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Pragmatic Action Drives Success, Striving for Excellence in Quality | Wanbangde Pharmaceutical Group’s 6th “Quality Month” QC Team Activity Concludes Successfully
Date:
01 Nov,2023
To further drive quality improvement and create value through quality, Wanbande Pharmaceutical Group held the 6th "Quality Month" QC Team Achievement Evaluation Conference on October 28 in the company's Meeting Room No. 3. The event was attended by several leaders, including Li Li, General Manager of the Pharmaceutical Group, who also served as on-site judges for the competition.
Explanatory demonstrations, practical action for tangible results
This QC group activity featured a total of 14 participating teams. After the order was determined by drawing lots, each team’s presenter delivered their report using PowerPoint slides, covering topics such as the rationale for selecting the project, current situation analysis, root cause and risk assessment, implementation of countermeasures, effectiveness evaluation, sustainability measures, and overall summary and feedback. Once the presentations concluded, the competition judges provided on-the-spot scoring.
After a vibrant and engaging presentation, four winning teams stood out from the rest.
▲The "QC Laboratory STD Group—Standardized and Precision Management of Reference Standards for Testing" won first prize. The group implemented a refined management system for reference standards, including creating electronic records for inbound and outbound movements, ensuring proper monitoring of safety stock levels and expiration dates. They also established a calibration procedure and optimized the reuse of solutions, resulting in a 50% reduction in reference standard procurement costs.
▲The "Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Safety & Environmental Protection Department - Wastewater Treatment System Upgrade Project" won the second prize. The team optimized the process through experiments on chemical dosage ratios, optimal pH levels, and reaction times, resulting in a 27.8% increase in the wastewater treatment system's capacity.
▲The "API Technology Department - ***Process Development" team received the Third Prize. Through independent development, the team analyzed, reproduced, and optimized processes such as condensation, reduction, cyclization, crude product handling, and purification, enabling the project to move toward industrialization. As a result, the overall quality and yield improved by 63%, while also significantly reducing production costs.
▲The "QA Department Quality Improvement Team—Optimizing the Change Control Management Process" won third prize. By refining the change process, the team ensured more accurate and comprehensive change assessments, as well as clearer and more transparent tracking of change actions. This approach enables change applicants to initiate changes with "only one visit required," providing a highly effective solution for managing change-related tasks.
▲The remaining participating teams received participation awards.
General Manager Li Li provides commentary on the event.
At the end of the event, Li Li, the company’s general manager, delivered a concluding review and commentary on this QC group activity.
First, General Manager Li fully recognized the project achievements made by all participating teams in this event. Each team’s chosen topics were firmly rooted in the pursuit of optimal solutions to real-world problems, demonstrating a practical approach by addressing tangible issues and offering valuable insights and recommendations for the company—clearly highlighting the meaningful purpose and intrinsic value of QC group activities.
Meanwhile, General Manager Li also emphasized that QC group activities are fundamentally innovative initiatives. They not only highlight the sense of responsibility and teamwork demonstrated by participants as they tackle challenging issues, but also foster collective wisdom and enable organizations to channel their collaborative efforts into tangible business value for the company. Ultimately, these activities help enterprises sustainably reduce costs, enhance efficiency, and drive strong financial performance.
Finally, he expressed his hope that the QC group activities would become a regular, long-term mechanism, and encouraged all employees to actively participate—thinking creatively to identify and address issues, striving for excellence in quality, delivering tangible results through practical action, and ultimately injecting vitality into the company’s high-quality, sustainable growth.
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