Recommended Citation
Munhuweyi, Ngonidzashe Portia; Ekeocha, Z; Byrn, S; and Clase, K, "Resource Modelling for the QC Laboratory at XYZ Pharmaceuticals in Southern Africa" (2021). BIRS Africa Technical Report Papers. Paper 5.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317431
DOI
10.5703/1288284317431
Tech Report Number
TR-BIRSAFRICA-2021-5
Date of this Version
11-1-2021
Keywords
Hands on time (HOT), quality control (QC) laboratory, Lean Six Sigma, scheduling, planning, modelling
Abstract
Quality control (QC) laboratories are critical components in drug manufacturing and running them efficiently contributes to better, consistent supply of cost-effective quality products, while also and preventing deaths due to untimely delivery or unavailability of medicines. Having a resource modelling tool to estimate resources needed to handle a particular demand in a given system is essential for efficient running of QC laboratory. This study was done to establish such a model at XYZ Pharmaceuticals. The list of all products manufactured by XYZ Pharmaceuticals Southern Africa was reviewed; and product families for all products were identified. Analysts’ hands on time (HOT) to process one sample of each of the product families was estimated. The number of analysts required to support the workload at XYZ Pharmaceuticals was calculated using the HOTs for the different product families and the Maslaton’s Calculation Model. A baseline resource model was established.