Optimisation of the entire QC laboratory environment

The preliminary goal was a short industry best practice benchmark analysis of QC processes and tools with a focus on transparency and efficiency. The status quo diagnosis revealed an insufficient laboratory infrastructure (fume cupboards, office space, equipment, route planning) as well as a lack of interfaces between production and research and development. In addition, time-consuming documentation was done in paper-based journals and the control of laboratory utilisation and throughput was manually compiled from various data sources. A visual laboratory performance management was not available and it was not possible to plan the utilisation due to the lack of interface communication and the lack of granularity of the sample forecast.