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Visibility, Control and Collaboration Advised as Business Imperatives and Regulatory Necessities

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 27, 2010)– An extensive research study by Axendia, Inc., co-sponsored by Camstar Systems, Inc., shows that globalization of manufacturing and supply of medical products has created unique and demanding challenges for the Life Sciences industry. The cost advantages of global manufacturing and outsourcing are tempered by the need to improve product safety and reduce risks.

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Case Study in Driving Global Harmonization through a Center of Excellence

Speakers:

Simon Jacobson, Research Director, Gartner
Glenn Calta, Sr. Quality Advisor, Abbott Vascular
Susan Lamb, Sr. Product Manager, Camstar 

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Global manufacturing has become a business necessity, and with it comes the benefit of higher capacity at lower costs. Whether operations comprise brand owner facilities or contract manufacturers, globalization comes with risks of losing control and increasing costs due to quality issues.

Join this important webcast with Gartner and Abbott, in which industry experts will give insight into the challenges and future of global manufacturing, and reveal in a case study how Abbott Vascular, a leading life sciences manufacturer, successfully drove global harmonization and continuously improves product quality.

• The most important benefits and highest risks of dispersed operations
• Who owns global continuous improvement, and how cross-functional teams can support the network
• The characteristics of a Center of Excellence for Best Practices, and what can be achieved by deploying them globally
• How “standardization and harmonization” can be achieved through collaborative feedback
• The roles of technology and processes in enabling the establishment and enforcement of Best Practices and the on-demand visibility of the results.

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Camstar Enables Leading Provider of Next Generation Optical Products to Maximize Visibility and Control while Expanding Portfolio and Production

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 7, 2010) – Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Opnext, Inc., one of the largest suppliers of 10G and higher next generation optical products and solutions, has deployed the Camstar Enterprise Platform™ to improve product quality and production efficiency, provide instant product tracking and traceability, and optimize supply chain operations. The deployment at manufacturing sites in Yokohama and Nagano, Japan, includes Camstar Manufacturing™, the industry-leading Manufacturing Execution System for discrete manufacturers, and Operational Intelligence. Camstar partner Mizuho Information and Research Institute, Inc. worked with Opnext to facilitate a rapid deployment.

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