Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for orthopaedic implant manufacturers.
A checklist built from how orthopaedic implant 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.
- Material certificates and heat numbers
- Lot cards and routings
- Inspection records
- Outside finishing
- Laser marking and cleaning
- Sets, trays and sterile stock
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For planners
- For machinists
- For inspectors
- For clean room and packing
- For sales and set managers
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Lots by cell and outside vendor
- Heat numbers against finished lots
- Thread and hole readings outside limit
- Rejects by operation and implant code
- Sterile stock by size and expiry
- Loan sets with hospital and return date
- Shipments by lot and customer
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Laser marking machine files
- Measuring machine exports
- Barcode and label printers
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Can the heat number follow the part to the customer?
- Can inspection values be stored?
- Does it handle a drawing revision mid-run?
- How are loan sets followed?
- Can several outside processors be used?
- Is laser marking controlled?
- Does it hold sterilisation results?
- How is it priced?
- Can existing lots be moved in?
- Does the software meet implant regulations?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Heat numbers separate from lots
- Critical dimensions are checked in many places
- Outside finishing breaks the chain
- Laser marking needs the right code
- Loan sets are hard to follow
Prefer to talk it through? See the orthopaedic implant manufacturers page.