A Relevance of Lean Six Sigma in Biomedical Manufacturing Industry: A Future Scope

The Biomedical Engineering Department of the India Health Authority is under tremendous pressure to play a crucial role in providing adequate health services in the nation and improve its performance due to the global epidemiological problem. Most biomedical equipment repair shops in Egypt are struggling to meet the extensive repair schedules while providing functioning medical equipment to the public health system. The aim is to meet the growing demand for biomedical devices that provide first-class services at reasonable prices. Therefore, there is an urgent need to utilize waste reduction and continuous improvement techniques such as Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to rapidly improve the process capacity for the return of repaired devices in the biomedical engineering field. This paper presents a case study on the implementation of Lean Six Sigma methodology in an Indian biomedical device repair shop. A thorough study of the entire process was conducted to improve it and reduce the repair lead time. The results show that Lean Six Sigma can be successfully applied to increase the availability of functional medical devices in India's public hospitals.