Case Study: Biogen Idec improves inspection readiness with FinishLine Software

Using Punch List Management Software Beyond the Construction Site

Biogen Idec, a leading biotechnology company with more than 150 labs in its Cambridge, Massachusetts facility, needed a better way to keep its labs “inspection ready” for frequent cGMP compliance inspections. Before using FinishLine Software’s punch list management solution, inspections were highly manual, time-consuming, and difficult to track across regulated lab spaces.

Biogen Idec implemented FinishLine Software to streamline inspections, capture and assign issues with photos and drawings, and maintain a central record of open and completed items. The web-based system improved reporting, reduced plant walkthroughs, and helped the company track repairs more efficiently, resulting in annual savings of $10,000 or more and better-looking GMP areas.

Biogen Idec

Thomas Choyce

Senior Engineer II, Facilities Department