How a Medical Device Maker Cut Sterilization Cycle Time by 50 Percent

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Episode 97 of The Operations Podcast dives into how one medical device manufacturer slashed its sterilization cycle time in half - from 18 hours to 9 - without compromising safety. Lucas and Luna walk through the specific lean and workflow changes that made it possible: splitting the sterilization load across two smaller autoclaves instead of one large one, reorganizing the tool staging area to reduce waiting, and resequencing the cooling and drying steps. The episode covers the numbers (2.7 million dollars in annual savings, 30 percent reduction in work-in-progress inventory), the regulatory checkpoints that had to be cleared, and the cultural shift needed to get buy-in from sterilization technicians. A concrete operations case with takeaways for any process-driven business. #MedicalDevices #Sterilization #LeanManufacturing #CycleTimeReduction #ProcessImprovement #OperationsManagement #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Manufacturing #Autoclave #WorkflowOptimization #HealthcareOperations #QualityAssurance #ContinuousImprovement #InventoryReduction #CostSavings #RegulatoryCompliance #IndustrialEngineering Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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