Articles By Ed Miseta

  1. Life Science Insights From An Industry Visionary

    When Parrish Galliher first founded Xcellerex, now part of GE Healthcare, he referred to the business idea as “bugs on wheels” because unlike traditional stainless steel biologic manufacturing facilities which can’t be built quickly, easily changed or moved, his concept for the FlexFactory allowed manufacturers to build and/or modify manufacturing capacity quickly and at far less cost. Moreover, no longer did companies have to take three to four years to build a plant that could manufacture only one product, but could build structures that could be changed quickly from manufacturing one product to another. The idea was, at the time, quite disruptive to our conservative industry where, according to Galliher, it can take close to a decade for companies to adopt new technology. Galliher confided that in the early days of starting Xcellerex in December 2002, he struggled to get funding for the business.

  2. Lean Six Sigma: Six Steps To Successful Implementation

    A focus on Lean Six Sigma manufacturing is instrumental to this company’s strategy for future growth and success.