[{"title":"4G Outsourcing Partnerships","url_title":"4g-outsourcing-partnerships","entry_id":"42","channel_id":"7","author_id":"10","status":"open","entry_date":"1299733240000","edit_date":"1369257462000","expiration_date":"","publication_date":"{\"pub_date_sort\":\"2010-11-01 11:59 AM\",\"pub_date_text\":\"\"}","publication_publisher_data":"{\"pubdata_name\":\"December 2010: Medical Design Technology Magazine\",\"pubdata_url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.mdtmag.com\\\/Articles\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/4G-Outsourcing-Partnerships\\\/\"}","publication_summary":"Outsourcing is a thriving aspect of the medical device manufacturing landscape. However, these partnerships have developed from different “generations.” This article highlights the three generations of current outsourcing partnerships and gives insight into what the fourth generation will likely bring for both OEMs and their partners.","publication_fulltext":"<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Outsourcing is a thriving aspect of the medical device manufacturing landscape. However, these partnerships have developed from different \"generations.\" This article highlights the three generations of current outsourcing partnerships and gives insight into what the fourth generation will likely bring for both OEMs and their partners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">The increasing use of contract firms to accelerate the efficient introduction and manufacture of medical electronics is well established and documented. Data from a variety of sources<sup>1,2<\/sup> indicates that while the overall acceptance of medical product outsourcing has trailed the trends in commercial electronics, adoption is steadily growing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">As in other industries, outsourcing in medical devices has evolved from the contract manufacture (CM) of components and sub-assemblies to turnkey design, development, and assembly of finished devices, and ultimately, into the support of semi-virtual original equipment manufacturing (OEM) medical device companies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">As firms look to the future, the field is shifting further to include engagements that take advantage of unique and differentiating technologies that can be provided by partner firms. These partnerships go beyond looking to outsourcing companies for skills or capabilities that OEMs might not have internally, to actually deploying technology that has been independently created by the partner firm to differentiate the OEM’s products...<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdtmag.com\/articles\/2011\/03\/4g-outsourcing-partnerships\">more<\/a><\/p>\n","publication_authors":"[{\"selected\":\"30\",\"text\":\"Rich Nazarian, President & CEO\",\"url_title\":\"rich-nazarian\"}]","publication_pdf":""}]