I’ve had to catch myself multiple times this semester to stop myself from tunnel vision. Especially, when you think you have a great idea that could be the solution. I think open communication with my group members helped prevent this….   Read more»

Firing low-performing employees should not always be solution for managing underperformance. There are methods to improve employee performance and firing employees can lower morale. Some strategies that I’ve seen companies do include performance evaluations to assess employee strength and weaknesses….   Read more»

Underperformance can be linked to many things – many of times being extrinsic issues (toxic work environment, distracting personal issues, etc.) rather than an intrinsic want to just “skate by” at work. It’s important for a manager to assess what…   Read more»

The inspection information about the company before placing the order. Where is the company, and does their product compliance the regulatory institution where we are? Some component concentrations might be illegal from country to country. And the most important in…   Read more»

Auditing suppliers/vendors and their products is a key step to figuring out if a company will be a good fit to your need. Additionally, it is extremely important to create a binding contract to hold the vendors responsible for any…   Read more»

Learning from failure is significant for a team to improve themself. How to avoid the same mistake is important for the company. The first time of mistake might be an accident but keep happening the same problem means something inside…   Read more»

As others have mentioned, there are loads of other factors to consider while placing a mass order for a project. First, it’s a good idea to research the company; Are they trustworthy? Are their policies fair? Are their manufacturing practices…   Read more»

As someone with no industry experience, this course was a great introduction to how the industry works and what industry projects might look like. The most important thing I learned is how to approach problems I might encounter when working…   Read more»

I think the lessons learned will be different depending on the project and what went wrong with it. For example, if a project was canceled due to budget constraints then you learn to better manage the money for the next…   Read more»

When a project fails, it’s crucial for the project team to reflect on the experience and learn from it. As it had been said in many posts, identifying the root cause of the failure and understand the specific factors that…   Read more»

For the fourth simulation, I think that the company took the right steps by finding products that fit their specifications, finding more than one vendor that can closely meet specifications, and requesting samples from these vendors. The issue that the…   Read more»

It is evident from reading almost every other post that the one option that is repeatedly in everyone’s top two is good, and I would have to agree with everything that has been said. Good is extremely important to clinical…   Read more»

I agree with @DevDesai about how the FDA allowed multiple phases to occur as multiple researchers, scientists, and governments were internationally collaborating in order to develop and distribute an effective formulation of the COVID19 vaccine. The vaccines were developed rather…   Read more»

I wanted to expand on @srp98 response and how they mentioned that a legal team could get involved during a situation where the vendor delivers a subpar product to the company and are unsure how to proceed. The company can…   Read more»

As @sah67 mentioned the DCR (Document Change Request) process occurring during the clinical trials stage can have many negative effects on the outcome of the study or even affect the patients partaking in the study. Furthermore, this may cause issues…   Read more»

I work as an analyst in a manufacturing company that specializes in flavors and fragrances. For me, having a sense of what is going on in the lab is important. Being an engineer/analyst/tech first will be ideal so you can…   Read more»

While there is no one-size-fits-all answer to whether companies should prioritize cost savings over supplier diversity in their procurement strategies, Ultimately, the decision will depend on the company’s goals, values, and priorities.Choosing to prioritize cost savings can be an effective…   Read more»

[quote data-userid=”12410″ data-postid=”474″] Say that someone on your project team changes positions to a different job so that you no longer have said person to perform a critical task for the project. His or her assigned task not being done…   Read more»

[quote data-userid=”17980″ data-postid=”14859″] I think it’s best to have as many backup options for when worse comes to worst similar to the sim from last week where an unplanned cytotoxicity problem got in the way of business. We had to…   Read more»

If I was planning a clinical trial, I would ideally be able to choose good and cheap. I think that in general, good should be always chosen. Any medical device that is manufactures has the potential to impact hundreds if…   Read more»