Author Archives: Tony Fultz

Ask the Expert: Human-Error Reductions — Proper Task Performance in GMP Biomanufacturing

Tony Fultz (director of upstream manufacturing at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies) presented an “Ask the Expert†webinar on 23 August 2017. Fultz’s Presentation Human error was responsible for about 75% of batch failures at contract manufacturing organization Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies in 2016. Technicians operate in a dynamic and stressful environment, both contributing factors to human error. With multiple projects running concurrently, some employees are involved in executing several processes during a shift. The company has several ways of reducing human error:…