8 Wastes of Lean Processing
How CellMek SPS Sample Preparation System helps to address the 8 Wastes of Lean Processing
Defects
caused by the addition of a wrong reagent to your sample, sample mix-up during preparation or transcription errors can be largely eliminated from your process as the CellMek SPS automates and traces the entire process from specimen input to sample ready to analyze.
Overproduction
like a surplus of pre-mixed antibody cocktails or time consuming training of your staff to ensure process standardization will be mitigated as the CellMek SPS simultaneously prepares a wide variety of samples leveraging pre-programmed and standardized methods for your LDT workflows.
Waiting
based on batch processing bottlenecks, centrifugation and incubation times can be eliminated by the CellMek SPS’s continuous loading and unloading capabilities, onboard cell wash and
Non-utilized Talent
is a real threat as skilled techs are hard to find. Fully automated sample preparation including a comprehensive audit trail will allow your staff to concentrate on more value adding tasks like the development of new assays or data analysis.
Transportation
of multiple refrigerated deliveries of liquid reagents can be addressed by the system’s ability to process DURACartridges, an innovative, new format of customized dry reagent panels.
Inventory
management can be time consuming and complex. CellMek SPS provides on-board refrigerated reagent storage as well as a full reagent audit trail to help address this.
Motion
like transcription of data, manual pipetting, opening and closing containers and refrigerators can be significantly reduced via the CellMek SPS system’s capacity to store reagents, pierce reagent caps, wash samples and specimens, and the option to integrate with your LIS.
Extra Processing
like repeated testing performed to mitigate process variability or defects can be minimized as automation of the full sample preparation process will help standardization and reduce the risk of manual error-prone steps in your workflow.
