Mission3: Changing the Game

It's too early.

We are often told by our prospects that it's too early for them to think about implementing a Program Delivery solution. Of course, we understand and sympathize with that sentiment. In early stage companies the growth is so fast-paced and dynamic that trying to formalize the process seems impossible.
However, most of the time when we engage with our customers it is at a point where there is enough legacy data that sustaining the manual organization and process becomes impossible. It's critical to implement Program Delivery early enough to avoid this growing pain. We feel that the right time to implement Program Delivery is at non-clinical for biopharmaceutical companies. This is a natural time where a product candidate can be "projectized".This is still a very dynamic time in the process and it may feel too early but it is the right time. Implementing a system to organize early will help avoid the regret of waiting too long.

Is there a place for us to go green?

Is going green a concern for the Life Science industry? I think, being less consumer focused means that we do not put the marketing behind being green. Obviously, in our personal and work life we want to be conscientious. No one wants to print of 2 pallets worth of paper, right. So maybe electronic submissions, electronic data capture and all of the other paper reducing tools have a benefit besides quality.
On the other hand, all of these electronic tools use power. That is a drain on resources too.
We at Mission3 like to think that by providing electronic tools to make Life Sciences work more efficient we also reduce paper consumption. Of course, this means we can improve security, quality, and collaboration as well, but paper reduction is a nice side benefit.
To the energy use issue, our production servers run within CSC's robust and secure data center but our public website and other supporting applications are housed at RackSpace. Rackspace has created the Greenspace initiative in order to reduce carbon emissions. Have a look. Maybe we can all take a lesson here. Additionally, many of Mission3's employees embrace this philosophy; two of us drive hybrids while others carpool to work. Sometimes, when the weather is right - I ride my bicycle to work.