Top Profit Killers and How We Solve Them for Our Clients
Manufacturing inefficiencies and compliance risk are avoidable profit killers that often go unseen by the on-site team. It often takes an outside perspective to see the opportunities for improvement. Whether in production, packaging, warehousing, or wholesaler environments, Vantage quickly identifies improvement opportunities and outlines the quickest path to resolution.
Vantage Consulting has been involved in projects supporting all areas of the manufacturing environment, stretching across multiple disciplines. Our projects have taken us throughout the globe, to places such as Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and, of course, the United States. We have consultants that are multilingual in Spanish, French, German, and Polish. While our project management consultants and our processes set the standard in our industry, we realize that nothing is more important than the outcome of each engagement. Read about some of our past successes and you’ll understand why we have such a strong reputation.
STRATEGIC GUIDANCE
Improved Global Implementation Process Saves Company Over $20 M in Seven Years
A major medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturer engaged Vantage for major upgrades of over 75 global systems. Vantage made a number of pre-engagement observations such as lack of clear standards across all operations, individual engineering of each system, and lack of overall integration plan. Based on the observations, multiple goals were set including minimizing deployment time, flexible system architecture, and modular engineering. Since initiating an improved implementation process over 7 years ago, the company has saved over $20 million.
MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION
Updated BMS & EMS for Bio-tech Company Expansion Results in over $1M Savings
Vantage helped design, build, and install updated technology for a bio-tech company’s BMS & EMS systems at a lower cost approach versus a standard BMS solution, which resulted in real savings of over $1M.
The new systems allow for faster development times that reduce the project schedule by a minimum of 6 months. This approach is easier for in-house resources to maintain and service, saving approximately $60K in annual operating costs.
Multiple Sites & Lines, One Goal
A manufacturer with 10 production lines at two sites brought Vantage Consulting Group in to manage a $10 million analysis and scoping project for its Level 4 line and warehouse. Vantage’s project management consultants and manufacturing automation team had overall project responsibility, including engineering, startup and validation. We provided the methodology and resources to bring the project in on schedule and at budget.
VALIDATION
Development of Validation Protocols for Accelerated Time to Market and More
Vantage assisted the first AR/AI platform dedicated to the life sciences industry with innovative use of new technology to accelerate the time to market and $250k. The project scope included a documented SDLC, development of User Requirements, Technical Specs, and validation protocols, as well as performing risk assessment. Through Vantage’s help and knowledge of compliance and validation, the company’s technology was upgraded from a non-regulated platform to a cGMP environment, while their time to market was accelerated by approximately 12 months using ‘in-house’ resources.
Developed, Implemented & Tracked a Successful Validation Strategy
Vantage was engaged by a major pharmaceutical company that was implementing a serialization project on two packaging lines. The customer lacked the resources to develop and execute the validation strategy. Our team was not only experienced in developing validation master plans and IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, we also had subject expertise in qualifying a serialization solution. Our project management consultants ensured that all the documentation was developed, including a traceability matrix, worked closely with the solution providers, executed all the protocols and authored the final summary reports – all ahead of the original schedule.
STREAMLINED SERIALIZATION
Engineering, Startup & Validation
A controlled substance manufacturer brought in Vantage Consulting Group to manage a $15 million serialization project on seven production lines at one of its sites. Vantage is responsible for engineering, startup and validation. Vantage’s methodology and resources have kept the project on schedule and at budget. The manufacturer also retained Vantage to plan and budget the second phase of the project.
Optimizing Operations While Reducing Capital Costs
Vantage Consulting Group cut costs by $8 million on a serialization project for a pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and packaging organization (CMO/CPO). The CMO/CPO has 14 lines across three sites. Vantage lead the corporate steering committee and managed the project from inception to completion. That included engineering, startup and validation. Vantage provided the methodology and resources to keep the project on schedule and under budget. The project, originally budgeted for $20 million, is now underway for $12 million.