Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MasterControl to Demonstrate Projects Solution at MD&M West 2008 Salt Lake City, UT, USA – December 17, 2007– MasterControl Inc., a global provider of GxP process management software solutions, today announced the demonstration of its Projects software solution at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West trade show in Anaheim in January 2008, booth 1564. MasterControl Projects™ connects project plans to assigned tasks, providing automatic updates as soon as tasks are completed. Projects is a module of the integrated MasterControl GxP process management solutions suite. The Projects solution manages document-oriented and process-based tasks, including tasks external to the MasterControl system. The solution includes automatic task assignment, routing, escalation, and tracking capabilities. Most importantly, it connects all the members of a project team, ensuring improved communication, better project control, and ultimately faster project completion. Download a pre-recorded web seminar detailing the challenges of managing the new product development of a medical device and the solutions for making the process easier MasterControl’s Projects solution standardizes project management by providing an effective framework for processes, from project definition through to completion. The system tracks when documents are approved or processes are completed and then automatically updates the project plan with no manual intervention required. It streamlines workflows and provides project transparency, which fosters accountability and eliminates bottlenecks. The MasterControl system provides a central location for task and milestone status that is updated automatically, allowing stakeholders to easily determine which projects are on track and which tasks are behind schedule. In addition to the Projects solution, MasterControl representatives will also unveil the new PDM Connectors and BOM solutions at the MD&M West trade show. The solutions will be demonstrated by MasterControl’s product manager, medical device expert Matthew M. Lowe. Mr. Lowe is a mechanical engineer with almost a decade of experience in the medical device industry. At Ortho Development Corp., he developed instruments and implants for total knee arthroplasty. Later, he served as the knee-product manager. Prior to joining MasterControl in 2006, he was a product manager at Bard Access Systems, where he was responsible for strategic marketing of enteral feeding products. He also served as an R&D engineer and developed subcutaneous infusion ports and related procedural components for Bard. Since 2000, Mr. Lowe has successfully launched more than a dozen medical devices. He has one patent issued and two others pending. His regulatory experience includes writing a 510(k) that was cleared by the FDA and managing a multi-site, multi-year post-market clinical study for orthopedic devices. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah, and an MBA from Indiana University. Mr. Lowe recently demonstrated the Project Management Challenges in Medical Device New Product Development Webinar for MasterControl. MasterControl’s integrated compliance software solutions facilitate compliance with FDA regulatory requirements, ISO standards, and similar regulatory guidelines. The comprehensive MasterControl solution suite simplifies compliance management processes by automating and managing document and change control, training management, audits, corrective/preventive action (CAPA), customer complaints, nonconformance disposition, deviation handling, electronic batch record (EBR) management, and other GxP processes critical to regulatory compliance.
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