Primary Impact

US and China Competitive Intelligence

Helping Industrial Manufacturers
Supplying Competitive Intelligence
and Market Assessment
Technical Staff in the US and China

U.S. MEDICAL DEVICE CASE STUDY -
Medical Device Manufacturer Assesses Custom Kit Market

Client Request

• Analyze the credibility of existing business plan versus the competition and provide gap analysis
• Determine viability of investing large resources on a custom kit program across multiple product lines
  
  Primary Impact Findings
  

• Medical device market leaders with thriving custom kit businesses always provided prototype development support to customer service
• Prototype departments generated computer drawings and non-sterilized sample trays in two days
• Daily meetings to discuss new custom kit designs enabled immediate decisions and included a senior manager and staffers from purchasing, manufacturing, quality, packaging and regulatory
• Medical device packaging staffer always supported manufacturing floor to assist ongoing operator certification as the volume of custom kits grew
  
  
  Primary Impact Recommendation
  

• Create a "two day standard" to produce prototypes or to complete production design in" two days
• Develop systems capable of maintaining this standard while maintaining lean packaging and sterilization timelines
  
  
  
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