Labelling Recall: Automation is the Answer

The heavy reliance that companies place on manual processes and disparate labeling systems is more times than not at the route of product recalls. In 2018 alone, labelling issues made up 9% of all medical device recall events, which comprised of the return of over a million units. For a business, the consequences are costly, with the average label change sitting at $350,000. However, despite the availability of automated technologies created to tackle these very issues, numerous companies still persevere with out-dated processes which leave labels exposed to error. As regulations tighten, the cost of non-compliance is high. Labelling recall is therefore a predicament that manufacturers can no longer ignore. Targeting these issues will both enable manufacturers to eliminate that element of risk from the business as well as liberate a number of cost-savings. The problem In 2012, 10% of product recalls were label related; nothing has changed. If anything, this statistic is only going to accelerate in response to the introduction of new regulations as well as the rising demand for increasingly detailed and complex label content. Companies need to rethink their labelling infrastructure, of which four common scenarios stand out: 1. The risk of the wrong label It doesn't take much. The consequence of a stray label or an IFU could be the cause of a product recall. Companies need to take precautions to avoid this as manual or weak processes could put the process in jeopardy. The...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Labeling Packaging Source Type: news