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Revolutionizing Automotive Cooling Systems with ESTRA and Opcenter MES

April 15, 2024

IntroductionIn the world of automotive manufacturing, high-quality components and efficient production processes are essential. When it comes to vehicle cooling…

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Cloud-based MES: Opcenter Execution for process and discrete industries on AWS

April 11, 2024

MES systems in manufacturing have transformed from rigid to modular, offering flexibility and adaptability. Cloud-based MES systems take it further, providing accessibility, scalability, and real-time data analysis.

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Manufacturers have more to scrutinize to maximize resources

August 28, 2017

As manufacturers consider how to overcome rapidly increasing demand, shortened product life cycles, and reduced margins, they would do well to take a good look in their own backyard.
A McKinsey Ins…

By JuliaGrainger

Driving Transparency – How Quality Management Systems Prevent Catastrophe

August 22, 2017

We have all heard about public disasters around potential systematic disregard for quality problems in companies – from the automotive industry (think emissions tests, brake failures) to the oil &amp…

By JuliaGrainger

Digitization vs. Digital Transformation in MedTech

August 16, 2017

We hear a lot of buzzwords – Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things, Digital Enterprise, Digital Twin, Virtual Factory, and so many more. We are going to focus on two here: D…

Quality Management – A Holistic Approach

August 10, 2017

Strategic quality management professionals envision a holistic solution across the entire product life cycle and supply chain that is able to

Support compliance
Detect risks and failures
Mit…

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Global trends for Medical Device companies – An executive view from Terumo

August 9, 2017

In a series of interviews conducted by Dan Matlis, President of analyst firm Axendia, Terumo Cardiovascular Group executives Mark Lincoln, VP Global Operations, and Chris Zarecki, Director of Manufac…

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Using Quality Systems to Gain Efficiency – Is that even possible?

August 3, 2017

Cost and Quality. They are often thought of as two sides in a game of “tug of war.” When one side gains traction the other loses. However, that is a very non-strategic view of how well-architected ma…

Why focusing on Quality rather than Compliance makes good business sense

August 2, 2017

In medical device manufacturing, as well as other regulated industries, we have served two masters. One is the end consumer, without whom we have no business. The other is the FDA (or other regulator…

Key criteria for getting faster ROI from your QMS implementation

July 27, 2017

Hopefully you are not thinking about how to get ROI on the Quality Management System you have already decided to invest in. If you’ve made the decision to invest funds, you’ve probably already made t…

Can you afford to aim for average? The cost of change in the med-tech industry

July 26, 2017

John F. Kennedy once said, “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction.” It is an appropriate concept for the state of the medical de…