Press Release - Insulet Corporation

KINNELON, N.J. - (Private Distribution) - Eagle Consulting & Development is pleased to announce that Massachusetts-based Insulet Corporation (www.insulet.com) chose Eagle’s RF Express™ for QAD Enterprise Applications to meet its stringent product distribution requirements.

Insulet's first commercial product – the OmniPod™ Insulin Management System – represents a revolutionary approach to insulin delivery systems. With its FDA clearance now in hand, the company has been ramping up for large-scale manufacturing and distribution. According to Kevin Schmid, VP of Manufacturing, “Projected demand for this product calls for us to manufacture and distribute hundreds of thousands of devices per month within two years. As we scale up to those levels, I don’t want to have to worry about business systems. They must be in place first so we can concentrate on the product.”

Facing that steep growth curve, manufacturing wanted an enterprise system with proven ability to handle high-volume, continuous, disposable manufacturing in an FDA-regulated environment. QAD Enterprise Applications met the requirements and implementation began.

Insulet quickly realized that they could leverage QAD’s capabilities by adding an accurate, real-time automated data collection (ADC) solution, but the standards for a medical device company are very high. Eagle’s RF Express for QAD Enterprise Applications brought to the table the product's tight integration with the enterprise system, its real-time approach to data collection and Eagle’s excellent track record for successful implementations and superior support in an FDA-regulated environment.

According to Schmid, “I’m not willing to tolerate transaction errors. That meant we needed to mistake-proof the distribution process. Eagle’s system enabled us to accurately capture extremely small bar codes (barely readable with the human eye) on vendor-supplied parts during the actual build of an Insulet device. There are no second chances and there’s no room for error since the individual parts can no longer be scanned once they are incorporated into a larger assembly. In addition to scanning the components, Eagle protects those serial numbers from being reused, and ties those serial numbers into the finished device as well as the final packaging.”

Insulet’s long-range plans also include international distribution, making Eagle’s global footprint an important consideration as well.

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Eagle Consulting & Development is the leading provider of online, real-time automated data collection and bar coding solutions to users of QAD Enterprise Applications worldwide. Eagle provides "plug-and-go" solutions at approximately 3,000 sites for 800+ QAD customers. For more information, visit www.eaglecondev.com or contact Bill Paone at +1-973-838-5006 ext. 119. RF Express™ for QAD Enterprise Applications is a trademark of Eagle Consulting & Development.

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