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Congratulations! You’ve conceptualized and prototyped a functional medical device that will improve the lives of countless others! So now what? Market approval? Sales? Praise and adulation??? Let’s hold those thoughts while we discuss the elephant in the room called manufacturing.
Waste in manufacturing drives up product costs affecting both short term profitability and the long-term adoption curve. LEAN Principles that reduce waste are widely adopted to improve high volume manufacturing, but how can they be applied to New Product Introduction (NPI) for medical devices? This blog shows how applying these 5 LEAN Manufacturing Techniques for […]
Having overcome the challenges of transferring a product design into manufacturing, it is time to enter a new process cycle. At this stage, Supply Chain Reports are essential to assess and monitor costs, processing and material flow. Supply Chain Reports can be a great source of data, providing insight into how processes are going, and […]
Our manufacturing leaders recently convened on Zoom to identify changes we’ve made for manufacturing safety and efficiency during COVID-19 and offer tips for delivering a healthy, productive manufacturing operation.
HAMILTON, Ontario, May 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen), the industry-led organization behind Canada’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster, today announced it has invested more than $21 million in projects that will lead to the production in Canada of critically needed technologies, equipment, and medical devices to aid in the fight against COVID-19. Since NGen […]
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 […]
Medical devices often come into contact with patients, and users. Sometimes repeatedly. Addressing patient and user contact is a critical aspect of medical device development. Biocompatibility is a significant aspect of contact, but what about sterility? And if a device does not need to be sterile, then how clean does it need to be?
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.