Access Point Medical Work Values

Daily Duties at Access Point Medical:

• ACCESS POINT MEDICAL, LLC. - St. Louis, MO. (Office closed) Jan 2006 – Dec 2006 Access Point Medical is a start up manufacturer and distributor of home care Durable Medical Equipment (DME). Director, Technical Services – Access Point Medical (4 Direct Reports, $300,000 P/L Budget) Recruited by Vice President of Marketing & Product Innovation * Held leadership responsibility for service & support operations and quality engineering. This included acquiring and converting a 30,000 sq ft warehouse/office facility into a complete start up service and support center for over 100 medical products. Hired direct reports and established a professional organization with technical phone support, product support lab, depot repair, parts inventory, shipping/receiving, and quality engineering. * Created product-modification deployment plans containing strategy, goals, logistics, budget, people resources, technical product detail, fixture construction, engineering change order, assembly line layout, validation, and authorization/release of product. Organized and directed manufacturing rework projects at local and remote locations. These programs increased profit margin 20% and achieved customer satisfaction by eliminating back-orders. * Developed trending codes and reporting to analyze product complaints per line item. Created and tracked corrective action (CAPA) to resolve product issues and comply with FDA requirements. * Conducted ISO 9000:13485 auditing and failure investigations with risk assessments that have reduced expense and company liability. Also conducted Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) on return products and used data to improve new product development as well as continuous process improvement for existing products. * Reduced spare parts expense by 76% through use of Finished Goods and RMA salvage programs. Also developed tool-less field repair through an innovative Repair Exchange Program and eliminated $50K in labor expense. * Evaluated new products/suppliers and validated engineering product change, pre and post manufacturing transfer.

What they like about Access Point Medical:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

product development, CAPA, Quality, Service Repair, Technical Support, Engineering Change Order, medical device, quality audit, ISO 13485

Skills

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