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Operational management through a global pandemic

Operational management through a global pandemic

The Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service team outline the tools and techniques used to scale up the largest COVID-19 test facility in the UK - the Glasgow Lighthouse Laboratory. They’ll cover the management system, leadership and cultural dimensions that came together to make this a reality.

About this webinar

This webinar is a great example of the unique challenges manufacturing businesses are likely to face in a situation like the COVID-19 pandemic. Our speakers, from Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service and BioClavis, discuss the tools and techniques they adopted to scale up the facility – including lean principles, collaboration, Kaizen events, the importance of a multi-disciplinary team and more. They will also discuss the unique challenge of handling supply and demand for their facility and the management systems and culture adopted to achieve their success.

Speakers:

  • Ivan McKee MSP, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
  • Harper VanSteenhouse, President at BioClavis Ltd
  • Jerome Finlayson, Head of High Value Manufacturing at Scottish Enterprise
  • Gary Aitchison, Practitioner at Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service at Scottish Enterprise

Date: 11 March 2021

Length: 59 minutes

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