Alliance Healthcare is Norway’s largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, supplying essential medicines to hospitals across the country. The industry is highly tender-driven, making a strong focus on productivity and low costs crucial in all areas of operations. One area where productivity is particularly important is in the production of unit-dosed medications for municipal healthcare facilities. A business with both low margins and short lead times.
The assignment
Focused Minds was tasked with appointing an interim site manager for Alliance Healthcare’s unit-dosing facility. The assignment was to cover an extended leave and included full responsibility for results and personnel, with a clear requirement to rapidly improve productivity.
Implementation
In the assignment, it was required to quickly understand the operations and building trust within the organization to channel all existing ideas into fast improvements. Once the initial necessary changes took effect, the focus shifted to day-to-day management and continuous improvement. This while energizing the organization with a completely renewed level of motivation.
Expertise
Focused Minds strengthened Alliance Healthcare’s packaging unit with expertise in:
- Leadership
- Productivity improvement
- Production management
- Financial management
Outcome
Through targeted management and significant effort from the entire organization, productivity increased by 30%, and the unit’s performance exceeded budget by a wide margin.
Customer Feedback
“Through Focused Minds, we received a professional who could quickly deliver results and manage operations independently, allowing our management team to focus on other business challenges. Our expectations were exceeded, and feedback from the organization on the leadership provided by Focused Minds’ consultant has been extremely positive.”
Anders Larsson, CEO, Alliance Healthcare Norway AS