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<v ->My name is Maria Khouzam.</v>

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I work for Merck.

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I'm a chemical engineer.

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I work in the Global Engineering Solutions Department.

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We mainly focus on making improvements

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on existing facilities and new production facilities

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for vaccines and biologics.

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We use Lean Six Sigma methodologies to

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make the processes more efficient and to end,

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for both the existing and new facilities.

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We interact with a lot of different groups

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from supply chains to operations to research,

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to really bring forward a design that is fitting for both

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the business need but also for the patient

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and the customer at the end of the day.

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For existing production, I get basically

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called in

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when something is either not going correctly,

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we need to expand

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capacity,

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or we need to improve certain things.

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So I get called in

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for these pieces.

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We do some analyses.

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We make sure that we're gathering all the data that we need.

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And once that happens,

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we go back to our internal customers, if you will,

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and deliver the recommendations that we have.

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The other scenario is working on the new facilities.

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And that's a little bit more challenging

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because as opposed to existing

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where you have data to rely on,

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for the new facilities you actually

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don't have a lot of data.

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You're creating the data as you go.

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And taking in assumptions, right?

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So we have to make sure that we're making assumptions

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that are realistic and communicating those.

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And for that, we get involved in the very early phases

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of the project when the inception of the idea

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we need a new facility for X product,

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up until maybe the early phases of

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the design phases.

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So we make some recommendations in the beginning,

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and then after that, design kicks off

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and they'll take it from there.