Taking Control of the Engineering Change Management Process to Stay Competitive

Companies typically instigate engineering change management initiatives to control cost or improve efficiencies. However, in a recent research published by Aberdeen, 63 percent of respondents indicated "time to market" as the top driver to improve engineering change management performance.

An efficient engineering change process can cut up to 33 percent off the typical product development cycle; however, 54 percent of companies lack a single repository to review, analyze, approve and track engineering changes across products. Some of the key drivers to improve engineering change management performance today are increased regulations and compliance, global teams and outsourcing, product complexity and variations, global competition and cost pressure, higher cost of quality, and customer satisfaction and loyalty.....

Complete article can be found here.

MDDI Industry Blog - Open for Business....

Welcome to my MDDI blog...

In my current professional role, I have been working with several medical device companies in the United States. As my interest has increased over the last few years about the MDDI industry, I decided to write about this industry and my thoughts. MDDI industry is going through several changes, including more regulatory oversight around the globe coupled with healthcare reforms in the US and Europe. But I also believe that this an exciting time to be part of this industry as product innovation is improving patient safety and care.

I recently wrote an article about "Delivering Innovation in the Medical Device Industry". You can read the article here. 

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