Posted on Tue, Feb 02, 2010 @ 12:42 PM
Top Medical Device Manufacturer Selects Single Platform for Manufacturing Execution and Quality Management to Enable Quality Improvements and to Reduce Risk
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 2, 2010) - Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Terumo Cardiovascular Systems (CVS), a premier global provider of medical devices focused on cardiac and vascular specialties, has selected the Camstar Enterprise PlatformTM to support continuous improvement, and to ensure consistent process enforcement and top product quality across the enterprise. The multi-site deployment of Camstar's integrated enterprise Manufacturing Execution (MES), Quality Management (QMS) - including Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Event Management and Nonconformance Management - and Manufacturing Intelligence capabilities, will help close the loop on manufacturing and quality processes.
"Terumo CVS delivers precisely designed and meticulously manufactured products to our customers," said Mark Lincoln, Vice President of Operations for Terumo CVS. "Our objective with Camstar is to drive continuous improvement in our manufacturing processes and quality systems. Camstar's closed-loop approach to quality will help us move beyond traditional compliance-focused processes to a proactive environment with early detection and prevention of issues, the visibility to quickly find and correct root causes and drive consistency across all plants in order to achieve world class manufacturing."
"We needed a proven solution in the Medical Device industry that we could deploy quickly for immediate benefits," said Kevin Doughty, Director of Supply Chain for Terumo CVS. "Camstar stands out for its integrated and easy-to-use MES and QMS, robust technology that will grow with us, knowledgeable people and totally satisfied customers. We are confident that with Camstar we'll move our processes forward rapidly."
"Medical Device companies continue to adopt Camstar's Enterprise Platform for their complex, global operations," said Jason Adams, Camstar's Vice President of Sales for North America and Europe. "As they focus on achieving consistent high product quality across the global value chain, they rely on a comprehensive platform for manufacturing execution and quality to make it possible."
Learn more about Version 4.5 of Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality.
About Terumo
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation manufactures and markets medical devices for the global cardiac surgery market and is the U.S. distributor for Vascutek® Vascular Grafts. The company is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan with manufacturing operations in Ann Arbor; Elkton, Maryland; and Ashland, Massachusetts. It is one of several subsidiaries of Terumo Corporation of Japan that is focused exclusively on cardiac and vascular specialties, including Terumo Heart Inc., developer of a ventricular assist device and Vascutek Ltd., a global leader in the design and manufacture of vascular grafts.
For more information, visit http://www.terumo-cvs.com/.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, providing solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management and manufacturing intelligence. For over 20 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.
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Posted on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 @ 12:34 PM
Newest Release Delivers Key Advancements in Closed-loop Quality Process for Global Discrete, Batch and Hybrid Operations
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 9, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Platform solutions to Advance Product Quality, announced today that it has released Camstar Enterprise PlatformTM 4.5 for general availability. Enhancements in version 4.5 - driven in collaboration with leading manufacturers using the Platform - include expanded enterprise-caliber capabilities for global enterprises with multiple manufacturing locations and outsourced operations. Version 4.5 augments the Platform's configurability and usability to allow users to quickly adopt the solution with minimal training - even where complex manufacturing and processes span discrete, batch and hybrid operations.
Customers adopting the Camstar Enterprise Platform have quickly achieved dramatic results. A top life sciences manufacturer using Camstar ManufacturingTM in its discrete manufacturing area recently deployed Camstar Weigh and DispenseTM 4.5 to standardize on the Camstar Enterprise Platform across its batch reagent and discrete operations. The company reports that full traceability from finished product back to raw material enables easier root cause analysis across multiple batches and devices.
A leading global high-tech manufacturer that expanded its Camstar Manufacturing solution with Camstar QualityTM completed the deployment 12 weeks from start to finish. As a result, the company reports it has increased output while decreasing the rate of occurrence of quality incidents.
"The new release is a leap forward toward Camstar's strategic vision of a comprehensive platform to Advance Product Quality for the Enterprise," said Karim Lokas, Vice President of Product Strategy and Marketing for Camstar. "The high level of excitement by new and existing customers who plan to deploy 4.5 underscores the value Camstar is delivering through its continuous investment in R&D. The enterprise-caliber technology and usability make it possible for leading manufacturers to quickly realize benefits across their global operations."
To learn more about the version 4.5 of Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality and to register to view the Official 4.5 Launch Event, visit www.camstar.info/45demorequest-website.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss and ZOLL. For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.
Posted on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 @ 12:32 PM
Camstar's Manufacturing Platform to Support Commercialization, Production Volume and Quality Enforcement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 11, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc. announced today that Pacific Biosciences, a leader in the development of a transformative Single Molecule Real Time (SMRTTM) DNA sequencing platform, has selected the Camstar ManufacturingTM enterprise software platform to enable its critical transition from product development to high-volume production, and to ensure consistent top product quality.
