In the medical device industry, compliance isn’t a pop quiz. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given you all the answers to the test in the form of a regulation: 21 CFR Part 820. That doesn’t mean it’s easy to ace the test. But you now have all the resources you need to pass.

What separates market-leading medtech companies from the rest isn’t their knowledge of the…

A broken motor in an automated machine can bring production on a busy factory floor to a halt. If engineers can’t find a replacement part they may have to order one from a distributor hundreds of miles away, leading to costly production delays.

It would be easier, faster, and cheaper to make a new motor onsite. But fabricating electric machines typically requires specialized…

It’s nauseating to hear someone soft-shoe dancing around an issue because they’re afraid of hurting someone’s feelings.

They do so because they might receive negative feedback in a 360 review that they were abrupt or too direct in delivering feedback on that issue. So rather than going the direct route, they water down their message until it’s a mealy mouthed blathering stream…