Configuration in the Medical Device industry.

 The Medical Device sector faces as other industries increasing complexity in their products. Not only the modularity and configurability of the products themselves, but as much the market application in terms of labelling, packaging, related certifications and regulatory requirements to fulfill.

 Historically this work has been based on documents and mails, while turning this information into data across systems has been a parallel flow often resulting in inconsistency, slow or cumbersome processes. Often the data quality is at further risk, as much information is set up in parallel in the different systems, or sequentially added during a long enrichment process across detached systems. Sometimes it could even look like detached departments.
To control this, even more processes are added both centrally and locally to ensure last minute consistency and compliance in a very complex homologation and release process.

Configuration as method to establish one source of truth.

 Here configuration as a method and a system component in the ecosystem of IT applications can help reducing complexity. 

 By looking at the end-to-end parameters defining the variants of the composed delivery from the end-user upstream through the acquiring customer, the quoting process, the supplier, manufacturer, developer and logistic setup, a configuration model can form a single source of truth turning all the needed information into data. 
The configuration rules and configuration lifecycle management (CLM) can ensure validity of all combinations. And even more important easily provide many different yet valid views suited for each stage, department and stakeholder through the value chain. 
The resulting datasets will - due to the configuration logic and a strong authoring and approval process - per se be consistent and compliant regardless of the view, structure or filtering of the data is used. And regardless of if they are dynamically defined and extracted or being static extracted lists or reports.

Solid Master Data as a precondition for success

 Implementing systems like CPQ, Configuration platforms, PIM is deeply dependent of having a high quality level of the Master Data behind

 Together with the implementation partner SolutionSpace a solid way of managing your complexity has been developed. By our 365° method of advisory, design, implementation and support of configuration and CPQ solutions, we ensure that the prioritized and relevant aspects are taken into account.

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