Digital Transformation Accelerates Ventilator Production in South Africa

With the COVID-19 pandemic taking a huge toll on lives worldwide, a multidisciplinary, multiorganizational South African team was able to design, develop, and produce 18,000 ventilators within the span of 3 months.

Doctors in an operating room using high quality medical device equipment

Terumo Charts their Course to the Factories of the Future

“We set out to build our digital factories of the future,” said Kalyan Balsubramanian, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Terumo Americas. “This initiative was not about technology. It was about transforming the way we did business.”

A Roadmap for Emerging Manufacturers

In this webinar Siemens experts will discuss how Opcenter EX MDD software can address and solve necessities of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB) in MD&D, which are the emerging leaders in this market, looking to create the same infrastructure as their large competitors to deliver their innovative products, rapidly, to establish a market position cost-efficiently and at high quality.

Man in front of laptop, Laptop shows the Opcenter Execution Medical Device and Diagnostics software

What’s new in Opcenter Execution Medical Device and Diagnostics 8.5

Opcenter Execution Medical Device and Diagnostics 8.5 delivers powerful enhancements and features to improve the application’s capabilities and security.
Opcenter Execution Medical Device and Diagnostics 8.5 delivers powerful enhancements and features to improve the application’s capabilities and security.

What’s new in Opcenter Execution Pharma version 6.2.3

We are excited to announce that the latest version Opcenter™ Execution Pharma version 6.2.3 has been released!
The Opcenter™ Execution Pharma software (Opcenter EX PH), formerly known as SIMATIC IT® eBR, offers native integration between the manufacturing execution system (MES) and the distributed control system (DCS) layer. This expedites the design, execution and review steps that Opcenter EX PH must perform, and provides flexibility in the master batch record design process.

Concept art of a ventillator illustrtating the 5Ms in Medical Device manufacturing.

Controlling the 5Ms in Medical Device Manufacturing: An Introduction to Automating Product Quality

This is a fundamental truth in manufacturing: Delivering quality products means controlling the 5Ms of manufacturing – material, man, machine,…

NEW INFOGRAPHIC: The Path to Accelerated Growth for Emerging Medical Device and Diagnostic Manufacturers

Get a quick view of how digital manufacturing solutions are helping small- and medium-sized business (SMB) medical device and diagnostics (MD&D) manufacturers face the unique challenges of their industry and market.

Medical Device Manufacturers – Emerging with speed

There’s a common belief that manufacturers need to have attained a certain scale before considering investing in technology like MES, but an increasing trend among emerging medical-device companies is challenging this.

Opcenter – Innovation you can trust

Tobias Lange, Vice President for Manufacturing Operations Management R&D, breaks down these questions and provides valuable insight in our new video.