Configuration Management in the Medical Device Industry
Configuration management is “a process for establishing and maintaining the consistency of a product’s performance, functional and physical attributes with its requirements, design and operational information throughout its life.” It is imperative to develop product configurations and manage them effectively. A structured configuration management program ensures accurate and consistent product documentation (e.g., requirements, design, test, and acceptance documentation) along with the actual physical design of the product. Configuration Management plays an important role to ensure thorough product variations to enhance customer satisfaction, competitiveness, profitability & continuous changes/requirements. Therefore, it’s critical that the product and process configuration is unified across the organization, which minimizes handoffs of specialized information. Configuration Management must include – 1. Enterprise or Unified Supply Cha...