Engineering & Construction
Enhancing the Life Science Supply Chain Through Lean and Just-in-Time Manufacturing
Strategic manufacturing approaches help life sciences companies slash lead times while maintaining the quality standards that patient safety demands
Key takeaways
Lean and just-in-time manufacturing can significantly enhance supply chain efficiency.
These approaches help reduce lead times and maintain quality in the life sciences industry.
Benchmark Products supports over 500 customers with high-quality manufacturing solutions.
How can lean and just-in-time manufacturing significantly enhance the efficiency and responsiveness of supply chains, particularly in the critical field of life sciences?
Wesley Boyce, Professor of Supply Chain Management & Logistics at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, offers valuable insights into this question, particularly highlighting how these methodologies can drastically reduce lead times, improve quality control, and manage inventory more effectively in life sciences.
"This ability to adapt ensures that we are responsive and flexible enough to not be hurt by [demand changes], at least as badly," Boyce says.
This ability to adapt ensures that we are responsive and flexible enough to not be hurt by [demand changes], at least as badly.
— Wesley Boyce, Professor of Supply Chain Management & Logistics at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
About the author
Wesley S. Boyce is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis in logistics and supply chain management from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 2014 and his MBA from Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. His research interests include a broad array of topics related to supply chain management, logistics, and transportation, with specific interest on supply chain relationships and external costs of logistics. <br/><br/> Prior to joining UNL, Dr. Boyce served as a faculty member of the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, the Breech School of Business Administration at Drury University, and the School of Business at Park University. Teaching interests include courses in operations management, logistics, supply chain management, and business analytics.
