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Cost Cutting Will Drive Medical Device Outsourcing Through 2020, Report Says

June 7, 2016 By Technavio Research

The global nedical device manufacturing outsourcing market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of more than 11 percent over the next four years, according to a market study released by Technavio.

The report, titled ‘Global Medical Device Manufacturing Outsourcing Market 2016-2020’, provides an analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging market trends. This market research report also includes up to date analysis and forecasts for various market segments and all geographical regions.

The report categorizes the global medical device manufacturing outsourcing market into six major segments on the basis of services:

  • Product design and development
  • Product upgrade and maintenance
  • Regulatory consulting
  • Product testing and certification
  • Supply chain management
  • Product implementation

Design and Development

The outsourcing of operational activities has become standard practice in many businesses including medical devices. Design outsourcing enables companies to test ideas, develop prototypes, and work collaboratively with specialist companies that have the capabilities and resources to deliver.

According to Barath Palada, a lead analyst at Technavio for medical devices research, “Outsourced design engineering is expected to grow well in the coming years as an increased number of manufacturers from start-up ventures to large companies capitalize on the benefits associated with outsourced design engineering such as better product design and cost-effectiveness to gain a competitive edge.”

Upgrade and Maintenance

Product upgrade involves reconditioning and refurbishment. It also involves continual updates, engineering change management, field failure services, and remediation. Product upgrade services contributed a 12 percent market share to the global medical devices manufacturing outsourcing market in 2015. With the growing technological advancements and changing consumer needs, the demand for these services has grown substantially. Product upgrade services include redesigning for cost reduction and improved reliability, obsolescence mitigation, and product revitalization.

Regulatory Consulting

Regulatory consulting is one of the growing segments of the global medical device manufacturing outsourcing market. Medical devices are subject to stringent government regulations. As a result, regulatory services are constantly growing in the global outsourcing market.

Regulatory consulting companies negotiate, perform documentation work, submit data related to product testing to regulatory authorities, and apply for regulatory approvals of products on behalf of OEMs. The OEMs have to comply with several regulatory guidelines to manufacture and commercialize a medical device or product. From time to time, the regulatory authorities may come up with new guidelines or amend an existing one. Owing to this, OEMs consult providers that are considered to have high expertise in regulations and documentation work.

Testing and Certification

Product testing and certification or qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product or device has qualified performance tests and quality assurance tests, and meets qualification standards stipulated in contracts, regulations, or specification. These services form an important part of medical device manufacturing outsourcing because a device needs to comply with certain standards, including environmental and other regulations. “Many OEMs prefer outside facilities for testing and certifications of their products,” says Barath.

Supply Chain Management

This includes sterilization, packaging, and warehousing. Warehousing the products is an expensive proposition for OEMs. It includes leasing and managing a facility, and reducing overheads. Medical technology clients utilize supply chain management services to avoid excess shipping costs, and eliminate internal overhead. For example, there is a “drop-ship” program in which the companies outsource their warehouse and shipping operations to companies such as ICAT Logistics. Another similar option is a “stock and ship” program for setting up medical carts with their products, and then send customized carts to clients. Medical technology clients can realize economies by using one of these programs.

Product Implementation

Product implementation helps in bringing the product to the market. Time to market is an important factor for a company to launch a product. Therefore, product implementation has an immense potential in the medical device manufacturing outsourcing market, according tio Technavio. In February 2016, Norman Noble added a dedicated capacity in its process development centers to produce prototype iterations quickly for medical device OEMs.

Norman Noble process development centers support customers with ultra-precision micromachining of medical devices from initial prototype, U.S. FDA approval, to large-scale manufacturing. Such process development centers are instrumental in bringing next-generation medical technology devices to the market and in a cost-effective manner adhering to all quality, and regulatory requirements.

The top vendors highlighted by Technavio’s research analysts in this report are: Creganna Medical; Flex; Greatbatch; Nortech Systems, and Tecomet.

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