William J. Bergen from MicroGroup, a solution provider company at the marcus evans Medical Device Manufacturing Summit Spring 2012, on efficient process management. Interview with: William J. Bergen, President & Chief Executive Officer, MicroGroup

1. Optimizing Process Management
in Medical Device Manufacturing
is essential that devices are both What does the future hold for
effective for patients and cost effective. medical device executives?
Efficient process management is also Healthcare expenditures are rising
crucial when discussing time to market. globally but under increasing cost
Medical device industry executives must scrutiny, cr eating an enormous
evaluate and control process risks opportunity in the globalization of the
through quality planning and production medical device sector. Many US
control systems. This will allow them to products are being re-adapted to meet
develop new products rapidly and meet the needs of patients in Europe, Latin
the ever-increasing requirements of the America and Asia.
marketplace and the various regulatory
bodies. To accomplish this, medical device
Interview with: William J. Bergen, industry executives must optimize
President & Chief Executive Officer, When speeding up their engineering design and manufacturing
MicroGroup approaches, what do executives to drive the performance of specific
often miss out? patient needs, and set the correct price
according to marketplace demands.
Medical device manufacturing With the increased FDA and other
executives are currently challenged regulatory requirements and validations,
with getting products to market faster; they must ensure that the
however with increased FDA regulatory manufacturing process is robust and
requirements and validations, they must repeatable. Therefore, effective
ensure that the manufacturing communication with all parties at each
processes are robust, says William J. stage of production is crucial along with
Bergen, President & Chief Executive selecting the “best fit” materials and Healthcare
Officer, MicroGroup. Effective and production techniques.
timely communication at each stage of expenditure
production is crucial, he adds. What does it take to prosper in
today’s competitive marketplace? is rising globally,
From a solution provider company at
the upcoming marcus evans Medical They key is in delivering the product creating an
Device Manufacturing Summit performance needed, at the price the
Spring 2012, Bergen discusses market requires. This involves having enormous
product development and the necessary engineering talent and
globalization in the medical device machine sophistication to handle the opportunity in the
sector. requirements, without over-designing
and over-engineering the parts. globalization of the
How can medical device
manufacturing industry executives By having a very keen focus and the medical device
shorten time to market? appropriate equipment to incorporate
design for manufacturability into all sector
The big challenge for all medical device aspects of the product design phase,
industry executives is time to market executives will be able to understand
and the ability to move quickly, with the optimization continuum between
high quality goods, from the prototype costs, tolerances and manufacturing
through the commercialization phase. It capabilities.

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About MicroGroup
For over 40 years MicroGroup has focused on using Speed and Precision to rapidly deliver the highest quality metal components
and assemblies to our customers. Both of our facilities have world-class capabilities and equipment, combined with excellent
quality systems. A particular strength is the breadth of our in-house capabilities which when combined with our extensive inventory
of over 7,000,000 feet of raw material enables us to rapidly deliver parts while maintaining the quality control and cost
effectiveness our customers need.
www.microgroup.com
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