Environmental Scan 2017: Human Capital Issues within the Medical Devices Sector
Currently, only 33% of the surgical/medical gloves companies, 20% of the other medical
consumables companies and 5% of the non-consumables companies take part in the
Productivity-Linked Wage System (PLWS). There is no distinct correlation found between the
company size or geographical location of the company and the participation in PLWS. More
awareness of the benefits of implementing such system needs to be created within the
industry.
Figure 3-26: Participation in Productivity-Linked Wage System (PLWS)
TOTAL
Surgical/Medical
Gloves
Other Medical
Consumables
18% 33% 20%
take part
in PLWS take part
in PLWS take part
in PLWS
(n=12) (n=35)
(n=68)
Non-consumables
(n=21)
5%
take part
in PLWS
3.1.5 Hard to Fill Position
Production and manufacturing managers is the hardest to fill position across all three
segments in the medical devices industry. Science and engineering professionals is also
selected as the top 3 hard to fill position across the three segments.
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