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Discover the potential of quality metrics to get life sciences where it truly wants to be past compliance.
In the challenging and evolving life science industry, compliance is key. However, simply being compliant may not be enough to sustain life science success over the long run.
Quality metrics form the answer and became the holy grail of life science companies-a transformational lens to see through, which when applied strategically disrupts compliance check boxes placing vast swathes of your operational landscape under one frame shedding light on countless efficiencies redefining success as you know it.
The Compliance Conundrum
Meeting the Minimum Standard
Regulatory compliance is a given in the life sciences. This ensures that any product in the market meets certain standards for safety and efficacy, protecting not only patients but public health. Compliance is not a game, and regulators hold all the cards. Being compliant shows that you have a minimum viable product.
This is the compliance-performance dilemma
Although compliance is required, its exclusive emphasis may actually entice an organization into what we call a ‘compliance-performance dilemma’. There are many areas where a company that thinks its job is to be compliant and will not notice processes in which there’s room for improvement, or even entire new ways they could use technology to grow. Compliance is a floor, not a ceiling.
Paradigm Shift in Quality Metrics
The Power of Data-driven decisions
Quality metrics are numbers, but they should not be treated just as a number on the report. These are the people that can help open a new avenue for success in life science. They are data points that reveal how well your operations is performing and the level of efficiency it maintains. This is where you can track various metrics to make data-driven decisions and keep everything in check.
A Holistic View
It gives you a full picture of your organization’s processes from, research and development to all the way to health post-market surveillance. Product quality, process quality and system qualities are all elements of it. This holistic outlook allows you to spot improvement areas, better allocate resources and improve performance.
Types of Quality Metrics
Product Quality Metrics
Metrics related to top-notch products address the effectiveness and safety of your life science offerings. ISO 9001 nonconformances are any type of departure from requirements found in the standard and can range anywhere from product defects or adverse events to customer complaints. This will provide you with a quick way into the product around the metrics and can allow distributors of the products to take swift corrective action.
Process Quality Metrics
Process quality metrics: They tell you how well your manufacturing and development processes are working (quantitative measurements of efficiency and effectiveness). For some, this could include cycle time and yield rates and for others that may involve process deviations. Streamlining these operations can save money and help produce a more standardized product.
System Quality Metrics
System quality – Metrics that will evaluate the performance of your quality management systems (Document control, training records and change controls for example). Yes, human workforce needs to manage all of these systems and their effective working is necessary for compliance and operational productivity.
Importance of Quality Metrics
Continuous Improvement
Quality measurements support a culture of continuous improvement throughout your organization. Once you know the areas to be improved, take corrective and preventative actions towards continual improvement.
Data-Driven Decision-Making
Quality metrics facilitate data-driven decisions. Not without ever falling back on intuition or For example, instead of deciding on anecdotal evidence, you can make choices through a data-driven approach making the chances lower for expensive mistake.
Enhanced Efficiency
Quality metrics can improve efficiency as well since they facilitate process and resource optimization. This can be converted to money savings, less waste and better production times.
Risk Mitigation
Establishing quality metrics to identify and respond quickly to quality issues can go a long way in reducing risks related product recalls, regulatory actions, and patient safety concerns.
Competitive Advantage
There are a few reasons why businesses that adopt strong quality metrics, have an advantage in the international enterprise of life science. How they can prove value; always produce best in class outputs and processes over the rivals.
Implementing Quality Metrics
Define Clear Objectives
Make concrete quality metrics goals. What are the exact results you want to obtain? Align with organization strategic goals
Select Appropriate Metrics
Select Useful Quality Metrics. Think about what kind of data is required, how often it needs to be measured, and the tools or systems used for measurement.
Data Collection and Analysis
Execute strong data collection and analysis processes. Put money into data analytics tools and resources to get meaningful information.
Actionable Insights
Leverage Quality Metrics Insights to take actionable improvements. Identify corrective and preventive action based on the data.
Monitor and Adapt
Always track the results of your quality metrics program. Test Your Metrics: Experiment with and fine-tune your metrics to ensure that they are linked to what you want to accomplish.
The Road to Redefined Success
The adoption of quality metrics marks a strategic adjustment in your life science operations from standard check-the-box compliance. This allows you to establish data-driven, lean, and continuous improvement based new standards for your company’s success.
Quality metrics are more than a bar set by regulations. They should be used to transform systems from the inside and affect real change in patient health.
We appreciate the power of quality metrics at our own quality and regulatory consulting firm within life science.
To learn more about how we can help your organization, Reach out to BioBoston Consulting today or check us on our website.
