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5 Lessons Learned:
Navigating the Disrupted
Medical Device
Manufacturing
Supply Chain
Now into the third year of the effects of
the pandemic, the supply chain issues
remain and may grow worse again as
new disruptions present themselves.
(Credit: Pixabay/Gerd Altmann)
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lack of a specialized label is all it takes to halt the production of a medical
device. While those of us in medical device manufacturing were aware of
this fact, we became acutely experienced with scarcity and supply chain
disruptions as a result of the global pandemic, including shipments of
lifesaving medical devices delayed because of a quality issue and upstream
material shortages. Now into the third year of the effects of the pandemic, the supply
chain issues remain and may grow worse again as new disruptions present themselves.
In the past few years, as the vice president of business operations for a large medical
device contract manufacturing company, I've spent countless hours in unplanned
meetings chasing down raw materials, while collaborating across stakeholder functions
to navigate missing resources and moving-target timelines. More recently, I've
been working closely with materials suppliers and our customers' procurement and
engineering leads at world-class OEMs to evolve our collective supply strategy. In our
individual capacities, each of us are determined to do what we can to reliably and
consistently provide access to these critical medical devices and supplies.
Following are five of the most important lessons we've learned, along with proactive
steps suppliers and manufacturers can take to facilitate seamless production in a disrupted
supply chain.
1. Consider the Full Range of Potential Delays
The manufacturing sector already was struggling to find enough skilled workers
pre-pandemic, and the issue isn't going away. In fact, staffing shortages across all secwww.medicaldesignbriefs.com
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