Is Your Contract Manufacturing Strategy Up to Date?

Today’s manufacturers strive to balance product quality and innovation with cost and process efficiency, and medtech companies are no different. Contract manufacturers have been helping medical device companies with such endeavors for years, but technology advancements, globalization, new regulations and standards, and market and competitive pressures are raising new challenges. David Montecalvo has been addressing such challenges for years. He previously worked at Medtronic in a number of leadership roles including vice president, contract manufacturing, of the company’s Restorative Therapies Group of businesses; vice president of business operations integration, where he led the successful global operations integration of Covidien Plc; and vice president of the product development and global operations of the company’s Cardiovascular Structural Heart division. Now serving as senior vice president, chief operations and supply chain officer, for West, Montecalvo leads the company’s operations and supply chain strategy across 27 global manufacturing sites. He has extensive international experience with global business partner collaboration in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and an advisory board member of the Boeing Center of Supply Innovation at the Olin Business School of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. MD+D...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Tags: Contract Manufacturing Source Type: news