As an industry innovator, Pacific Biosciences is growing rapidly, and the scalable manufacturing platform will enable the company to shorten time-to-volume and rapidly develop, roll out and enforce best practices across new production lines and plants.
"Pacific Biosciences is committed to delivering innovative products with the highest price performance in the industry," said Bruce Leisz, Vice President of Operations and Program Management for Pacific Biosciences. "Camstar's manufacturing execution platform will provide visibility and consistent control over our expanding manufacturing processes and resources. Access to a rich set of intelligence about our processes accelerates our ability to continuously innovate and improve."
"Camstar is seeing rapid adoption of our solutions across the most innovative Diagnostics and Biotechnology industries," said Jason Adams, Camstar's Vice President of Sales for North America and Europe. "As companies commercialize their breakthrough products, they realize that achieving consistently high product quality in the midst of highly complex processes requires a comprehensive platform for manufacturing execution and quality."
See Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality, configured specifically for Biotechnology.
About Pacific Biosciences
Pacific Biosciences' mission is to transform the way humankind acquires processes and interprets data from living systems. The company has developed a disruptive technology platform for the real-time detection of biological events at single molecule resolution. Single Molecule Real Time (SMRTTM) Biology promises to revolutionize the life sciences by revealing the underlying networks that define living systems. The first application for the SMRT Biology platform is a paradigm changing approach to DNA sequencing. The SMRT Sequencing System will ultimately make it possible to sequence individual genomes as part of routine medical care. DNA sequencing is expected to be the first of many transformative SMRT Biology applications that will benefit society by driving radical advances in fields such as personalized medicine, agriculture, clean energy, and global health.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is the largest innovator of software solutions that advance product quality, including manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. Camstar serves hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE PMC, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, MiaSole, NXP, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx and Zeiss.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.
Posted on Thu, Oct 29, 2009 @ 12:30 PM
Leading Provider of Enterprise Software for Quality Manufacturing Sees Acceleration in Solar, High Tech Industries, Strong Life Sciences Showing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 29, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise software that Advances Product Quality for the Medical Device, BioPharma, Solar, Semiconductor and Electronics industries, today announced that revenue and profit were up for the third straight quarter as of the three-month period ending September 30, 2009 (the third quarter of its 2009 fiscal year).
Camstar reported strong license revenue growth, with 85% of license revenue from new customers. Solar manufacturers comprised a significant portion of that revenue, as that industry ramps up new production facilities with rigorous quality requirements. Camstar has the largest Solar manufacturers in the world as its customers - adding Q-Cells and Canadian Solar.
Camstar also reported significant growth in its APAC and European operations, as High Tech starts to rebound. Medical Device and Biotechnology companies are also showing renewed commitment to investment in quality systems, especially as looming health reform promises to drive efficiency and quality requirements. Roche Diagnostics extended its deployment of Camstar ManufacturingTM by adding Camstar's Weigh and Dispense module for their reagent manufacturing operations.
"We are pleased with this very positive trend over three quarters now," said Scott Toney, President and CEO of Camstar. "We are seeing increasing investment not only across Life Sciences, but also a strong uptake in the Solar industry. Our Camstar QualityTM offering is proving to be a game changer, as we see many of our engagements being strategic, enterprise-wide investments that include our entire platform - manufacturing execution, quality management and manufacturing intelligence."
"The acquisition of Technology Resources Group, announced earlier this week, puts us in a strong position to continue our rapid revenue growth in Solar, Semiconductor and Electronics in the APAC region," continued Mr. Toney. "Our continued healthy financial performance supports not only our increased R&D investment over the last few years, but these kinds of strategic investments we continue to make as a business."
Camstar hosted its 2009 Customer Conference in Q3, a unique virtual conference for its customers in North America which proved to be the most attended event in the company's history. Speakers included Boston Scientific, MiaSolé, Roche Diagnostics and SanDisk. Some of the results reported by this group include:
- 66% reduction in quality incidents
- Rapid volume ramp without increase in number or severity of quality issues
- Elimination of four critical types of nonconformances
- Improved process understanding with an end-to-end platform for batch and discrete operations
- Rapid four-week first deployment
- Increased efficiency in global rollout through use of Camstar Extended Services and Global Partners.
"Camstar's customers have always been actively engaged, and they again shared energetically at our customer event," said Robert Rudder, Sr. VP of Global Sales and Marketing for Camstar. "It's rewarding to see the results of the combined Camstar and customer commitment to the success of each project."
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of software solutions that advance product quality in the manufacturing industry, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including solutions for manufacturing execution, process planning, enterprise quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Abbott, AMD, Amkor, Arcelor, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, BIOTRONIK, Boston Scientific, Canadian Solar, CIBA Vision, Emcore, Hitachi, IBM, Kodak, Life Technologies, Luvata, MiaSole, Noven Pharmaceutical, NXP, Pacific Biosciences, Q-Cells, Roche, SanDisk, Xilinx, Zeiss, and ZOLL.
