What are the expectations of a Bio Medical Plant Owner
I firmly believe in building solutions that would benefit the customer. In our present offering, the customer are the people who operate a Bio Medical Waste Plant.
The operations have quite a few challenges today
1] Variable Costs:- Salary and Fuel are the biggest chunk of the cost. They can be reduced by optimising the operations of the Incinerator, the vehicle route and a system driven work culture. In the absence of any tools, the dependency on individuals is very high.
2] Onboarding Health Care Facilities: - In the absence of a streamlined process, there are many challenges like the HCF refusing to sign-up or pay. Informal contracts or no contracts at all.
3] Containers :- These are a challenge as it adds to the cost of the HCF and they do not understand the need for them.
4] Waste Segregation:- This is a big issue as segregation at source is not happening in most locations. To add to the problem, general waste is also added to this infectious waste.
5] 48 hour compliance:- The BMW act states all BMW waste need to be processed within 48 hrs of them being generated. A plant which has a 500 HCF cannot monitor this manually every day. In the absence of automated data processing, this compliance is impossible to implement.
6] Re Scanning:- With a large number of bags arriving together at the plant every day, re-scanning the infectious bags at the plant is a challenge.
I believe that the plant owner can reduce costs by atleast 25-30% by introducing a system driven operations. It will also improve collections dramatically. The challenge is for them to be convinced it is possible and also convincing the team it is for their benefit.
I would love to hear if the BMW plants have other challenges which I have not understood or missed adding above.
