ADDNODE GROUP
Business area: Product Lifecycle Management
“TECHNIATRANSCAT HAS
BASICALLY BEEN THERE AND
BUILT UP OUR ENTIRE PLM
SYSTEM FROM THE START.”
Lars Lövström Nord,
Leader Life Science PLM,
GE Healthcare
Secure medical technology
using PLM systems from
TechniaTranscat
Because GE Healthcare is a supplier to the pharmaceutical
industry, special requirements are placed on the PLM system.
“We have numerous validation requirements that we must
meet, such as with the US Food and Drug Administration, its
European equivalent – the European Medicines Agency – and
various ISO standards,” Lövström Nord says. “Magic makes it
easier for us to meet these requirements.”
A major upgrade of Magic was implemented recently,
featuring improved efficiency and simplifying day-to-day
activities for thousands of users.
“The upgrade entails that we now also have a system that fully
meets the requirements made by the authorities and customers,
and that offers better access control, ensuring that information
is accessible only for the users who are authorised to access
it,” explains Hans Sjöbom, Project Manager at GE Healthcare.
“This is an important requirement particularly with respect to
the American authorities, since the technologies we work with
are of the same type that could be used by someone trying to
produce a biological weapon, such as anthrax bacteria.”
Thanks to the long-standing cooperation between
GE Healthcare and TechniaTranscat, the system upgrade has
worked superbly, according to Sjöbom.
“TechniaTranscat know us well and understand our
needs,” he says. “Many of the people at TechniaTranscat have
previously held roles as project managers for us. When we say
something is important, our message is taken seriously. And
the fact that we are located close to each other geographically
also facilitates our collaboration.”
TechniaTranscat’s collaboration with GE Healthcare
and its PLM systems celebrates 20 years in 2016. With
the help of these PLM systems, GE Healthcare is well
equipped to meet the tough product development
challenges for time-to-market as well as ever-growing
requirements for legal and regulatory compliance from
US and European regulators.
GE Healthcare is part of General Electric, one of the largest
companies in the world, with roughly 300,000 employees and
operations in 100 countries. GE Healthcare offers a wide array
of products and services for improving productivity and safety
in healthcare, and makes it possible for healthcare providers
to better diagnose and treat patients with conditions such as
cancer, Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease. Products
include CT scanners, MRI cameras and ultrasound systems.
The company also provides products used in developing and
manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
TechniaTranscat has been a supplier of GE Healthcare’s
PLM systems since 1996, and the largest and most important
system, Magic, now has approximately 2,500 users worldwide.
“TechniaTranscat has basically been there and built up our
entire PLM system from the start,” says Lars Lövström Nord,
Leader Life Sciences PLM at GE Healthcare. “We have used
many of their technical solutions and thereby gained a more
user-friendly system than what the base platform (Enovia)
can offer. Today we use Magic for all types of product and
project information.”
NET SALES &
EBITA MARGIN
27%
SHARE OF NET SALES
27%
SHARE OF EBITA
BEFORE CENTRAL COSTS
Net sales, SEK m
EBITA margin, %
600
400
300
20
15.7
500
10.0
15
10.5
11.8
10.3
200
10
5
100
0
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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