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Nomination Recognition 2017

Report by Cross Functional Team

CATEGORY: CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM AWARD

PROJECT: Lab Scale-up Improvement Team

CATEGORY: GREAT COLLABORATION

NOMINATOR: Joseph Sarley
SPONSOR:

LEADER:

PROFILE:
Describe the situation or event related to the individual's or team's performance.
This team exemplifies Great Collaboration.

Describe in detail the individual's or team's notable behaviors.
The team was successful because they assessed the needs of the organization
objectively. By putting aside role specific concerns and traditions they were able to
honestly examine the constraining factors, miscommunications and common
mistakes in process scale up of formulations from the lab scale to the production
line. Using candid discussions about past issues and current practices they were
able to create a process guide that focuses a team on identification, understanding
and mitigating risk instead of checking boxes and completing routine assessments
of questionable value.

What were the results of the individual’s or team’s behaviors?
The team created a tool that quickly coordinates team member discussion and
quantitation of perceived scale-up risks and assumptions about new formulas. The
process they developed increases the quality of information, reduces the amount of
time and effort required for successful scale up and decreases the number and
severity of problems encountered in pilot plant and on the production line.

NOMINEE DEPARTMENT

Jonathan Baker (4298) Engineering Supply Chain 200550
Dennis Deitrick (3386) Process Research 400300

Natalie Firmanchuk (7176) Value Chain Improvement 402100
Sarah Gantz (5057) Formulation 400400

Dewain Garner (8883) Formulation 400400
James Kuzmik (516) Process Research 400300

Joseph Schaber (2373) Process Research 400300

CONTRIBUTERS:
Chris Wolf provided a project that the team could pilot the approach on.

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