This article is the second of a three-part series focusing on Digital Transformation for the Medical Device Industry where we take an in-depth look at how PTC solutions are helping medical device and life sciences companies with:
- Regulatory and compliance management,
- Quality (CAPA, audit, non-conformance),
- Maintenance of the DHF/DMR,
- Training, tracking and delivery,
- Smart Factory initiatives,
- Generative design and additive manufacturing,
- Improving post-market surveillance.
In case you missed part 1 which covered PTC’s CAD solution, Creo, we have included the clip below in which Allan Thompson, PTC Technical Manager at LEAP Australia provides an overview of the challenges medical device and life science companies face related to quality, compliance and continuous performance improvement. Allan then goes on to explain the concept of the Digital Thread and how it pertains to the Digital Organisation – using technology to connect the products, people, places and processes within an organisation. Finally Allan explains how the Digital Thread can benefit MedTech manufacturers by addressing the core issues that these companies face, in turn improving efficiency, quality, reliability and time to market.
If you watched this introductory clip in part one of the series, please skip ahead to the next section covering PTC’s PLM platform, Windchill.
In the next clip Allan takes a deeper dive into Windchill and explains how PTC’s PLM solution can help MedTech companies to improve their product development processes organisation-wide with capabilities that include:
- Requirements and validation
- Source code management
- CAD data management
- Enterprise visualisation, validation and review
- Document management
- Enterprise document publishing and collaboration
Watch the clip below to learn more.
Next Allan touched on Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for the MedTech industry, explaining how Codebeamer leverages unique digital workflows to help promote collaborative and Agile development, enhance efficiency in product line engineering and ensure regulatory compliance.
Codebeamer provides an all-in-one solution ideal for companies in regulated industries such as MedTech that produce safety critical and software differentiated products, including Requirements Management, Risk Management, Test Management and more.
LEAP recently ran a webinar on Codebeamer that provided a detailed overview of the platform’s capabilities and use cases as well as a live demonstration of the software in action. Read the summary and watch the recording here.
We trust you found part two of this three part series on Digital Transformation for the Medical Device Industry to be informative and relevant to your work. Stay tuned for part three will look at how PTC’s Internet of Things (IoT) platform, ThingWorx helps medical device companies connect their assets to gain valuable new insights into their data. We will also cover Vuforia, PTC’s Augmented Reality (AR) suite which is helping companies in the Medical Device industry and supply chain to capture process knowledge and accelerate worker training at scale.
If you would like more information on anything covered in this article, please contact LEAP to speak with an expert today!
