Non-Sterile Packaging and Repackaging

Non-sterile packaging of medical device product and repackaging of credit returns are important functions that can drain a manufacturer’s resources and create issues that result in revenue losses. Since 2000, Millstone Medical Outsourcing has provided cleaning, sorting, inspection, packaging, labeling, and redeployment services that offer efficient, cost-effective solutions to packaging challenges. The bottom-line advantages Millstone delivers include decreased production costs, faster turn-times, and improved oversight of quality control, inventory availability, and traceability.

Our experienced packaging engineers have processed a broad array of products and work closely with manufacturers to ensure integrity of product specifications. Capabilities include: kitting and assembly, poly-bagging and tubing, boxing, labeling, labeling, and shrink-wrapping. With personnel and equipment in place, Millstone offers the agility required to manage non-sterile packaging and repackaging processing from one unit to thousands and to enable manufacturers to conserve resources and focus on core competencies.

Case Study

Millstone Medical Outsourcing’s customer, a major medical device manufacturer of spinal implant pathologies, was overwhelmed by more than $10 million in accumulated unpackaged returned product. In addition to the cost of storage and maintenance, the shelved product was a roadblock to efficiency for the company and its customers. Millstone developed a multi-staged process for getting the product back into inventory and ready for deployment. Since the beginning of the project, Millstone has repackaged over 150,000 units and saved the company an average of 75% of the value of each redeployed device. Lead times were also significantly reduced, resulting in a two-day turn-around for priority orders as compared to a month production time for new products. Millstone worked closely with the customer to develop a customized solution that enabled the company to optimize the value of its inventory and streamline its business processes.