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Covid-19

Medical device supply chain
Medical device manufacturing November 30, 2021
How MES helps Medtech’s to overcome fluctuating demand and supply chain disruptions

How Medtech companies can achieve agility through supply chain management and risk mitigation is what we will examine today.

Female Electronics Factory Workers in Blue Work Coat and Protective Glasses Assembling Printed Circuit Boards for Smartphones with Tweezers. High Tech Factory with more Employees in the Background.
Electronics manufacturing September 30, 2021
Electronics Assembly – Silos Can’t Scale

Electronics manufacturers feel the pressure to modify design functionality to account for component shortages. information silos prevent scaling and free flow of data from assembly lines to shop floor to enterprise, and then out to value chain partners.

Engineers using technologies in auto industry
Discrete manufacturing August 11, 2021
Post-COVID work and the role of MES

As with any global catastrophe, the pandemic forced sudden and abrupt change, which tested the mettle and resilience of every single business in the world. Manufacturing was no exception.

Technician operates a machine in a sterilization lab, ensuring safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medical device manufacturing July 22, 2021
COVID-19 is an inflection point for Medical Device manufacturing

While some industries, such as non-essential goods, were brought to a complete halt, other industries supplying goods to battle the disease (the Pharmaceutical, Clinical Diagnostic and Medical Device sectors), were expected to scale rapidly to meet the global demand for their products.

Industry 4.0 robot
Discrete manufacturing June 18, 2020
The Future of Manufacturing and the Role of MES

Today we will discuss the future of manufacturing, examining the effects that new technologies and the pandemic are having in shaping its future. We will review the need for digital transformation and building resilience in global manufacturing supply chains.

Question mark, highlighting the uncertainty.
Discrete manufacturing May 27, 2020
Facing Down Uncertainty in Uncertain Times

If there’s one thing over everything else that’s going to ruin your plans for manufacturing excellence, it’s uncertainty. And that is something we have in abundance right now.

A MedTech environment featuring a worker interacting with two medical devices, providing critical health data and monitoring vital signs.
Medical device manufacturing May 5, 2020
MES Enables MedTech to fight Pandemic Demands

The urgency of response to Covid-19 and the market whiplash are causing MedTech companies to rethink their product mixes to either innovate or partner with other technology companies to answer the pandemic needs. MES has reinforced its place as a critical component in GMP for these companies.

A woman in a blue uniform operates a computer, focusing on a medical ventilator in a MedTech environment.
Medical device manufacturing April 9, 2020
MedTech: Globalize and Scale using MES

Innovative medical device companies are embracing the Industry 4.0 paradigm for smart manufacturing to support outcome based models. They recognize that they cannot manufacture and market next generation, disruptive and personalized products with last generation processes and legacy systems.

A person is engaged in a video conference on a laptop, which displays four participants in a grid format. The scene suggests remote implementation of a project, with visible charts and graphs on a document being held by the person.
Discrete manufacturing March 30, 2020
A Quick Guide to Remote Implementation: Keep MES Projects Going in the Midst of a Crisis

It’s not unusual to have concerns about progress to plan when the majority of resources will be working remotely. That’s why we’ve decided to share our practices and experience in these trying times.