company in Ontario, and just completed Norman Bodek’s book, The Idea Generator, Quick and Easy Kaizen. As Allan explains, he cou
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
ldn’t put the book down because it was such a simple approach and he knew that it was going to empower the employees at his place of employment. In fact, Allan had tears in his eyes a few times while reading the book because he rea
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
ized that he had come across a jewel. He spoke to the people in his department and explained how the program worked. He convinced them that it would be beneficial to the company to start a pilot program within their department.
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lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
n completion of the book, Allan set up an appointment with me and proceeded to convince the President and Vice-President of his company that they needed to accompany him to see how another company had implemented the process. Allan’
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
theory is, “learn from the mistakes of others because we don’t have all the time in the world to make them ourselves.”
Each department in the company had a leader in the program; a team of 12 people was assembled to look at proble
Each department in the company had a leader in the program; a team of 12 people was assembled to look at proble
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
s with traditional suggestion programs, causes and solutions. The solutions were based on Quick & Easy Kaizen and conversations between Allan and me. Allan would implement an idea system, where people implement their own ideas. Thi
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
s is a distinction he makes from a suggestion system, where ideas are usually submitted to a committee who either transfers it to a department to review or kills the idea. Everyone in the company was trained to the new IDEAS progra
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
. In fact, the training involved encouraging people to put forward IDEAS during the training session. This resulted in over 100 Ideas from 104 employees by the end of training.
The team conducted an effectiveness review. They de
The team conducted an effectiveness review. They de
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
eloped questions and asked participants in the program as well as non-participants questions pertaining to the program. This helped to improve the program. What really stood out to the team is that by asking people to make their j
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
bs easier, which was the main focus at the onset of the program, people commented that they felt empowered, listened to, like someone cared, happy about coming to work etc. The team also noted that the IDEAS coming in were related
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
o not only making people’s jobs easier but were also related to safety, set-up, 5S and cost savings. Allan likes to point to a statement that explains this. Mahatma Gandhi stated, "take care of the MEANS and the ENDS will take car
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
e of themselves".
While writing All You Gotta Do Is Ask, I would share thoughts and ideas with Allen. Following is one of the implemented ideas that Allan recently shared with me:
BEFORE IMPROVEMENT
Cotton rags are used to clean
While writing All You Gotta Do Is Ask, I would share thoughts and ideas with Allen. Following is one of the implemented ideas that Allan recently shared with me:
BEFORE IMPROVEMENT
Cotton rags are used to clean
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
ubricant off machines, parts and operators hands. Employees collect rags in a fireproof can and periodically during the week, will come to a central location in the plant to count out their rags, one by one. One operator submitted
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
and had approved an IDEA to put a small counter on his fireproof can. As he was putting rags into the can, he simply toggled off how many rags went into the can. When he went to drop off the rags at the central location, all he ha
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
to do was dump the rags.
Allan was reading the Quick & Easy Kaizen board, where IDEAS are posted for sharing, and read about the counter idea. He then encouraged an employee to speak to the person in charge of the recycling progr
Allan was reading the Quick & Easy Kaizen board, where IDEAS are posted for sharing, and read about the counter idea. He then encouraged an employee to speak to the person in charge of the recycling progr
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
m for the rags and investigate why there was a need to count the rags at all. It turns out that approximately 15 years prior, the supplier of the rags was the only one keeping track of the rag counts and there were discrepancies. P
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
art of the solution was to have both parties count the rags for a short period of time to determine what was happening. However, the counting continued from then on.
AFTER IMPROVEMENT
All operators in the plant have been asked to
AFTER IMPROVEMENT
All operators in the plant have been asked to
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
discontinue counting rags.
EFFECT
Operator’s jobs are easier and from one IDEA to make an operator’s job easier by adding a counter to his can, the company has uncovered over 150 hours per year to be more productive. Some people
EFFECT
Operator’s jobs are easier and from one IDEA to make an operator’s job easier by adding a counter to his can, the company has uncovered over 150 hours per year to be more productive. Some people
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
ay be embarrassed that such a miscommunication would happen and feel uncomfortable sharing it. However, Allan says, "lets expose the waste without pointing fingers, reap the reward and learn from our mistakes as the only true mista
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
es are those which we don't learn from".
Allen continues to lead his people to find small improvements to make their job better, large improvements will also be uncovered. He was recently promoted to Assistant Production Supervisor
Allen continues to lead his people to find small improvements to make their job better, large improvements will also be uncovered. He was recently promoted to Assistant Production Supervisor
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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