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Quality Presentation�

June 7, 2024

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Global Capabilities for End-to-End Support

Founded in 1953

  • 17 companies
  • 41 locations globally
  • 2,300 employees

Ascential MLS Locations

North America

  • Ada, MI
  • Corvallis, OR
  • Sturtevant, WI
  • Auburn Hill, MI
  • San Diego, CA
  • Three Rivers, MI
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Shelby Township, MI
  • Ham Lake, MN
  • Blaine, MN
  • Sonora, CA

Central America

  • San Jose, Costa Rica

South America

  • Sao Paulo, Brazil​

Ireland​

  • Limerick

Singapore

Malaysia

  • Johor Bahru

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Ascential Medical & Life Sciences

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  • Ascential’s MLS Group partners with leading companies to design, build, and automate scaled production of complex medical devices, instrumentsand associated consumables. 

  • Our reputation is built on leveraging unparalleled global product realization capabilities with world-class automation heritage to comprehensively solve our client’s most challenging problems and achieve their commercial goals.

Automation

DIVISIONS

BUSINESS UNITS

PARENT COMPANY

Life Sciences

Medical Devices

Ascential

Medical & Life Sciences

Transportation

Industrial

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Quality & Regulatory Certifications – San Diego

  • FDA Registered (# 3005268307)
    • 21 CFR Part 820 & Part 11 Compliant

  • ISO 13485:2016 Certified (# MD 793157)
    • Scope - Contract Services for the Design, Development, Manufacture, and Servicing of Non-Sterile Electromechanical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Medical Devices

  • California Medical Device Manufacturing Licensed (# 121465)

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Ascential San Diego

Ascential Product Commercialization

Ascential Quality

  • Proven track record with clients
    • 10+ years manufacturing medical/IVD devices
      • No recalls
      • No 483s
      • No Consent Decrees

  • Deep engineering expertise
    • 13+ years medical/IVD device development, and design Xfer
    • 100+ engineers, co-located w/ all disciplines trained in QMS
    • Demonstrated track record in
      • Root-causing, problem solving, and implementing appropriate changes
      • Remediating design & documentation issues inherited from other suppliers
      • Collaborating w/ quality, manufacturing, supply chain and our clients

  • Experienced core team drawn from top 20 Medical device companies, averaging more than 15 years' experience. 

  • Well-rounded team with the technical, quality, & operational expertise to successfully execute the Alinity m design transfer & scale to volume production. 

  • Existing strong working relationships between our two teams, stretching across all functions.

    • Quality/Regulatory expertise. Skilled in remediating documentation and configuration gaps.

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Quality Team - San Diego

  • Experienced Quality Team  
    • 106+ combined years of experience in medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices

    • Crucial FDA experience from pre-submission through routine inspections

    • Valuable experience with ISO, IVDR/MDR, MDSAP, GAMP, GDPR, ICH 

    • Product and Process Lifecycle experience from development through commercialization

    • Industry leading technology/design transfer experience

    • Experienced quality team drawn from Abbott, J&J, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Dexcom

    • Regular cross-site collaboration between Ascential MLS Quality Teams

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Quality Continuous Improvement

    • Optimized Lean Manufacturing process
    • Ascential Production System (APS) implemented Oct-2023

  • Continuous regulatory compliance improvement of the Quality Management System, including implementation of EU IVDR 2017/746 and EU MDR 2017/746
    • QMS 2.0 Quality Plan (D011251) near completion (30-Jun-2024 due date)

  • Implementation of industry leading eQMS (ETQ Reliance) 
    • eQMS Implementation Quality Plan (D013174) near completion (31-Oct-2024 due date)

  • Implementation of a new state of the art Manufacturing Execution System (MES-Visual Factory) 
    • MES Implementation Quality Plan (D013458) in process (Q3-2025 completion)

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Quality Mangement System - San Diego

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  • Robust QMS 
    • FDA Registered & ISO 13485 Certified QMS
      • Includes validated ERP System & eQMS System
    • Management Responsibility & Commitment
      • Quality Manual & Policy 
      • Mangement Reviews
    • Resource Management
      • Training
      • Certifications
      • Performance Evaluations
    • Documentation Requirements
      • Change Control
      • Control of Records
      • Periodic Reviews
    • Purchasing Controls
      • Supplier Qualifications
      • Supplier Monitoring & Corrective Actions
      • Part Qualifications
      • Materials Compliance (Reach, RoHS, Conflict Minerals, etc.)
      • Receiving Inspection

    • Design Controls
      • Design & Development Planning
      • Design & Development Input
      • Design & Development Output
      • Design Reviews
      • Design Verification
      • Design Transfer
      • Risk Management
      • Design History File (DHF)
    • Production Controls
      • Manufacturing Process Validations
      • Work & Test Instructions 
      • Label Control
      • End of Line Testing
      • In-Process & Final Quality Inspections
      • Quality Release
      • Device History Records (DHR)
      • Device Master Record (DMR)

    • Infrastructure
      • Safety 
      • Facility Controls including Pest Control
      • Warehouse & Materials Controls
    • Equipment Controls
      • Equipment Qualification
      • Preventative Maintenance
      • Calibration 
    • Monitoring & Measurement
      • Internal Audits
      • Annual ISO Surveillance Audits
      • Quarterly NRTL Audits
      • Customer Feedback
      • Customer Complaints/SCARs
      • Planned Deviations
      • NCRs
      • CAPAs

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Life Sciences

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Instrument Development �& Production

Alinity m Estimate for Quoting:

~1500 Part Numbers

~5000 Parts Total

Sample Prep

843 Part Numbers

4392 Parts Total

Oligo Synthesis System

2369 Part Numbers

7546 Parts Total

AST Analyzer

1522 Part Numbers

6713 Parts Total

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS SLIDE:

  • If you need to update the icons, you can click the icons and delete them and replace them with icons of your choosing.
  • For body text, use the indent button on the Home Tab to get to the second layer of styling.

  • Drag and drop photos into the image placehoders.
  • Alternatively, you can click on the image silhouette and use the file manager to navigate to the image you’d like to add.
  • To replace an image, simply select the image you want to remove and hit [DELETE] on your keyboard. Then add a new image as described above.
  • If you need to reset the slide, you can select the HOME tab, and select “Reset” next to the New Slide button.

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