Article: Are you medical OEM material? As the baby-boomer generation inexorably falls apart, screws, plates, rods and less invasive surgical tools are increasingly available to put "humpty" back together again. A question for many precision part makers is, "How do I get into the medical machining game?" To find out, we talked to a major OEM about its supplier selection criteria.(Jerry Morgan of Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.)(original equipment manufacturer)(Interview)

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) is one of the world's largest manufacturers of medical devices for open and minimally invasive surgical procedures. Among the company's prime directives for itself and its manufacturing supplier base is an understanding that the end products produced for use in the medical industry are of vital importance for the patients whose health and lives are dependent on them. EES takes this role seriously and asks its suppliers to do likewise.

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To find out how the company selects suppliers to augment its manufacturing capability, I sat down with Jerry Morgan, principal engineer for research and development. ...

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