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DISCIPLINES

Material Sourcing

We source, select, and manage the suppliers your development program depends on. From tooling and components to third-party services, we find the right partners and keep your program supplied.

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Overview

Material sourcing gives your program the equipment, materials, and services it needs at each stage of development. We help biomedical innovators select suppliers, manage procurement, and coordinate external services such as testing, sterilization, and human factors studies. Sourcing decisions made during development carry into commercial manufacturing, so we make them with production in mind. The result is a supply base ready to support verification, validation, and transfer.

What material sourcing covers

Material sourcing turns a design’s requirements into a reliable supply base. Our work covers every category of supplier your program needs.

  • Equipment & Tooling

    Fixtures, precision tooling, molds and dies, inspection and testing equipment, and automated manufacturing equipment.

  • Components & Raw Materials

    Electronic components, precision-engineered parts, plastic and polymer components, and metal and optical components.

  • Third-Party Services

    Testing and analysis, sterilization, human factors studies, clinical studies, and regulatory support.

Where material sourcing shows up

Material sourcing should begin once concepts need physical builds and lead as tooling, components, and suppliers are selected for verification, validation, and transfer.

PHASE 0

Concept Generation

Not involved.

PHASE 1

Concept Development

Supports materials and components for alpha prototypes.

PHASE 2

Design & Development

Leads component, material, and supplier selection.

PHASE 3

Verification & Validation

Leads tooling, equipment, and third-party testing services.

PHASE 4

Design Transfer

Supports tooling finalization and supplier handoff to manufacturing.

The ROI on better material sourcing

The suppliers you choose during development shape your cost of goods, quality, and production timeline. Sourcing with manufacturing in mind avoids costly requalification later.

Superior Quality

Qualified suppliers and traceable materials from the first build.

Lower Development Costs

Competitive sourcing and fewer supplier changes during development.

Faster Time to Market

Tooling, components, and services ready when your schedule needs them.

Protectable IP

Supplier agreements that keep your designs and processes confidential.

Explore our disciplines

Every program draws on a different combination of our core disciplines that together provide the rigorous development your device demands.

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    Ideation

    Explore the clinical need, select the strongest concepts, and protect the IP created along the way.

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    Design

    Create safe, effective devices that integrate user needs, ergonomics, and aesthetics.

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    Engineering

    Mechanical, electrical, systems, software, and process engineering for complex devices.

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    Prototyping

    Build and test prototypes from early feasibility through verification and validation.

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    Quality & Regulatory

    Maintain design controls, risk management, and regulatory compliance throughout development.

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    Testing

    Confirm performance with biocompatibility, feasibility, verification, and validation testing.

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    Material Sourcing

    Source and manage equipment, tooling, components, and third-party services.

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Your innovation Just Might change the world. But is your design up to the task? We help you turn Just Might into Just Mighty.