For more information, visit http://www.camstar.com/
Posted on Wed, Oct 07, 2009 @ 12:12 PM
Leading Global Manufacturer Expands Camstar Platform's Manufacturing Execution with Quality Management
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 7, 2009) - Camstar, the leading provider of Enterprise Platform solutions to Advance Product Quality, today announced that the latest deployment of its Quality Management solution was completed in 12 weeks from start to finish, returning unprecedented time-to-value relative to competitive solutions in the industry. The deployment occurred at one of Camstar's global manufacturing customers, which expanded its Camstar ManufacturingTM (Manufacturing Execution System) solution through the addition of Camstar QualityTM, creating a closed-loop learning environment for continuous improvement.
Camstar Quality replaces the manufacturer's current mix of paper-based and semi-automated quality systems at their primary factory. The new platform provides a single, global system to manage all of the factory's quality incidents including quality deviation notices and their corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs). It enables rapid identification, containment, risk assessment, and corrective and preventive action methods to minimize the scope, impact and number of product quality issues.
"Ours is a growing and innovative company, and this puts pressure on operations to increase output without increasing the number of quality incidents," said the manufacturer's CIO. "We were pleased that in such a short time, Camstar's Platform replaces paper-based systems, seamlessly integrates Manufacturing and Quality, and enables us to quickly solve quality issues when they arise with more effective root-cause analysis and corrective measures."
"Camstar Quality's exceptional usability, configurability and intuitive modeling enable rapid deployment and accelerate time to value," said Reda Bensaid, Managing Director of Camstar Quality. "The solution is quickly yielding results for our customers, and Camstar will continue its intense focus on exceeding customer expectations for advancing product quality in the High Tech, Solar and Life Sciences industries."
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of manufacturing software solutions that advance product quality, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, providing enterprise solutions for manufacturing execution systems, process planning, quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Boston Scientific, Kodak, Carl Zeiss, Life Technologies, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, AMD, BIOTRONIK, Hitachi, IBM and Eagle Test.
To register for a demonstration of Camstar's next-generation CAPA solution, please visit www.camstar.info/capasolution.
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Posted on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 @ 04:33 PM
Live Customer-exclusive Virtual Event to Share How Industry Leaders are Advancing Product Quality
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 30, 2009) - Camstar Systems, Inc. today announced that it will host a virtual customer event for North America on September 17, 2009. The event will feature expert customer speakers from Roche Diagnostics, and a leading manufacturer in solar thin film, among others.
Presenters from these top manufacturers will share insight into:
- Expanding global Manufacturing Execution System deployments
- Diversifying into batch processes
- Opening new plants with all new technology
- Embracing the platform approach to product quality with the expansion of the Camstar platform to Quality Management.
The event will also provide attendees with a "sneak peek" into the upcoming version 4.5 of Camstar's Enterprise Platform for Advancing Product Quality. The new release will include new functionality across its manufacturing execution, quality management, and manufacturing intelligence products. The platform is the first in the industry to truly support Closed-Loop Quality, which is Camstar's model that unifies product and process design, planning, supply, manufacturing, and customer experience.
"The 2009 Virtual Customer Cruise is a great opportunity for our customers across a variety of industries, including Life Sciences, Solar and High Tech manufacturing, to hear first-hand how their peers are using the Camstar platform to advance product quality," said Scott Toney, Camstar's President and CEO. "Executives report that Product Quality is a key strategic objective in driving significant top line growth as well as reducing operational costs and risk. We are very pleased to include Roche and leading solar and high tech customers as part of the agenda, and believe that their knowledge and experience will make this an event to remember for all of our customers."
Registration for the 2009 Camstar Virtual Customer Cruise is open to current Camstar customers at no fee. For more information about the event, please visit http://www.camstarcruise.com/?utm_campaign=PR_camstar.
About Camstar Systems, Inc.
Camstar is a leading innovator of manufacturing software solutions that advance product quality, enabling its customers to deliver the highest quality products on time, the first time, every time. The Camstar Enterprise Platform advances product quality throughout the product lifecycle, from design to planning to supply to manufacturing to customer product experience - all in a closed-loop learning process that allows future products to be designed better and manufacturing processes to be leaner and more efficient.
Camstar is the largest in its market, including enterprise solutions for manufacturing execution systems, process planning, quality management, and manufacturing intelligence. For over 25 years, Camstar has served hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide, including Boston Scientific, Kodak, Carl Zeiss, Life Technologies, Beijing SE Potevio Mobile Communications, ZOLL, CIBA Vision, AMD, BIOTRONIK, Hitachi, IBM and Eagle Test.
For more information, please visit http://www.camstar.com/.