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ENABLING FUNCTIONS NEWSLETTER QUARTER 3 AUGUST 2022 TO OCTOBER 2022 WHAT IS THE ENABLING FUNCTIONS NEWSLETTER We hope you will find this short newsletter to be relevant and provide valuable information in regards to upcoming projects prospects and areas of concerns within the Enabling Functions EF Department WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBERS Each of the three departments that make up EF i e Operational Excellence Business Analytics and Training have all onboarded new hires to their department Please be sure to give a warm welcome to our newest teammates Rossana Hurley Operational Excellence Bianca Plourde Operational Excellence Catherine Swift Business Analytics Eric DiChiara Training Ian Edwards Training
WHENWHATHosted By18OCT22CSOD Go-LiveTrainingOCTSeminar: OtherTools & TechBAWeek of07NOV22GMP OlympicsTrainingNOVSeminar: DataAnalytics atLonzaBADECShowcase ofProjectsBA & DataChampionsDECEnablingFunctions Q4Team BuilderOEOUR TEAM IS THE BEST TEAMThank you to the entire department for making this quarter'steam builder a success! We all had so much fun on thePortsmouth Harbor Cruise around the bay.UPCOMING EVENTS HOSTED BY OUR TEAMS INQUARTER 4
DEPARTMENT UPDATES BUSINESS ANALYTICS RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS View Dashboard Lot Release Dashboard Batch Release Leankit Metrics Looker Metrics include Average Time from Batch Fill to Completion Overdue Activities Complete Batches and Activities and more This Dashboard also organizes open items in a downloadable report Launch of Data Champions and creation of Looker Community Teams page Looker Community Teams page created to store content and communicate with the rest of the community Expanded access to 6K Syncade Data Highly requested dataset that we have been working on gaining access since last year Will be available in Looker soon QC Invalid Assay Report Invalid Assays Looker DEV ONLY Uses LIMS data to display passed and failed assay count and success rate for each test method over 6 month period RECENT ROADBLOCKS 1 Open Position for Analytics Developer Operating Lean since July 2022 Throughout August and September Intelex connection was down It is finally back up and running correctly UPCOMING PROJECTS 1 SLT Supply Chain Dashboard available in Looker soon 2 6K Syncade Data available in Looker soon 3 Data Champions sessions October Other Tools and Tech November Data Analytics at Lonza December Showcase of Projects BA and Data Champions
DEPARTMENT UPDATES TRAINING RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS The training department is back in full swing after hiring two Training Business Partners We would like to give a warm welcome to Eric DiChiara and Ian Edwards Eric has been a part of the Lonza family for 16 years working in manufacturing Ian comes to us with a background in STEM and education Our group is eager to continuing working on the implementation of the new LMS CSOD RECENT ROADBLOCKS While collaborating with several departments training has been working to launch a VR Training Suite for new hires However this project has currently been put on hold at a Global level We plan to resume the project in early Q1 23 UPCOMING PROJECTS While the training department has several upcoming projects they wanted to focus on the implementation of LPO s new LMS Cornerstone This interface will bring the site many benefits such as User friendly interface Automatic OJT completions Intuitive curriculum structure Planned go live is for 18OCT22
DEPARTMENT UPDATES OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS SLT 2 0 The Operational Excellence OE team has been working to provide LBMS training to SLT for 4 hours every week to redesign the site leadership team s way of working with developing leadership This program is designed to help our leaders become the leaders our personnel want and deserve Please thank the SLT members you see for taking the initiative to undertake this transformation OE has been busy Improving the number of site conditional released raw materials Conditional release refers to use of a material before testing is completed This is done by taking significant measures to ensure we control and contain the finished product until testing is completed and approved While this process is robust it is not the best way to operate and increases the risk of costly failures to the business An OE project is underway to eliminate the conditional release need for the site We have also recently hired two OE managers Rossana Hurley and Bianca Plourde RECENT ROADBLOCKS 1 Open Position for OE Project Manager UPCOMING PROJECTS In general the Portsmouth site releases a finished batch in about 88 days Lonza would like us to be able to do so in 49 days This 39 days of release time results in delaying revenue to the business and can impact delivery to our customers The OE team has just begun a project to help the site reach the 49 day timing OE will be transitioning to an OpEx center of excellence in Q4 This model will utilize our team to build new skills and capabilities across the site empowering everyone to help themselves In the next several weeks we should have our cross functional trainings for 6S and Problem solving providing training and support as we implement the learn do teach model across Portsmouth
THE ABC S OF ENABLING FUNCTIONS A nniversaries B ig Announcements C elebrations CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING THEIR SERVICE ANNIVERSARIES WITH LONZA THIS QUARTER Mike Miller 30SEP Rich Clough 30SEP Caitlin Sweeney 01OCT Ryan Gardner 18OCT Eric DiChiara 20NOV David Vitorino 13DEC Card to be delivered 18OCT22 Let s Celebrate Do you have a recent announcement you liked to share Please email Katelyn Heath lonza com We want to celebrate your success in the next edition
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