Sector/Industry: Medical Device
Project Duration: 1996 – present
Solution: Staff Augmentation

Project Description:
Our client is one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of less-invasive medical devices, which provide effective alternatives to traditional surgery by reducing trauma, complexity, and risk to the patient.  Our relationship with this client began in 1996, providing high-level technical support to the growing technology platforms being transferred into the plant. Today LotusWorks is a strategic partner with this client, developing and automating the production equipment and offering Staff Augmentation in alignment with the client’s requirements and the peaks and troughs of an ever-changing industry. The LotusWorks team on-site continue to ramp-up or ramp-down in response to the client’s needs, allowing the client a level of flexibility without compromising on quality and talent.

Project Services:

• Thorough screening and assessment according to position specifications to select and match the correct candidate with the needs and business culture of the client’s organization
• Design of specialized mechanical and automated equipment for use on production floor
• Build of production equipment on site for the client
• Production equipment upgrades and re-qualification
• Line yield improvement
• Production line/equipment moves
• Transatlantic equipment transfers
• Conducted FAT: Factory Acceptance Testing, SAT: Site Acceptance Testing, Installation Qualification, OQ: Operation Qualification, PQ: Performance Qualification

Outcomes:

• The client saves time on administration and payroll activities
• The client can respond quickly to industry changes and demand cycles due to ramp-up and wind-down capabilities
• Continuously recruiting talent, the client benefits from fast deployment of the right people, with the right skillset, within the agreed time frame, lending to a reduction in recruitment and training costs
• The client benefits from reduced business liability due to the lower headcount
• Cost savings are enjoyed by the client due to only engaging additional staff for a specific time period or a specific project
• The client benefits from the LotusWorks contract staff’s broad-based expertise and an ever-growing technical knowledge, due to their exposure to different industries, roles, technical environments and different user & system issues
• Peace of mind that product quality and compliance are not compromised