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Kaizen Champion Certification Online Course is for Professionals at all levels of Management.

• Learn how to select Kaizen projects, strategize, design and implement Kaizen continuous improvement campaigns.
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• The course has 6 Modules of self-paced study, training videos and instructor support, a Toolkit comprising 52 tools and 5 Case Studies that help you apply Kaizen to your organization.
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Participants must complete Tests and Assignments associated with each Module. All tests and assignments are open book exams. Kaizen Champion Certificate shall be sent to participants once they complete all tests and assignments successfully.

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Manufacturing process qualification is necessary to guarantee that a particular process is working in a consistent manner in order to create a product according to its requirements and complying to its specifications. It is a vital stage in ensuring the processes, such as designing and manufacturing, are functioning correctly. When the processes are guaranteed this helps to lower cost, tools and time. 
 
The essential reasons for performing manufacturing process qualification are to lower costs related to manufacturing and to adhere to requirements. When products that do not meet the requirements are ridden of before production, it helps to significantly lower operation cost and time. It is often necessary to meet requirements in order to qualify for a number of regulations, such as those implemented by the FDA or product specifications promised to consumers.
 
The best manufacturing process qualifications are achievable by having a well-rounded understanding of the various processes involved in manufacturing and the requirements of the product or service. A good tool to help one understand how to do so is to use process mapping. It is easier to understand all the various elements of a process by using this tool and encourages new ideas such as testing and further innovation studies. 

As mentioned before, it is vital for manufacturing process qualifications to clearly understand the requirements that are related to the product. It is common for different industries to have different sets of standards and it is essential to follow these standards specifically.

There are four key features to developing a document that specifies the standards of manufacturing process qualifications, which include: design, installation, operational and performance qualifications. Each of these features needs to have a pre-consented procedure as well as data to back up the results. 

There are many other reasons that manufacturing process qualification is an important procedure. It is not practical to begin the use of equipment or tools without knowing whether or not they can produce the required product. Often times, tools and equipment are expensive, high-tech and may even require a specific person to operate/control it; all these factors involve various costs that could otherwise be put to better use. 

In order for an organization to reach success, it is necessary to spend time and money wisely. Therefore, understanding whether or not resources are effective and efficient, is vital. There are too many costs associated with unhappy customers, defected products, recalls and so on, all clubbed under a broad heading called ‘Cost of poor quality”.
 
Manufacturing process qualification is required to ensure product quality, lower overall costs, adhere to regulations, improve productivity & consumer satisfaction all resulting in accelerated business development and growth.


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Continued from Part 1 ...
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EXPERIMENTAL-

Materials-

Marketed samples of Indigo carmine, Sunset yellow, Erythrosine and Ponceau 4R dye and their aluminum lakes. Materials used in the preparation of the lakes including aluminum hydroxide powder (batch nos. 103,374,AD3 and paste P61).  Nutrient agar, Vogel-Johnson’s medium, Mac Conkeys medium, Cetrimide medium and agar media of these and mannitol salt agar were from M/s Hi media, India. Other stains and chemicals employed were of highest purity.

Methods-

Sampling, sample handling and sample condition-
 
All the samples obtained were powders, excepting aluminum hydroxide, which was supplied also as a paste. The samples were received in tightly closed glass bottles.

Sample treatment-

The surface of the sample container was disinfected with an aqueous mixture of 80 % alcohol v/v and 1 % v/v. The surface was dried with sterile gauze before opening and removing the contents in laminar air flow cabinet.

Microbial evaluation-

(I) Preparation of stock inoculums -

One-gram test sample was aseptically inoculated in 25 ml of sterile nutrient broth. The inoculated medium was kept undisturbed for about 15 minutes, to ensure complete transfer of microbes from sample to the medium. The clear supernatant liquid was then used a sample for performing the tests.

(ii) Determination of MPN by serial dilution method-

One ml of stock inoculums prepared as mentioned under (i) was diluted with 9.0 ml nutrient broth to give a dilution of 1:10. this was further serially diluted with sterile nutrient broth to give 1:100, 1:1000 and 1: 10000
dilutions.

The labeled tubes were inoculated at 37 + 1 deg.C for 24- 48 hours and 5-7 days after which they were observed for the presence or absence of growth. The tube in which the growth was not clear from appearance was sub-cultured into fresh sterile nutrient broth tubes (0.1 ml was inoculated into 10 ml sterile nutrient broth). Negative and positive (E.coli ATCC 11775) control was maintained to test the effectiveness of sterilization procedures and growth promoting property of the nutrient media respectively.

(iii) Determination of bacterial count by plate count technique-

The stock inoculums prepared under (i) was serially diluted with sterile physiological saline to give 1:10,1:100,1:1000,1:10000 ,1:1,00,000 ,1: 10,00,000 dilutions. Depending on the MPN count values determined above in (1) 1.0 ml of the last two dilutions of the sample showing growth were pour plated using 15.0 ml of sterile nutrient agar. The plates were then incubated at 37 + 1 deg.C for 24 hours and 5-7 days and the MPN values were determined.

(iv) Detection of fungi-

One ml of the stock inoculums mentioned under (i) was added to 90 ml of Saborauds broth. Positive control (Candida albicans ATCC) and negative controls were maintained side by side. The tubes were incubated at room temperature (RT) for a period of 7-15 days. 
 
In the next post, we shall discuss further on the experimental and isolation procedures of the microbes. To be continued in Part 3

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