TYCO HEALTHCARE SELECTS CAMSTAR'S MEDICAL DEVICE SUITE TO BOOST CORPORATE MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY
Integrated Manufacturing Execution and Quality Management Solution Streamlines Manufacturing, Quality and Compliance
Charlotte, NC (December 6, 2005) - Camstar, the leading provider of enterprise manufacturing execution and quality management solutions, today announced that Tyco Healthcare, a global medical device manufacturer, distributor and servicer has chosen Camstar's Medical Device Suite software as the corporate standard to manage production and quality, and to improve overall performance at its manufacturing facilities. The multi-plant rollout will leverage Camstar’s rapid deployment strategies to create electronic device history records (eDHR) and real-time performance reporting for the manufacture of bulk analgesics, disposable medical supplies, and other medical instruments.
“To support our best-in-class products, Tyco Healthcare needed a configurable application that can adapt to the diverse operations in our 63 plants, which include batch and discrete manufacturing,” said Steve McManama, CIO of Tyco Healthcare. “We believe Camstar can enhance Tyco Healthcare’s ability to deliver safe and effective products. We are starting with a pilot in three strategic plants, and upon success, the solution will become our corporate standard.”
Camstar’s Medical Device Suite will provide Tyco Healthcare with real-time, comprehensive production information and control. “The world relies on our company expertise in key medical product solutions,” continued McManama. “Camstar’s enterprise solution makes it possible for us to continuously improve our processes while increasing efficiency and productivity.”
“We are pleased that Tyco Healthcare has joined Camstar’s rapidly growing group of enterprise-class medical device customers,” said Scott Toney, Camstar President and CEO. “The rapid adoption of our Medical Device Suite is evidence that Camstar provides the benchmark solution and that it has clear leadership in the highly regulated Medical Device and Diagnostics industry. We are committed to providing industry vertical applications that are complete, configurable and easily validated, helping our customers achieve unprecedented results, including lower-cost compliance, higher yields and continued manufacturing improvements.”
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading provider of enterprise manufacturing execution and quality management systems for life sciences, semiconductor, electronics, and other global industrial manufacturers. Camstar's InSite product line manages, monitors, and synchronizes manufacturing activities across globally distributed plants and integrates them in real-time with core business processes. The system enables customers to respond rapidly to changing demand, optimize the use of production assets, and quickly ramp the production of new products. More than 100 leading companies, including Boston Scientific, Roche, ZOLL, Zeiss, IBM, Kodak, AMD, Philips, Corning, Lexmark and Hitachi rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner.
For more information about Camstar and its InSite product, call us toll free at 1-800-588-0030, or visit at www.camstar.com.
About Tyco Healthcare
Tyco Healthcare is a major business segment of Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC, LSE: TYI, BSX: TYC). Tyco Healthcare is a leading manufacturer, distributor and servicer of medical devices worldwide. Its broad portfolio includes disposable medical supplies, monitoring equipment, medical instruments and bulk analgesic pharmaceuticals, sold under such names as Auto Suture, Kendall, Mallinckrodt, Nellcor, Puritan Bennett, United States Surgical, Valleylab and others.