Standardize the Documentation for the Water Analysis for Wastes Elimination in the Raw Material Laboratory

Abstract

During the reviewing data of water analysis in the Raw Material Laboratory, the reviewer finds many documentation discrepancies between laboratory analysts, making this task difficult affecting the cycle time due to the waiting of corrections. To improve the documentation process, it plans to create a standardized process for water analysis documentation to improve the documentation procedure to prevent data integrity failure and to establish a new form for the water analysis in the Raw Material Laboratory. The strategy used to reach this goal in this research was support Kaizen method with the PDCA Cycle to standardize a process for the water analysis documentation to monitor and prevent data errors in the Raw Material Laboratory. The PDCA cycle was used to modify a reconciliation sheet used in the Raw Material Laboratory. Once the new reconciliation sheet was implemented a standardized process was created for the water analysis documentation to monitor and prevent data errors. The results of this project contribute to improve the data integrity, to eliminate wastes and, to create a standardized process to maintain in control the water analysis documentation errors. Key Terms - Data Integrity, Kaizen, PDCA cycle, Standardize Process.