Grindstone's expertise and services can be grouped in three main areas:

Biotech processes | Business processes |Organisation |

Biotech processes

• Increasing process yield and consistency
  
• Scale-up of processes and introduction in operations
• Improving quality by reducing deviations or removing impurities
• Growth media development
  
• Analyses, modelling, and fit-for-plant studies
  
• From process development until process validation
• Interactions with other CMC areas such as QC
• Establishing and maintaining compliance with Regulatory, GMP and SHE requirements

Specific strengths

- USP, in particular microbial fermentation

- Vaccines

- Veterinary and Animal Health

Business processes

• Tech transfers, both from R&D to Manufacturing and from one site to another
• Risk assessments and Quality by Design
• Conducting assessments of potential C(D)MO partners

• Establishing and running a Tier or daily Visual Management system
• Lean project management using A3s
• Dynamic Work Design or Business Process Design
• Effective Business Performance Management

Specific strengths

- Deploying Lean practices in a project environment such as Tech Ops or R&D

- Analysing and challenging the current state

Organisation

• Developing, executing and translating strategy with engagement from employees
• Coaching and development of professionals

• Change management

• Lean leadership and behaviours

• Organisational design
• Opportunity assessments
• Interim management

Specific strengths

- Establishing and executing a strategic vision

- Coaching of professionals in R&D and Technical Operations