Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for medical disposables manufacturers.
A checklist built from how medical disposables manufacturers work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Raw material and component lots
- Lot manufacturing records
- Cleanroom and packing counts
- Outside sterilisation loads
- Release and expiry labels
- Complaint and recall lookup
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For stores
- For production
- For packing
- For quality
- For dispatch
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Lots in quarantine, sterilisation and released stock
- Yield and rejects by lot and line
- Component lots used per finished lot
- Sterilisation loads out and results pending
- Stock by expiry month
- Shipments by lot and customer
- Complaints with the lot history attached
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Barcode and label printers
- SMS
- Weighing scale
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can a finished lot show what went into it?
- Does it work with an outside sterilisation vendor?
- Can stock be shown by expiry?
- Does it manage private-label packs?
- How are rejects recorded?
- Can quality staff hold a lot?
- What if a hospital reports a lot?
- What does the quote depend on?
- Can old stock and lots be loaded?
- Does the software certify our records?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Component lots are not linked to the finished lot
- Sterilisation loads mix several lots
- Shelf life is counted on paper
- Line clearance is on paper
- Customer returns start a long search
Prefer to talk it through? See the medical disposables manufacturers page.