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    The Medtech Supply Chain and COVID-19

    How are service providers and component suppliers adjusting to life during a pandemic to ensure they maintain quality?

    Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief04.22.20
    Virtually all companies are finding themselves with decisions to make as they attempt to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. Everyone is trying to keep employees as safe as possible during this time by implementing CDC recommendations, such as social distancing, hand washing, and working from home where possible. MPO dug past these messages to find out how companies were addressing the situation from an operational standpoint; what these companies were doing specifically to maintain as close to a degree of normalcy for customers as possible. Following is a list of suppliers we’ve heard from and the details of what they are doing beyond the norm.

    Advanced Circuits: All three manufacturing facilities at full operation
    Andercraft Manufacturing: Producing custom molded respiratory and ventilator supplies with available capacity in cleanrooms
    The Arthur G. Russell Co. Inc.: Maintaining business continuity and trying to avoid any potential disruption to operations and supplies/services provided
    Bishop Wisecarver: Ecommerce site is up and running; distributers have inventory on hand; normal lead times may be impacted by shelter-in-place order
    BMP Medical: Increased shifts to meet customer demand
    BMZ Group: Increasing production of Li-Ion batteries for medical technology
    Boyd Technologies: Supporting hospitals and commercial partners directly with surgical masks, N95 respirators, nasal swabs, and point of care diagnostics
    Cadence: Increased production capacity of products used in leading diagnostic lab testing products, like IVD probes, point-of-care testing, and drug delivery devices
    Chamfr: Created Chamfr Connect to more effectively connect those who have a need with suppliers who have capabilities that can help
    ClearMetal: Continuous Delivery Experience free of charge to companies shipping needed healthcare and medical supplies to combat COVID-19
    DELMIAWORKS (IQMS): Nearly every team member is in a "work from home" position
    Diversified Plastics: Increased capacity of its Acceleration Station to meet fast-turn manufacturing demand in support of COVID-19 response
    Eagle Medical Packaging and Sterilization: Fully operational; monitoring incoming packages from foreign countries
    Eagle Stainless Tube & Fabrication: Operating normal business hours
    Element Materials Technology: Testing locations are fully operational; continuously monitoring employee safety and local regulations
    Florida Anodize System & Technologies (FAST): Providing expedited servicing for critical medical device component anodizing
    Forécreu Biométal: Ensuring a continued flow of product to customers
    Futek: Implemented shifts that run 24-hours, 7-days a week; established a dedicated crisis management team and have a crisis management protocol in place
    Generis Knowledge Management: Making the CARA Platform available for free to companies globally who are manufacturing and providing ventilators
    GEON Performance Solutions: PROJECT COLLABORATION provides expertise to help small/medium-sized companies get virus-related products to market at no cost
    Gilero: Developing designs for improvised face shields and simple facemasks; developing and manufacturing reusable respirators and goggles; developing an emergency ventilator
    Graham Engineering: Reorganized work environment to mitigate risk; expanded systems capabilities to accommodate changing work climate
    Herrmann Ultrasonics: Open and operating but with reduced internal staff; working diligently to get orders out as quickly as possible
    Intertek: Implemented "First-in-Queue Priority" for testing of devices critical to addressing COVID-19
    Interplex: Operational plans may be adjusted due to local/regional government orders which may cause temporary closure of some manufacturing facilities; website maintains current status of all facilities
    IRP: Staffed at 100% and running 24/7
    Kadant: 20 manufacturing locations around the globe are fully operational, including three in China
    Knobbe Martens: Keeping updated on information that may impact matters before the courts, the USPTO, and international patent, trademark and copyright authorities
    LPS Industries: Monitoring raw material inventory and production on a daily basis
    Maetrics: Teams are able to offer remote support in all aspects of the firm's service offerings
    Micro Mold: Running at full operation
    Microspec: No disruptions with material supplies or supply chain network; restarting 3rd shift, which had been temporarily shut down, adding capacity to operations
    Midwest Products & Engineering: Increasing production of off-the-shelf preconfigured medical carts for ventilators
    Nelson Labs: Minor cosmetic damage from earthquake; employing a rotating shift schedule with divided teams
    Parker: Addressing ongoing needs of business to be able to continue to provide vital technologies
    Peridot: Continues to operate and produce product at full capacity
    Plastikos/Plastikos Medical: Operating 24/7 with full staff
    Posifa Technologies: Continuing to ship production quantities of mass air flow sensors—a key component for ventilators
    ProPlate: Intends to remain open for business
    Qosina: ISO 22301 business continuity management system activated; operating on regular delivery schedules
    Rapidwerks: Up and running at 100 percent
    RRC power solutions GmbH: Ready-to-use power package for ventilators
    Sensirion: All deliveries completed on schedule so far
    Spectrum Plastics Group: All 17 facilities are operational
    SteriPack: Four fully operating facilities with cleanroom space in Ireland, Poland, USA, and Malaysia with medical device packing/kitting/molding/assembly capability
    Steri-Tek: Running full operations
    Sterigenics: Continue to operate 24/7 to support the sterilization of essential supplies needed to address the coronavirus crisis
    Toxikon: Customers may notice report delays
    West Pharmaceutical Services: Maintaining business continuity; producing injection molded parts to support diagnostic testing; developing millions of seals and elastomer components to support COVID-19 efforts
    WESTPAK: Essential test services continue
     
    If you’re a supplier and would like to share what you’re doing through this list, reach out to me at sfenske@rodmanmedia.com with the details.
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