Choosing the Right EMS Provider for Medical Products Outsourcing

Advice for medical product OEMs on how to execute the supplier evaluation and selection process, detailing such issues as the three key process capabilities on which to evaluate suppliers; defining your outsourcing strategy; matching your business profile to the prospective vendor; requiring flexibility as a must-have for high-mix, low-volume products; finding a personality “fit”; understanding new product introduction strategy; recognizing enterprise resource planning as a key capability, and buying according to total acquisition cost rather than price.