Medical device manufacturing has minimal tolerance for error—and quality is of the utmost importance. If your products don’t deliver what you promise, lives can be at stake. At the same time, product returns erode your profit margins, while customer satisfaction can make—or break—your reputation. For companies with unique patented products, meeting demand puts added pressure on every stage of your supply chain. This white paper by the Copley Consulting Group explains how you can make a commitment to lean processes while raising your quality standards, improving efficiency, and driving down costs. It’s important to create efficiencies in your manufacturing processes, but this often involves taking small incremental steps. Find out more about educating your organization about these opportunities, driving down costs, and systematically removing waste and uneven workloads from your manufacturing processes below:
Read More →Presentation: Metal Powder, Aerostructures, and Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is the process of synthesizing a three-dimensional object. The object is created using sequential layers of material, formed under computer control. Additive manufacturing is really the process of the future, as it can be used across industries. The Hoeganaes Corporation is on the forefront of innovation when it comes to additive manufacturing, as Hoeganaes has created AncorAM, a new family of products focused on high-tech materials for additive manufacturing. Hoeganaes is also: The world’s largest manufacturer of sintered components and a leading producer of metal powder. A leading tier one supplier of Aerostructures and engine products and systems to the global aerospace industry. The leading tier one supplier of automotive driven systems and solutions to the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers. A leading supplier of powder managements products and solutions for agriculture, construction, mining, and industrial equipment. See the full presentation below for more information about the Hoeganaes Corporation and these manufacturing processes.
Read More →NEWS RELEASE: GKN to form new joint venture to produce titanium powder for additive manufacturing
GKN Hoeganaes has agreed to enter into a joint venture agreement with TLS Technik to manufacture titanium powders in North America for Additive Manufacturing (AM) applications. Find out more about this venture below!
Read More →Case Study Video: Honeywell Aerospace Boosts Savings with Early Visibility to Product Cost
Early visibility to product cost drivers helps companies eliminate problems before they become extremely expensive to fix. This was the conclusion of the team at Honeywell Aerospace after their first few programs where they integrated a product cost management platform into the product development process. Watch the following video case study below to hear Bret Armstrong, Manager of the Should Cost team in Cost Performance Engineering at Honeywell, highlight three specific examples that underscore the value of early visibility to cost for everyone in the product value chain from beginning to end. Read the full article from aPriori here, and watch the video case study below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPVswYkwNU
Read More →SMTC Presentation: Driving Product Optimization Through Early Stage Supplier Engagement
Exploring Design for Excellence (DFX) Brian Morrison, from SMTC, took his wealth of knowledge and understanding as the Director of Value Engineering & Technology and presented crucial industry information at the American Medical Device Summit 2016. Take a look at Morrison’s insightful presentation from the Summit that explores Design for Excellence (DFX) Product Optimization, focusing on these core concepts: What is DFX? DFX Benefits Value Equation Product Design Review Ability to Impact Product Value Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) Impact of Design Decisions Applying DFX to Product Development To view the full presentation, click here. About SMTC SMTC is a mid-size provider of end-to-end electronics manufacturing services (EMS) including PCBA production, systems integration and comprehensive testing services, enclosure fabrication, as well as product design, sustaining engineering, and supply chain management services.
Read More →eBook: Design Thinking with Terumo BCT
Generis Group is honored to have Palani Palaniappan, EVP, Innovation and Development at Terumo BCT join the speaker faculty at the upcoming American Medical Device Summit 2016. With the summit right around the corner, we took the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Palaniappan to gather his insights and discuss the importance of ‘Design Thinking’ in the journey from concept to commercialization. Check out the eBook!
Read More →An Agile Alternative to Document-Centric Methods for Requirements Management
The American Medical Device Summit is less than one month away! The summit will draw on the knowledge of over 40 industry leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities in product development, quality management, speed to commercialization, and regulatory harmonization. One of the companies helping developers tackle the challenges in product development and compliance is Jama Software. Jama Software has developed a more agile alternative to document-centric methods for requirements management, creating the optimal environment for defining problem statements, validating cross-functional input and ensuring that what is delivered at each phase of is what was intended. Check out the Demo Video below to find out how on-boarding this software can help developers navigate complex development cycles and build great products by: Removing the overhead of requirements reviews. Shortening the time between milestones. Mitigating risk and maintaining traceability evidence. Visualizing connections between regulations, requirements and test cases. for a more in-depth look at the software, try the software yourself by signing up for the Jama Software Free Trial!
Read More →Big Challenges for Testing Today’s Wearable Devices
Wearable devices have become a commodity; devices act as fitness and health trackers, work and lifestyle guides as well as medical monitors. According to The Business Insider the “global wearables market will grow at a compound annual rate of 35% over the next 5 years”. This growth will bring a range of lifestyle enhancing and potentially life-changing accessories directly to consumers and to the healthcare industry at large. As the market evolves, developers and manufacturers will find themselves faced with an array of functionalities and processes that need to be rigorously tested in order to ensure consumer satisfaction, safety and regulatory compliance. Averna, a Test Engineering Leader, generated the whitepaper “High Tech, Will Travel” to outline some of the current and upcoming challenges in testing wearable devices. A brief preview is below, click on the image or link to Download the full whitepaper! We are thrilled to have Averna join us at the upcoming American Medical Device Summit 2016! To find out more about the summit and join the discussion this October 5-6, visit: http://amdsummit.com/
Read More →Struggling with finding a fully validated Requirements Management Tool?
Quality control and regulatory compliance are paramount in medical device development. A fully validated tool can help reduce time and effort in the initial stages of product development. Finding the right Requirements Management Tool is imperative for medical device developers operating in an extremely regulated environment. Cognition Corporation, product and process development leaders for more than fifteen years, developed the white paper below to help medical device developers navigate this terrain. Check out the Cognition Validation Kit White Paper!
Read More →The Benefits of Test Engineering Services for the Entire Product Life Cycle
Medical device developers are under increasing pressure to develop new features and better quality products while speeding time to market. One of the ways that developers are achieving this goal is by adopting automation software that will allow them to streamline their product development and test times without sacrificing quality. Averna, a Test Engineering leader, generated the video below to highlight the benefits of automation software and explain how it can help address some of the biggest challenges that medical device developers face. Check out the video below:
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