Bob Bordignon, Vice President of Global Sales, MGS07.30.19
Today’s medical device OEMs are faced with two major choices when it comes to molding custom plastic components: partner with a custom injection molder or build out the capacity in-house, working with the supply chain as needed to ensure the use of the right tools, design processes, and integration of secondary operations.
Some OEMs choose to mold parts and products in-house to maintain control over processes, protect intellectual property, and integrate into the larger work stream. Many often struggle, however, to maintain the proper level of resource investment necessary given the capital-intense nature of the injection molding business.
Frequently, the original decision to mold in-house to save costs, streamline the supply chain, and protect intellectual property causes OEMs to be left scrambling when things go wrong. Whether the program gets derailed by poor quality tooling, the wrong downstream equipment, or a lack of ongoing investment and resources, it’s important to ask, “Is it time to outsource our molding business?”
Members of management at OEMs struggling with the answer to this que
Some OEMs choose to mold parts and products in-house to maintain control over processes, protect intellectual property, and integrate into the larger work stream. Many often struggle, however, to maintain the proper level of resource investment necessary given the capital-intense nature of the injection molding business.
Frequently, the original decision to mold in-house to save costs, streamline the supply chain, and protect intellectual property causes OEMs to be left scrambling when things go wrong. Whether the program gets derailed by poor quality tooling, the wrong downstream equipment, or a lack of ongoing investment and resources, it’s important to ask, “Is it time to outsource our molding business?”
Members of management at OEMs struggling with the answer to this que
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