Gambro BCT Selects Camstar's Medical Device Suite for Global Deployment.Regulatory Compliance, Quality, and Cost Reduction Key Factors for Blood Component Technology Company CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Camstar, the leading provider of enterprise manufacturing execution and quality management solutions, announced today that Gambro BCT BCT Brigade Combat Team BCT Basic Combat Training BCT Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology (EPA) BCT Business Cards Tomorrow BCT Banque Centrale de Tunisie (Central Bank of Tunisia) , a world leader in automated blood collections, therapeutic apheresis therapeutic apheresis A form of exchange transfusion in which blood is removed from a Pt and fluids returned to the general circulation: 1. Plasma is replaced–plasmapheresis with a volume of albumin or a crystalloid solution. 2. and cell therapy, has selected Camstar's Medical Device Suite to manage Device History Records, ensure process enforcement and facilitate regulatory compliance. Camstar's Medical Device Suite is a highly configurable, best-in-class Manufacturing Execution System – Manufacturing execution system (MES) describes a set of integrated functions within a packaged software system or it can also describe the accumulated functionality within the production management infrastructure of a manufacturing or production company. (MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of ) created to meet the specific needs of Life Sciences Manufacturers. It will be deployed at Gambro BCT facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and United Kingdom. The system will provide a production and quality management framework that includes self-auditing electronic Device History Records (eDHR), process enforcement, material traceability and genealogy, and reporting capabilities. "Gambro BCT is fully committed (Law) committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination. See also: Fully to continually improving operational performance," said Gary Heath, Vice President of Operations for Gambro BCT. "We are experiencing tremendous growth both in new products and within our existing product lines. By streamlining key manufacturing processes and enforcing process controls, Camstar's Medical Device Suite will be an important tool for helping us ensure regulatory compliance, increase time-to-volume, and improve operational efficiency." Camstar's Medical Device Suite will be tightly integrated into an IT environment that includes ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , Document Management, Maintenance Management and other electronic infrastructure and data collection systems. The system will act as a single repository for all of Gambro BCT's production data. This will ensure that information is consistent and accurate, and will facilitate real-time visibility to improve decision-making, avoid potential problems, and benchmark performance. "We are very pleased to be working with Gambro BCT on this exciting project," said Jason Adams, Camstar's Vice President of Sales, Life Sciences. "Gambro BCT is a great example of the tremendous acceptance that our solutions have achieved in the Life Sciences industry." About Camstar Systems, Inc. Camstar is a leading provider of enterprise Manufacturing Execution and Quality Systems. Camstar's InSite and Medical Device Suite applications manage, monitor, and synchronize manufacturing activities across globally distributed plants, and integrates them in real-time with core business processes. Rapid to implement, they provide the manufacturing control needed to help eliminate scrap, rework, paperwork errors and redundant checks. As a result, manufacturers improve yields and product quality, shorten lead times and reach volumes quickly, respond to changing demand, and reduce the cost of compliance. More than 100 leading companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Tyco, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, Zeiss, Kinetic Concepts, BIOTRONIK, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Kodak, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Philips, Hitachi, SCHOTT, Amkor, ASAT ASAT abbr. antisatellite Adj. 1. ASAT - of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit; "antisatellite weapons" antisatellite , Renesas, Arcelor and Industeel rely on Camstar as a trusted software partner. For more information, please visit www.camstar.com. About Gambro BCT Gambro BCT improves lives through innovation, quality and services delivered by our people, products and processes in blood component technology. Gambro BCT is a world leader in automated blood collections, therapeutic apheresis and cell therapy, as well as an innovative leader within automated blood component separation and purification. |
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