Leading Medical Device Manufacturer Demonstrates that Camstar’s Closed-Loop Quality Approach Enables Rapid Growth and Global Control
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 20, 2011) – Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Fresenius Medical Care, the world's leading provider of products and services for patients with chronic kidney failure, has selected the Camstar Enterprise Platform™ for its eight North American Manufacturing locations across the US, Canada, and Mexico. The decision followed the successful pilot deployment in Ogden, Utah which quickly showed that the solution enables lean processes and increased efficiencies, and ensures top product quality – all requirements to support the company’s dramatic international growth.
“Fresenius' innovative dialysis products and therapies define the highest standards in the industry,” said Glenn Slater, SVP North American Operations. “Our Global Manufacturing Operations is executing a long-term strategy for Manufacturing and Quality. Camstar's closed-loop approach supports the strategy by helping us continuously improve product quality while reducing costs and increasing output.”
“Our Enterprise Information Management strategy includes complementing our SAP system with a best-in-class, best-fit platform for Manufacturing and Quality,” said Wally Slone, VP of Business Solutions. “The results of the pilot deployment – in which Camstar's platform is fully integrated with SAP and the shop floor - exceeded our expectations. We anticipate a rapid and effective global deployment across our diverse manufacturing operations in just three years.”
“We asked the team to select the platform that they would be committed to for the next 10+ years,” said Kent Wanzek, Member of the Management Board, Global Manufacturing Operations for Fresenius. “Based on Camstar's quick success, their product, and most importantly their people, Camstar is that platform.”
“Fresenius joins Medical Device leaders that adopt Camstar's Enterprise Platform for their growing, global operations,” said Rob Rudder, Camstar's Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. “A cohesive platform for Manufacturing, Quality and Operational Intelligence is paying off for manufacturers adopting a more strategic view of product quality.”
About Fresenius
More than three decades of experience in dialysis, innovative research, the global leader in dialysis services and products – that is Fresenius Medical Care. Patients with kidney disease can now look ahead with much more confidence thanks to our innovative technologies and treatment concepts. We give them a future, one that offers them the best-possible quality of life.
We use the increasing demand for modern dialysis methods to our advantage and work consistently to enhance the Company’s growth. Together with our employees, we focus on pursuing strategies that will enable us to uphold our technological leadership. As a vertically integrated company, we offer products and services for the entire dialysis value chain. The highest medical standards are our benchmark. This is our commitment to our patients, our partners in the healthcare system and our investors, who trust in the reliable performance and the future of Fresenius Medical Care.
For more information, please visit www.fmc-ag.com.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time and every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience – all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, providing solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management and supply chain intelligence. For over 20 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, BAE Systems, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Cisco, Emcore, Ericsson, Hitachi, Honeywell, IBM, Intevac, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSolé, Motorola, Nortel, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Panasonic, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Siemens, Stryker, Xilinx, Zeiss and ZOLL. For more information, please visit www.camstar.com.