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Main Subject - Temporary Employees and Operational Problems; Your Use of Temps Might Reveal Warning Signs
A recent Washington Post article, described the life of temporary employees working at an automobile plant in Kentucky. Working at a fraction of what permanent employees make at the plant, some employees had been working as temps for extended periods, as long as three or four years, when early indications had been they would be
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
permanent within six to 12 months.
At four years, making two thirds of their permanent fellow workers and without benefits, the plant had essentially treated these employees as disposable.
Properly utilized, contingent employees can be used to manage a variety of business issues: staff increases in business, fill temporary vac
At four years, making two thirds of their permanent fellow workers and without benefits, the plant had essentially treated these employees as disposable.
Properly utilized, contingent employees can be used to manage a variety of business issues: staff increases in business, fill temporary vac
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
ncies, seasonal or peak time assistance, even "test-drive" potential permanent employees. All of these can be vital operational functions. However, extensive or over use of "temporary" employees might be a sign of significant operational problems.
Are You Providing a Product or Service that You Shouldn’t?
The first chap
Are You Providing a Product or Service that You Shouldn’t?
The first chap
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
ter of Jim Collins book, Good to Great is titled, "Good is the enemy of great." Just because you can do something does not mean you should. Relevant examples surround us. The most successful companies are the most focused.
On occasion, a company might find itself engaged in a new activity that requires contingent employe
On occasion, a company might find itself engaged in a new activity that requires contingent employe
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
s to staff. A special occurrence, a unique client request, or a short-term need might steer a company to uncover a new competence. New competencies, like new toys, can be fun. It engages you in a new and unique way.
Being good at something also has a way of reinforcing your self-esteem, organizational and personal. So the new a
Being good at something also has a way of reinforcing your self-esteem, organizational and personal. So the new a
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
tivity and capacity that was originally undertaken to solve a unique problem is maintained after the problem is solved, perhaps more because its fun than its consistent with your raison d’etre.
There is nothing wrong with fun and gratifying. However, you have to evaluate if the new activity is consistent with your company’s mis
There is nothing wrong with fun and gratifying. However, you have to evaluate if the new activity is consistent with your company’s mis
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
sion and highest and best use. If you have successfully focused and engaged your company, then fun and gratifying should be nothing new.
If the new activity does not leverage your resources toward your company’s mission, it is drawing time, resource, and energy away from what you should be doing. A contingent workforce maintain
If the new activity does not leverage your resources toward your company’s mission, it is drawing time, resource, and energy away from what you should be doing. A contingent workforce maintain
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
d in such a case is a sign that you should be finding another method of performing the work, such as a vendor or strategic partner, or simply discontinuing the service.
Is Your (Contingent) Staff Performing Under Unclear Mandate?
A former mentor cautioned me to never expect the quality of performance to exceed the qu
Is Your (Contingent) Staff Performing Under Unclear Mandate?
A former mentor cautioned me to never expect the quality of performance to exceed the qu
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
ality of instruction or clarity of expectations. Clear expectations are a fundamental tenet of a tightly focused organization. They are fundamental to having mission, values, and purpose statements widely disseminated, clearly communicated, and completely understood, and practiced by every member of an organization.
How the
How the
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
does a company communicate this through an incongruous policy of "temping" staff for extended periods? Maintaining a temporary employment relationship for an extended period is inauthentic. If this description of an employee role does not conform to stated policy, a clear mandate is obscured at the most basic level: the employe
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
’s role in the organization. What then can be expected of performance?
The quality of contingent staff performance would then stand to suffer. If the quality of contingent staff is not valued as highly as permanent staff, then why retain the capacity?
Are Your Relational Resources Appropriately Invested?
Relationships
The quality of contingent staff performance would then stand to suffer. If the quality of contingent staff is not valued as highly as permanent staff, then why retain the capacity?
Are Your Relational Resources Appropriately Invested?
Relationships
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
are one of the most vital components of business. The relational investment a company makes in its employees is reciprocated in their performance and their perception of the company. Like a social virus, that perception—the investment that a company makes in its employees—is carried within that individual to everyone they intera
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
t with.
Employees, even contingent ones, are the carriers of your company’s values, mission, and purpose. They will carry their experience of your company, how it serves its customers, and how it treats its employees, in some measure, throughout every aspect of their lives.
The stronger the relationship an employee has with yo
Employees, even contingent ones, are the carriers of your company’s values, mission, and purpose. They will carry their experience of your company, how it serves its customers, and how it treats its employees, in some measure, throughout every aspect of their lives.
The stronger the relationship an employee has with yo
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
ur company, the more potent a social virus carrier they will be. Your most loyal employees, vendors, and customers are your strongest carriers. They are the medium through which your brand is communicated.
If your relationship with an employee is clearly articulated and tacitly agreed with, even a short-term contingent employee
If your relationship with an employee is clearly articulated and tacitly agreed with, even a short-term contingent employee
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
will become an effective vehicle for your brand. If an employee is left in the limbo of temporary for an extended period, their relationship with your company will suffer. In essence, without a clear understanding, a long-term contingent employee is a wasted opportunity to appropriately inoculate a potential carrier of your orga
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
ization’s brand identity.
Are You Growing Too Fast?
A company should never grow past its capability to function in it’s mission and serve it’s customers. The corporate graveyard is littered with stories of companies who collapsed under the weight of their own growth, having insufficient capacity or talent to manage an i
Are You Growing Too Fast?
A company should never grow past its capability to function in it’s mission and serve it’s customers. The corporate graveyard is littered with stories of companies who collapsed under the weight of their own growth, having insufficient capacity or talent to manage an i
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
ncreasing customer base.
Extending temporary employment contracts might be a sign that your growth is getting out of control. Unmanageable growth comes in two forms. 1) You are growing in your core markets faster than you can adequately service new and continuing customers. 2) You are growing into areas that are not within your
Extending temporary employment contracts might be a sign that your growth is getting out of control. Unmanageable growth comes in two forms. 1) You are growing in your core markets faster than you can adequately service new and continuing customers. 2) You are growing into areas that are not within your
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
current or planned sectors.
Managing growth is about making disciplined choices. There may be portions of the customer base that are outside your desired market. Or, it may be necessary to explore outsourcing or strategic partnership agreements.
Permanent temps: oxymoron or inauthentic?
When it comes to managing operat
Managing growth is about making disciplined choices. There may be portions of the customer base that are outside your desired market. Or, it may be necessary to explore outsourcing or strategic partnership agreements.
Permanent temps: oxymoron or inauthentic?
When it comes to managing operat
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
ional problems, you can either pay to repair the issues now or pay later with interest. Your use of temporary employees might provide valuable clues to some serious operational problems. If your organization does not maintain a clear understanding with employees, permanent or contingent, you risk losing control of one of your gr
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
atest organizational assets.
At a fundamental level, temporary employees retained for years, when they have been informed that they would be permanent within a few months, is inauthentic. If your organization manages their staff relations without authenticity, how can you expect customers, vendors, and stakeholders to treat you
At a fundamental level, temporary employees retained for years, when they have been informed that they would be permanent within a few months, is inauthentic. If your organization manages their staff relations without authenticity, how can you expect customers, vendors, and stakeholders to treat you
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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