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The world of Supply Chain management changed in the first quarter of 2020. As the coronavirus spreads, and more and more people are affected by COVID-19, supply chains around the world continue to be heavily impacted. This blog shares five supply chain tips for COVID-19.
LumiThera From Prototype to Approved Ophthalmic Medical Device Photobiomodulation (PBM) involves the use of visible or near infrared light (NIR) produced by a laser or a non-coherent light source applied to the tissue of the body to provide beneficial effects in a wide range of disease states. It is widely used in physiotherapy, chiropractic and […]
StarFish Medical exhibits at Discover Tectoria 2020, an exposition of more than 75 Greater Victoria tech firms and research agencies at Crystal Garden on Thursday, February 27, 2020, 11am-6pm. Joshua Coutts and Nathan Muller will be on hand to discuss careers, projects, and biomedical opportunities at StarFish.. Discover Tectoria is an exposition of more than […]
Join StarFish Medical at MD&M West — the world’s largest medical design and manufacturing event, February 11-13, 2020, in Anaheim, CA. Meet with David Dobson, StarFish VP of Business Development, in booth 804. More Information.
Negotiating low volume lead supplier times is not without challenges. Vendors can look at low volume quantities or lower dollar value orders as less priority or of importance to fulfill. Adding to this challenge, Just In Time (JIT) delivery is often used to meet on demand client sales orders. The pre-planned anticipated lead time in […]
Supply chain quality challenges in low volume manufacturing for medical device manufacturers include analysis of the data measuring supplier performance in relation to product risk. Under ISO 13485:2016, section 7.4, purchasing has a higher profile and more stringent requirements for documented purchasing process and supplier management.
Manufacturing low volume, high complex medical device products requires sourcing highly customized and expensive parts. This makes it hard to extract good value from your medical device supply chain. While high-volume production enables economies of scale, low volume custom-made production involves fewer parts to absorb product development, tooling and production equipment costs.
The March 26, 2019 online edition of MD+DI Components features Are Your Volume-Saving Price Predictions Reasonable? by Starfis Medical Team Lead Mechanical Engineering, Nigel Syrotuck. Subtitled “A brief look at common processes for part production and their approximate cost-savings across low to high volumes“, the article helps demystify the impact of volume on the price […]
The January 29, 2019 online edition of Medical Product Outsourcing (MPO) magazine features When Should You Design Ultrasound Hardware from Scratch? written by Kenneth MacCallum, Principal Engineering Physicist, StarFish Medical. MacCallum notes, “Ultrasound system development includes some of the biggest electronic, digital logic, and software design challenges of all medical devices.” He explains the conundrum faced by […]
REACH FAQs for Medical Device Professionals, a guest article by Nigel Syrotuck is featured in the November 30, 2018 Regulatory and Compliance section of MD+DI online. Subtitled “The EU regulation may have been around for more than a decade, but there is still a lot for medtech to learn”, the article notes: “The hard […]
Many entrepreneurs underestimate the importance of ramping up medical device manufacturing in a small and controlled way – sort of a slow ramp. They often overestimate how quickly they’re going to require high volume and underestimate the value of post-release design changes and the effort that will be required in early launch.
The most common question supply chain professionals get from clients is “How can we reduce the cost of this project?” Cost reduction is always a challenge – especially in a low volume, complex manufacturing environment.