Course overview
Sustainability in medical technology, like in all industries, is no longer optional. It’s not a question of “if” but “how.”
This engaging and practical course offers an in-depth understanding of the sustainability options available in the medical device sector, the benefits they bring, and the key drivers behind them. You’ll gain valuable insights into how to assess which strategies will work best for your company, along with actionable guidance on how to successfully implement meaningful change.
CPD Hours: 12
Course Content
- Day 1
- Background
- Introduction and definitions
- Industry moves and drivers behind these (including recent shifts in emphasis and strategy)
- Leading strategies and how these are working
- Review of overall process
- Strategies for moving forward
- Stakeholders in sustainable design and manufacture
- Options for sustainable design and manufacture - and how to chose
- Risks versus benefits
- Understanding the synergy between design, manufacture and remanufacture
- Day 2
- Appetite for change
- Understanding the benefits
- Sharing the vision and getting commitment/support
- Understanding risk
- Planning phased implementation
- Feasibility analysis
- Where to start - design, manufacture, remanufacture or all three?
- How to “do” sustainable design
- How to implement a recovery and remanufacturing loop
- What are the evolving technologies and strategies that can help?
- What external forces exist and how do we address them?
- Where to find support and how to keep the regulators happy
- Starting small and working up
- Scaling up, managing expectations and finding the optimum rate of change
- Making the financial case - how does sustainability pay for itself?
- Regulatory and standards
Speakers
Cormac O'Prey
Cormac O'Prey is Principal and Director in the Kestrel Consultancy Group.
He has experience in effective Business Development, Project Management and Product Development, with proven innovation capability. As part of the Kestrel Consultancy Group Ltd., he works on technology and product development projects with a range of UK-based and multi-national client companies.
In his role as a BSi BS8887 committee member and project lead on the sustainable medical devices subcommittee, he contributes to steering international standards and best practice on design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end of life - vital for developing our capacity to respond to the demands of circular / spiral economy and optimise our resources in an increasingly unstable world!
His specialist capabilities include: Development of strategic partnerships with multiple international organisations including customers, manufacturers, users, financiers, and regulatory bodies; Product development in diverse industrial sectors including Smart Grid and Smart Metering, Medical Devices, Industrial, Consumer and other industries including project management, risk analysis, technical review, etc.
He has a special interest in technology transfer and innovation with a focus on sustainable design and manufacture, and lectures at ARU Cambridge in Global Busines Environment and International Strategy, and Engineering Design.
