YpsoStories - Ypsomed

Lean is part of our work culture

01/18/2022 - 3:45pm YpsoStory

Over the past ten years, we have transformed all aspects of our company in line with the principles of lean management. In the area of production in particular, we have streamlined the workflows and processes of our well-proven product manufacturing capabilities – without any compromises to our high quality standards. As a result, we reduce rejects, shorten the supply chains and lead times, and thus improve our profitability.

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Platforms & Operational Excellence

Ypsomed builds two big silos

Less packaging material and more production space

10/08/2020 - 3:59pm YpsoStory

At our production site in Solothurn, two big silos have been installed in the beginning for October 2020. In these two giants, we store plastic granules. Before the installation of these silos, granules were delivered and stored on pallets. The silos have been installed for strategic reasons.

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Platforms & Operational Excellence

Responsibility & Engagement

Highly motivated team at new Ypsomed site in Schwerin

Ultra-modern production plant for injection and infusion systems has started well

12/12/2019 - 3:36pm YpsoStory

At the end of August, we ceremoniously opened our new state-of-the-art production plant in Schwerin, in North-East Germany. The production got off to a good start. Today, three months later, a perfectly tuned team is at work.

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Platforms & Operational Excellence

Logistics in the medical sector — Marlene Flück, Head of Import/Export

Security of supply in medical technology

Internationality places high demands on logistics

07/10/2019 - 3:15pm YpsoStory

For a globally operating medical devices company, there are many difficulties, barriers and insecurities in the worldwide supply of medical products, which pose challenges for logistics. Challenges that our logistics department masters on a daily basis.

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Platforms & Operational Excellence

Extensions in production

Increasing demand for flexible volumes

10/30/2018 - 8:06am YpsoStory

New, specific drugs for a variety of autoimmune diseases are penetrating the market. This leads to changes: numerous new drug manufacturers, many new drugs and new requirements for injection systems. If you want to be one of the players, you have to be flexible and adapt your production concepts accordingly.

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Platforms & Operational Excellence