February 7, 2012
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Where:
Agilent Technologies
5301 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Santa Clara, California 95051
USA

Global competition is accelerating the pace of innovation and development of complex electronics systems, while forcing down price to consumers. Product life cycles are shrinking, shortening the time required for new products to ramp to volume production, while trying to ensure highest quality to avoid brand erosion. As Brand Owners look to reduce manufacturing costs and focus on core competencies, outsourcing (be it domestic or offshore) all or part of manufacturing has become an imperative. New challenges are in play for many Brand Owners: Retaining control of product quality which has often been “transferred” to the contract manufacturer. To retain control, leading manufacturers are taking a holistic view of their manufacturing supply chain and turning to cloud computing technologies to ensure real-time multi-tier supply chain visibility while fostering an ongoing collaboration with suppliers.

In this seminar, experts will address global manufacturing strategies that have proven results improving product quality while reducing costs. The speakers will share best practices from industry leaders who have successfully implemented collaborative, state-of-the-art solutions with their suppliers and contract manufacturers and achieved results in cost and quality.

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February 16, 2012,
1:00 pm ET

Speaker:
Mark Lincoln
Vice President of Quality and Operations,
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems

Terumo is adopting a closed-loop approach to product quality – rather than focusing only on their traditional compliance-focused processes – and will be able to drive more business value from: Good quality processes, early detection and prevention of issues, the visibility to quickly find and correct root causes, and enforcement to drive consistency across all plants. The initiative has helped the company increased productivity and output while it reduced:

• Production nonconformances (NCRs) and process issues by 41%
• Workmanship complaints by 65%
• Overall complaints (CPMs) by 58%

• Characteristics of a low-risk, high quality operation
• How to turn FDA regulations into an impetus for proactive business decisions that enable higher product quality, growth and profitability
• How Terumo's Platform approach with MES, QMS and Intelligence enables this continuous improvement
• Specific positive business results of embracing a closed-loop approach
• Recommendations for manufacturers in any industry on how to view quality from the customer perspective.

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Improving Quality, Efficiency and Compliance with Paperless Manufacturing through eDHR and eBR Systems

March 7 – 8, 2012
Irvine, CA

Whether you are a multi-billion dollar orthopedic manufacturer, a mid-sized cardiovascular manufacturer or a start-up home diagnostic manufacturer, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) or eDHR/eBR solutions can help you improve product quality while significantly reducing your operational costs and regulatory risks.

Hear outstanding speakers from Alere, Boston Scientific, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Camstar, Covidien, Dexcom, Gartner, Illumina, Roche Diagnostics, Sorin Group.

Learn directly from your industry peers how they have successfully deployed and expanded their MES. Hear first-hand their strategies and techniques to:

• Create and extend the business case and ROI for MES
• Prepare for change management
• Use MES to support business decisions
• Enable lean operations with removal of paperwork, prevention of errors (poke-a-yoke), reduction of nonconformances and scrap, self-auditing eDHR/eBR, and more
• Enable a smooth MES deployment and cutover
• Simplify compliance with global regulatory GMPs and FDA Title 21 Part 11
• Standardize globally for consistent quality.

Karim Lokas, VP of Product Strategy at Camstar and noted speaker in the industry, is the Forum Chairperson.

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March 13 – 15, 2012
Stuttgart, Germany
Booth #2229

The MEDTEC Europe Conference is part of the biggest annual event for medical device manufacturers. Senior medical device professionals will come together to learn about and discuss best practice in product development, regulation and market access of devices.

Don't miss Camstar's session: "Paperless Shop-Floor Control & Visibility: Best Practices for Paperless Manufacturing and Electronic Device History Records (eDHR) for Complex, High-Risk Medical Device Manufacturing"

Abstract
Medical Device Manufacturing organizations are faced with a multi-tiered challenge: efficiently manufacture a high quality, safe and effective medical device at a competitive cost while simultaneously mitigating shop floor disruptions associated with introducing new products, product improvements, and process improvements. This must be achieved while maintaining compliance with strict regulatory requirements. Attaining these goals with manual, paper-based manufacturing processes, or with legacy home-grown shop-floor systems, adds layers of unnecessary overhead, costs and waste and exposes manufacturers of complex, high-risk medical devices to significant risk. Learn how leading global medical device manufacturers are thriving against these challenges with the use of Manufacturing Execution and eDHR technology in both manual and automated processes.

In this session, you will hear case studies on how your Medical Device peers are leveraging state-of-the art manufacturing execution technology to:

• Rapidly lean processes with a “self-auditing eDHR” to accelerate manufacturing velocity
• Reduce risks associated with manual, paper-based manufacturing control, visibility and DHR systems
• Enable Operational Excellence with “systemic poke-a-yoke” and Global Visibility into granular product/process performance metrics
• Significantly improve Product Quality while mitigating Scrap, Product Quality Incidents, Non-Conformances, CAPAs, and even Recalls associated with preventable mistakes

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July 10 - 12, 2012
Muscone Center
San Francisco, CA
Booth #6774

If you're looking to learn about the latest developments in semiconductor manufacturing, explore new opportunities in LEDs or printed electronics, discover the trends shaping the business of microelectronics, or simply connect with hundreds of leading experts, executives, and technologists, SEMICON West is the place to be.

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Camstar's recent Solution Series provided an indepth view into Camstar's innovative solutions to key industry challenges and featured demonstrations of Camstar's products. If you missed any of these events, you can request access to a recorded version. 

Available sessions include: 

• Strategies and Solutions for Global Deployments
• Camstar Manufacturing for Advancing Product Quality 
• Camstar’s Weigh and Dispense Solution 
• Demonstrating Camstar’s SolarSuite™ 
• The Next Generation CAPA System
• Extending Nonconformance Reporting to Nonconformance Management 
• Next Generation Complaint Handling for the Medical Device Industry 

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