Transferring Medical Device Production to a Contract Manufacturer - Decision Making Process and Procedures

Why Should You Attend:

With the economy, many medical OEMs are deciding whether to invest in upgrading equipment, technology, new personnel, transfer it to a lower cost in-house facility or transfer it to a contract manufacturer. In many cases this could save the OEM from investing in costly bricks and mortar, new technology and higher labor cost. It also frees up floor space for new product initiatives.

This 90-minute webinar will give you the steps to follow in making decisions that could save money, time and people. We will explore the importance of quality, cost and on time delivery/flexibility in making the right decisions. This session will also benefit contract manufacturers, since they have to be ready for a seamless transfer of production by understanding their responsibility and the requirements for a medical device transfer, including the transfer process, validations and the pitfalls that could lead to delays.

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

• Gap Analysis, Due-diligence and Decision Making.
• Choosing A Contract Manufacturer.
• Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Quote (RFQ).
• Supplier Audits.
• Final Selection & Contract Negotiation.
• Project Management.
• Supply Chain.
• Master Validation Plan.
• Protocols.
• Transfer Process.
• Benefits.
• Pitfalls.
• Post Review.
• Celebrate.

Who will Benefit:

This webinar will provide valuable assistance and give a procedure to the medical device companies that are thinking of transferring production to a contract Manufacturer or transferring it to another facility. The personnel who will benefit include:

At Medical Device OEM's:

• Decision Makers
• R&D and Product Development Engineers and Managers
• Pilot Plant Manager
• Plant and Production Managers
• Project and Process Engineers
• Supply Chain Managers
• Global Contract Manufacturing Transfer Teams
• Global Strategic Managers
• Quality and Validation Teams
• Quality and Corporate Auditors

At Contract Manufacturers:

• Decision Makers
• Contract Manufacturers working in the medical industry
• Plant and Production Managers
• Engineering and Contract Manufacturing Transfer Teams
• Project and Process Engineers
• Quality and Validation Teams

Instructor Profile:

Mr. Braido, has 40 years of experience in the medical industry. He is the founder and president of Visionary Consulting LLC and has 40 years of medical OEM’s and CMOs to the medical industry. A consulting firm that specializes in gap analysis and due diligence for management evaluation of product transfers, acquisitions and emerging technologies.

Mr. Braido’s has a broad breadth of medical industry experience in, product development, global strategic/tactical planning, technical due-diligence/gap analysis for acquisitions, engineering, operations and strong leadership skills to help develop new product concepts for business and marketing. He has had great success working at Ethicon Endo-Surgery a J&J Company, Baxter Healthcare, GW Plastics, Teleflex Medical and The Tech Group with increasing responsibilities to the level of VP of Advanced Technologies. He was a member of the Board of Directors for the SPE (Society of Plastic Engineers) Medical Division for over 10 years and elected Chairman of the Medical Division twice.

Mr. Braido was selected as a member of a Johnson & Johnson Integration Team that took a small fledgling company with totally new products, technologies and structure from $75 million to $850 million in 5 years. His career is built on the ability to motivate, lead and coach people in different disciplines throughout the medical industry. The key factor has been driving innovation.

While working for J&J he was elected, as the Consortium Chairman for the Government Reinvestment Program with MIT, the National Science Foundation and seven leading Fortune 200 companies to commercialize 3D Printing and emerging technologies in metal and plastics. He has also been an independent reviewer for the National Science Foundation, J&J, MIT, EdgeOne Medical, Beeken Medical and others.

He has published numerous technical and leadership articles and white papers. In the past he has shared his extensive experiences at seminars, workshops, technical conferences, symposiums and webinars on subjects relating to the medical industry on due-diligence/gap analysis, product development, product and equipment transfers, leadership and developing an innovation culture for product concept.

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