Hello world! Starting off Small

I’m an optimist, the kind of guy who flicks through biopharm trade magazines and sees all the latest media and disposable equipment device and thinks;

     "Cool!"

So it was a sad summers day when I was sat in a rather hot meeting room in a  discussion with a vendor about a custom disposable bag drooling over the latest widgets they had available, instead of the bagels which were rapidly going stale on the meeting room table.

On this occassion the issue was relatively small but as every journey starts with a first step. The small catalyst that started this ball rolling was simple enough. Well known bag supplier "A" made a bag, which as standard terminated in a male connector. Well known connector supplier B made a stainless connection which was only available as a male connector. Even I know that male to male connectors don’t get along too well at least not in a clean room. The solution they offered was a custom assembly with 6 or more likely 9 week leadtime.

The solution, I thought was to find a way to make suppliers and end users all talk with one another. Offering custom solutions to every minor issue is a million miles away from the ethos of ordering a disposable product on-line and having it arrive just in time to be used the following day.

21 September 2006 | Uncategorized | Comments