About Us
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Techniques Rooted in the Toyota Production System:
Every modern industry and organization has been influenced by the operational advances of the Toyota Production System, that made Toyota the #1 auto manufacturer in the world. Decades of research has proven that Toyota's systematic approach to improving operations has tangible long-term benefits to customer service, quality, productivity, adaptability and ultimately to reduce costs. Together, "yes we can..." The Biomedical Research community recognized these advances over a decade ago and thus began the adaptation of systematic continuous improvement techniques to the Lab Animal Industry. Consistent with Toyota's philosophy of "sharing what they have learned from over 50 years of experimentation with the world", the Biomedical Research community understood that together, we could improve operations better, faster, cheaper if we shared our knowledge with each other. Hence, the VOE-Network was born to help our community improve operations through members experimentation, learning and sharing. |
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2014 - 2016 Members organizations include:
Amgen CRIUCPQ US FDA McGill University, Montreal, CA University of Houston ACO Harvard University FAS Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Allentown Tecniplast Yale University Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital CCM Penn State Hershey College of Medicine Huntingdon Life Sciences ENVIGO, UK Albert Einstein Hospital, Sao Paulo Brazil Nationwide Children's Hospital Jackson Laboratory Mispro Bioscience Services The Research Institute at NCH National Eye Institute Weill Cornell Medical College, Quatar Emergent Biosolutions Eli Lilly The Center for Phenogenomics, Toronto, CA CBSET, Inc University of Southern California Amgen Cefini CRIUCPQ Pfizer UNTHSC Scotts Pharmaserv Distributing Carleton University, CA |
Current 2018 Members:
Animal Care Systems Biogen Biological Resource Centre, UNSW Medicine Boston Children's Hospital Boston University Brigham and Women's Hospital Brown University Champions Oncology CRIUCPQ Emergent BioSolutions Emory University Envigo FDA WOC Animal Program FEFA, LLC Harvard University La Jolla Institute LARC - IU School of Medicine Lighthouse Life Sciences Massachusetts General Hospital McGill University Medical College of Wisconsin Memorial University of Newfoundland Nationwide Children's Hospital Northeast Ohio Medical University Penn State College of Medicine Priority One Services, Inc Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ScottPharma, Inc. SK Consulting The Centre for Phenogenomics The ElmCos Group Ltd The University of Western Australia University of California Davis University of California, Irvine University of Houston University of Kansas - Animal Care Unit University of Michigan University of North Texas Health Science Center University of Southern California University of Toronto Mississauga University of Victoria Van Andel Research Institute Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar Yale University |
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By Members, for members...
The Vivarium Operational Excellence Network is a consortium of Biomedical research institutions and companies committed to quality research driven by operational excellence. We are a members-run organization that responds to the evolving learning needs of its members. Learning spans the organizational spectrum from front-line technicians through Webinars, videos and White Belt certification to Leadership skills gained from our Leadership Academy events and offerings. We also look to industry for insights into the best ways to improve operations as well as ways to build a problem-solving culture. |
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