Businesses operating in Medical Equipment and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing face unique challenges, such as meeting strict regulatory standards, ensuring product quality, managing supply chain disruptions, and maintaining the precision and reliability of their tools and equipment. These manufacturers must track, store, and manage a diverse range of tools, instruments, and critical inventory to avoid production delays and ensure compliance with healthcare and pharmaceutical standards.
In a highly competitive and tightly regulated industry, having tools and equipment readily available, properly calibrated, and in optimal condition is crucial. Efficient asset management not only reduces costs and minimizes downtime but also enhances safety, supports sustainability efforts, and ensures manufacturers can adapt to evolving regulatory and market demands.
Typical tools and small asset inventory used by engineers in these industries include:
| Inventory Type | Examples | Management Needs |
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| Precision measuring and testing instruments | Calipers and micrometers, spectrophotometers, torque wrenches. | Management of regular calibration to maintain accuracy, storage in controlled environments to prevent damage, tracking usage for wear and tear, compliance documentation for audit purposes. |
| Sterilization and cleaning equipment | Autoclaves, ultrasonic cleaners | Scheduled maintenance to ensure sterilization efficacy, tracking cycles for performance validation, ensuring adherence to cleanroom standards. |
| Production and assembly tools | Surgical blade assembly tools, robotic arms | Preventive maintenance to avoid breakdowns, lubrication schedules for moving parts, asset tracking to reduce misplacement. |
| Quality control devices | Particle counters, leak testers | Documenting routine performance checks, detailed usage logs for quality assurance, certification management for compliance. |
| Small consumables and components | O-Rings, gaskets, syringes, needles - for product testing or assembly. | Accurate inventory tracking to prevent shortages, batch and lot tracking for traceability, ensuring proper storage to avoid contamination. |
| Environmental monitoring devices | Temperature and humidity sensors, HEPA filter monitors | Continuous data logging for compliance, maintenance tracking to ensure sensor accuracy. |
CRIBWISE – Tool & Inventory Management Software
for Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
CRIBWISE, part of Sandvik Group, is a proven tool and inventory management software that streamlines the management of precision instrumentation, production and assembly tools, quality control devices, consumables and more by providing full traceability and accurate auditing of these assets.
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Enables precise tracking, storage, and monitoring of critical medical equipment, tools, and pharmaceutical materials.
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Provides controlled access to specialized medical tools and pharmaceutical assets, ensuring compliance with safety standards and minimizing the risk of contamination, theft, or misuse.
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Automates calibration, lifecycle management, and inventory replenishment for sensitive equipment and materials used in manufacturing medical devices and pharmaceuticals. This reduces manual workloads, enhances data accuracy, and ensures that critical assets are maintained at optimal performance levels, minimizing the risk of product defects or delays in production.
Benefits of using CRIBWISE
Reduce the amount of capital tied up in asset inventory
Prevent overstocking and reduce the cost
Get an insight into inventory usage and trends
Track your inventory in real time
Optimize asset utilization across workers, teams and functions
Know what assets need replacing or maintenance and when
Reduce the time wasted in manually searching for assets
Minimize asset misplacement
Quickly and easily pinpoint asset consumption
Allocate assets on a per-work order basis
Automate & streamline the purchase ordering process
Minimize administrative tasks and improve efficiency
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Success in Action: Our role in improving our customers’ operational efficiency
Leading global healthcare company
CRIBWISE helped the Latin American division of one of the world’s largest healthcare companies to achieve its goal of saving $30,000 USD in tooling inventory costs over one year – in just FIVE months.
