Last year was the peak year in terms of production in the manufacturing industry because of automation, Brian Asher, executive director of Shelby County Development Corporation told 119 Shelby County high school students Friday morning during Manufacturing Day, which is provided in a partnership with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is – at its most simple – a measurement of manufacturing productivity. Developed as a tenet of lean manufacturing, the aim of OEE is to provide metrics that can be used to improve a manufacturing process.
Three components provide data when assessing OEE, as described at www.oee.com. The first is availability, which measures whether the process is running as scheduled. The second factor, performance, assesses whether maximum manufacturing speeds are reached. Quality, which counts defects, is the third component.
Global medical device supplier announces new expansion and hires to accommodate continued growth
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — PMC SMART Solutions, a leading global manufacturing company with operations in Shelbyville, Ind., is undergoing the final stages of a $5 million expansion project that will triple its current medical manufacturing space.
The expansion, which is scheduled to be ready for manufacturing in April, is designed to accommodate the significant growth the company has experienced in medical device contract manufacturing, according to Lisa Jennings, President and CEO of PMC SMART Solutions.
The company also has been hiring new employees in engineering and operations to manage increases in new programs and production of finished disposable devices.
“We are excited about the expansion and new team additions to PMC SMART Solutions,” Jennings said. “Our company’s growth can be directly attributed to our team’s commitment to continuous innovation, world-class quality and on-time delivery.”
PMC’s excellence in customer service has been recognized with numerous accolades, including the prestigious Bosch Global Supplier Excellence Award. “Our employees consistently perform beyond client expectations,” Jennings said. “And the expanded medical manufacturing space strengthens our ability to continue that legacy of success.”
Along with the expansion of medical manufacturing spaces, including Class 8 clean room manufacturing, the project includes new equipment, office space and employee amenities. PMC is investing in equipment for injection molding, including implant and micro-molding, and automation and sterile packaging for finished disposable devices.
“Our continued growth would not be possible without the tremendous support of the Shelbyville community,” said Jennings, referring to collaborations with Mayor Tom DeBaun, Brian Asher, executive director of the Shelby County Development Company and Shelbyville City Councilmembers.
“It’s been a great partnership since we opened our doors in 1973,” she said. “Shelbyville is a friendly place to do business. We’re looking forward to growing with the community.”
The medical devices sector has been a significant area of growth for PMC, which recently entered into contracts with major global companies that specialize in ophthalmic surgery and surgical navigation.
In 2014, the Bosch Group’s purchasing volume came to some 25 billion Euros. Europe still accounts for the lion’s share, at roughly 60 percent of the global purchasing volume. Outside Europe, procurement is centered on China, the U.S., and Japan.
About PMC SMART Solutions, Manufacturing Technology that Saves Lives
Founded in 1929, PMC SMART Solutions is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with locations in Shelbyville, Ind.; Detroit, Mich.; Guanajuato, Mexico; and Wiesau, Germany. PMC has a strong history of creating plastic-based products in highly-regulated markets and is a contract manufacturer for 10 of the top global Tier 1 automotive manufacturers and seven of the world’s largest medical device OEMs. PMC is a certified women-owned business by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). For more information, visit www.pmcsmartsolutions.com.
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ArthroCare has done around USD 300,000 worth of business with a solution provider from the marcus evans Medical Device R&D Summit, according to Norman Gordon, Vice President, R&D, ArthroCare.
A delegate at two Medical Device R&D Summits, Gordon said: “When I am searching for vendors, the Summits are useful for assessing the marketplace. Although we were looking for new vendors, it is very possible that we would not have met or ended up working with PMC LLC if we had not attended the Summit.”
Since your last Summit, you have been working with PMC LLC on a new project. How did this relationship develop?
We do a lot of work with a material that is difficult to mold, which not many companies in the US have the expertise and experience that is required to do it well. We had one vendor for all our molds and were satisfied with them. However, when we had a hard look at our risk management plans, we realized that we were single-sourcing some expertise and production capabilities, and needed to find new vendors.
We met PMC LLC at the marcus evans Summit and got a feel for their capabilities and which industry partners they work with. They seemed to be a pretty good fit with our needs. Thus, we had them quote competitively with the other vendor, and decided to work with them.
The contract value was around USD 300,000. Over the next few years, as we generate revenue for our company, we will probably purchase some additional components from PMC and place orders for new molded parts.
Although we were looking for new vendors, it is very possible that we would not have met or ended up working with PMC LLC if we had not attended the Summit.
How do the Summits help you find vendors? How efficient and effective do you find the one-on-one meeting format?
They allow you to cut to the chase quickly. The vendors get a chance to present themselves to folks that they might not otherwise have access to, and delegates get an understanding of their capabilities that they might not have otherwise sought. The meetings can be very valuable.
Every few years, the marcus evans Summits help me see the most recent advances in project planning, interact with folks facing similar challenges and hear how they have solved problems. It is definitely time well spent. When I am searching for vendors, the Summits are useful for assessing the marketplace.
Are you planning to work with any other solution providers you met through marcus evans?
With one of the other vendors, we have identified an overlap in their machining capabilities and some of the parts we make on a regular basis, so we are keeping in touch to possibly utilize their services when we are at that point in the product development cycle. We certainly will bring them in when we get started on some new projects, late summer or fall 2013.
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