Operational Excellence projects are designed to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and optimize overall business performance. However, despite their noble intentions, these initiatives don’t always yield the expected results. So: why do Operational Excellence initiatives fail? Inadequate Leadership Commitment One of the primary reasons Operational Excellence projects hit roadblocks is the Read more…
Overview of the Leading Operational Excellence training The Kallion Leading Operational Excellence training is a two-day classroom course which aims to not only introduce managers and team leaders at all levels the fundamental principles of operational excellence but also discuss the role a leader can and should play in leading Read more…
What is it and why should we care The birthplace of Lean is industry. This means that for a long time, the focus has been on manufacturing, processing, and other aspects of business where machines and equipment take a central role. In recent years there has been advances in other Read more…
Simple. Spectacular. Spotless. Systematized. Sustainable. No, these are not the steps of 5S, but they do describe the methodology and it’s affects quite well. 5S represents a way of working which assigns a place for everything and makes sure everything is in place. 5S, simple yet powerful. What are the Read more…
There are multiple occasions at which the review of the laboratory layout can be useful. Before a move, when reorganising the laboratory activities, when setting-up a new method, etc. The layout review happens at different levels: for the overall laboratory, within a room or space, and at workstation level. Looking Read more…
The launch of an operational excellence project always comes with a first question. What are the tangible effect that the organisation will benefit from? There is of course not one single answer. At Kallion we strongly believe there are benefits in multiple areas: operational performance, employees well-being and engagement, as Read more…
Sustainability and environmental protection are recurrent topics in our daily life. They should also be part of analytical laboratories preoccupations too! We, at Kallion, are firm believers that green initiatives can be beneficial for the planet but as well for the laboratories. There are countless savings opportunities, may it be Read more…
Testing laboratories are facing several challenges. How to produce faster results, at the highest quality, while reducing prices (and thus costs)? The increased volume of customer requests requires a deep review of the laboratory operations and organisation, and often can lead to laboratory automation projects. Why automating laboratory processes? One Read more…
Kallion is the result of a long process, but ultimately answers to a simple question. How can a laboratory finds its way in the multitude of services around it, some of them being even mandatory for the operations to be accredited? We believe that laboratories should be supported to find Read more…