Leading Innovator in Medical Fluid Delivery Invests in Enterprise Platform to Drive Quality Initiatives, Achieve Leaner Operations and Provide Feedback to the Product Development Process.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 14, 2010) – Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that NP Medical, an OEM supplier of drug and fluid access devices and components, has selected the Camstar Enterprise Platform™ to drive quality initiatives, create leaner processes and feed intelligence back into the Product Development process to speed innovation. The deployment will include multiple manufacturing sites, including locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and the entire breadth of the Camstar Enterprise Platform: Manufacturing Execution (MES), Quality Management (QMS) – including Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Management, Event Management, Nonconformance Management and Complaint Management – and Operational Intelligence capabilities.
“NP Medical provides the highest quality products, pursues new, innovative technologies, and delivers superior service to our customers, suppliers and employees,” said Ed Philbin, Vice President of Finance and Information Systems for NP Medical. “The Camstar Platform is critical for us to continue to deliver on our mission. It is a fundamental platform in our overall technology infrastructure that drives our quality processes from manufacturing to design improvements. As a technology leadership division for Nypro, we hope NP Medical’s success in this project will influence Nypro’s manufacturing excellence globally.”
“We evaluated 10 leading analyst-recommended suppliers of Quality Management and Manufacturing Execution systems, and selected Camstar as the only company that met all of our requirements across Quality and Manufacturing in a single platform,” said Larry Dube, Vice President of Operations, NP Medical. “This platform will give us exceptional visibility into our processes and field use, and will allow us to identify root causes of quality issues as well as causes of excess inventory and scrap - ultimately driving higher quality output with leaner operations.”
“NP Medical is a great example of highly innovative Medical Device manufacturers that require a comprehensive platform for manufacturing and quality to scale their operations while improving quality,” said Rob Rudder, Camstar Senior Vice President. “Our long history of leadership in Medical Device manufacturing, coupled with the extensive investment we have made in our platform to serve the global quality needs of our customers, is making a difference to this important industry.”
About NP Medical
NP Medical Inc. is dedicated to developing and producing reliable, efficient drug and fluid access devices and components for the OEM healthcare market. Used in the world’s most precise medical device technologies, NP Medical’s products include a wide range of intravenous (IV) set components, fluid access devices and needle-free disposables. Every product is specifically designed to help safeguard both patient and healthcare provider once incorporated into the world’s most precise medical device technologies. Additional information can be found on our website located at www.npmedical.com.
NP Medical is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nypro Inc.. Nypro Inc. is the leading global solutions provider in the field of manufactured precision plastic products. With sales of over $1.2 billion, Nypro operates 44 locations in 15 countries, employing over 17,000 people. Additional information can be found on their website located at www.nypro.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, 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, MiaSole, Motorola, Nortel, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Panasonic, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Siemens, Stryker, Xilinx, Zeiss and ZOLL. For more information, please visit www.camstar.com.