Case Study
CAPACITY Upscaling
Upscaling from 7k to 800k lab test samples / day
From manual process to full automation in 6 month
Major national project to establish and expand corona testing capacities
Service line
Business & Digital Transformation
Duration
12 months, ongoing
Syngroup Office
Vienna
Geography
Austria
Throughput Upscaling
Medical Diagnostic Lab Group
Background
Objectives
Our Approach
Results
Background

Our client, a medical diagnostic laboratory group, is one of the largest Italian providers of clinical laboratory testing, the most modern and largest PCR-COVID-19 laboratory in Austria and currently growing into one of the leading laboratory companies in Europe.

For the major national project to expand corona testing capacities, our client employs about 1,700 people and runs over 10,000 sqm laboratory space with more than 400 robots and laboratory equipment.

Objectives
  • Build up an industrially organized large laboratory
  • Full automation of manual processes
  • Significant cost reduction per PCR test
  • Quality and risk control
Focus area
Strategic
Partner Management
Supply Chain Management
Operational
Growth and Change Projects
Quality and Risk Management
Support
HR Management
IT Management
Customer Care and Sales Management
Our Approach
  • Full management support in operations (process design and optimization) and Supply Chain Management
  • Support of HR, IT and purchasing department
  • Interim management of growth and change projects before handover to the client
  • Strategic partner management
Results
Throughput upscaling from 7,000 to 800,000 samples / day
From manual process to full automation in six months
Market access to large public tenders and private clients
ISO9001 within two months
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