Medical device suppliers have to deal with producing, storing, and transporting an ever-widening range of complex products. They also operate within an industry rife with regulatory compliance and security constraints. This all leads to high supply chain costs, creating a need for medical device suppliers to create supply chain efficiencies.

Using proprietary data collected from top executives, this whitepaper covers key trends in medical device supply chain, including:
 - How industry standards are driving high operational costs
 - The impact of last minute deliveries and low inventory turnover on costs
 - The state of inventory management and device production outsourcing

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A recent McKinsey study of over 3000 executives reveals the "Top Supply Chain Risks": getting competent people tops the list:

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1. "ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE SUPPLY CHAIN TALENT CRISIS?"

BY KEN COTTRILL: read on

2. "The Vanishing Corporate Classroom": 

For most of the seven years that ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) has been collecting data on the state of the training industry, the use of classrooms for delivery of training has been dropping steadily. Displacing brick and mortar classrooms are myriad web- and computer-based delivery vehicles, from simple CDs to elaborate corporate portals, and simulations rivaling the hottest Gothic multiplayer war games. The rapid growth of Web 2.0 tools for networking, microsharing, simulations, and other kinds of collaboration is likely to take learning even farther from the traditional classroom : read on

 

Analysis of the bullwhip effect in multi-product, multi-stage supply chain systems-a simulation approach. By: Wangphanich, P.; Kara, S.; Kayis, B.. International Journal of Production Research, Aug2010, Vol. 48 Issue 15, p4501-4517, 17p; DOI: 10.1080/00207540902950852; (AN 51376853)

 

Supply chain network modeling in a golf club industry via fuzzy linear programming approach. By: Bilgen, Bilge. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 2010, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p243-253, 11p, 2 Diagrams, 3 Charts, 5 Graphs; DOI: 10.3233/IFS-2010-0454; (AN 51813656)

Demand for ISO 14001 adoption in the global supply chain: An empirical analysis focusing on environmentally conscious markets. By: Nishitani, Kimitaka. Resource & Energy Economics, Aug2010, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p395-407, 13p; DOI:

Applying Participatory Processes: Findings from a Supply Chain Analysis on the Commercialisation of Paper Mulberry Bark in Laos. By: Ribeiro, Maria Miguel; Zwirner, Wilhelm. Systemic Practice & Action Research, Aug2010, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p323-340, 18p; DOI: 10.1007/s11213-009-9162-8; (AN 52190702)

 

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CAPS Research